Excluding quantity
Equipment usually refers to production materials and material materials that can be used by people for a long time in production and basically maintain their original physical form and function during repeated use. General term. Equipment includes general equipment and special equipment. General equipment includes mechanical equipment, electrical equipment, special equipment, office equipment, transportation vehicles, instrumentation, computers and network equipment, etc. Special equipment includes special equipment for mining, chemical industry, and aerospace. , special equipment for public security firefighting, etc.
Special equipment refers to boilers, pressure vessels (including gas cylinders), pressure pipes, elevators, hoisting machinery, passenger ropeways, large-scale amusement facilities, and fields (factories) that involve life safety and are highly dangerous. Special purpose motor vehicles.
Instruments refer to instruments or devices used for experiments, measurements, observations, inspections, drawings, etc. in science and technology. Usually a set of devices or machines prepared for a specific purpose. Instruments are usually used for scientific research or technical measurement, industrial automation process control, production, etc. Generally speaking, equipment or devices are dedicated to one purpose. The instrument structure is relatively complex and is a high-tech product consisting of multiple components.
Instruments come in various sizes, weights, and shapes. The smallest ones can be directly held in the hand and operated, while larger instruments are generally called devices or equipment.