This part of ISO 8655 specifies the general requirements for piston-operated volumetric apparatus. It is applicable to piston pipettes, piston burettes, dilutors and dispensers. It furthermore defines terms for the use of piston-operated volumetric apparatus and gives user recommendations.
ISO 8655 is not applicable to medical products intended for use on human beings, e.g. for medical syringes.
NOTE For metrological requirements, maximum permissible errors, requirements for marking and information to be provided for users for piston-operated volumetric apparatus, see ISO 8655-2 for piston pipettes, see ISO 8655-3 for piston burettes, see ISO 8655-4 for dilutors and see ISO 8655-5 for dispensers. Conformity testing (type evaluation) of piston-operated volumetric apparatus is given in ISO 8655-3. Alternative test methods such as photometric and titrimetric methods will be the subject of a future Part 7 to ISO 8655. For all other tests (e.g. quality assurance by the supplier, analytical and measuring equipment quality assurance by the user) see ISO 8655-6 or alternative test methods.
ISO 8655-1:2002 Referenced Document
IEC 60073 Basic and safety principles for man-machine interface, marking and identification - Coding principles for indicators and actuators
IEC 61010-1 Safety requirements for electrical equipment for measurement, control, and laboratory use - Part 1: General requirements*, 2017-01-01 Update
IEC 61326-1 Electrical equipment for measurement, control and laboratory use - EMC requirements - Part 1: General requirements*, 2020-10-26 Update
ISO 8655-2:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 2: Piston pipettes
ISO 8655-3:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 3: Piston burettes
ISO 8655-4:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 4: Dilutors
ISO 8655-5:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 5: Dispensers
ISO 8655-6:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 6: Gravimetric methods for the determination of measurement error
ISO 8655-1:2002 history
2022ISO 8655-1:2022 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus — Part 1: Terminology, general requirements and user recommendations
2008ISO 8655-1:2002/cor 1:2008 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 1: Terminology, general requirements and user recommendations; Technical Corrigendum 1
2002ISO 8655-1:2002 Piston-operated volumetric apparatus - Part 1: Terminology, general requirements and user recommendations