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Tribometers are used to assess the potential of humans to slip while walking on various surfaces. A new ASTM International test method will be used to provide a reference standard against which to validate and calibrate the performance of tribometers. ASTM F2508 , Practice for Validation and Calibration of Walkway Tribometers Using Reference Surfaces, has been developed by Subcommittee F13.10 on…
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A need for a scientifically based procedure to identify equivalent test severity conditions between a 1.707-m diameter laboratory roadwheel surface and a flat or highway surface for radial pneumatic light truck tires has led to the development and approval of a new ASTM International standard. The new standard, ASTM F2869 , Practice for Radial Light Truck Tires to Establish Equivalent Test…
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In the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act, the U.S. Congress indicated the need for an aging test on light vehicle tires. Since no industry or government standard addressed this subject, ASTM Committee F09 on Tires developed ASTM F2838 , Practice for Accelerated Laboratory Aging of Radial Passenger Car and Light Truck Tire Through Load Range E for the…
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The purpose of a laboratory roadwheel test is to realistically evaluate tires for specific road conditions. To facilitate such tests, ASTM International Committee F09 on Tires has developed a practice to provide an industry standard for commercial radial truck-bus tire laboratory temperature algorithms. The algorithms equilibrate with flat surface (highway) operating temperatures to determine…
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ASTM International Committee F13 on Pedestrian/Walkway Safety and Footwear is currently working on a proposed new standard for footwear designed for workers who do not necessarily need safety toe shoes but could use other protection such as puncture resistance, electrical shock protection and electrical grounding. The proposed new standard, ASTM WK27855 , Specification for Performance…
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A rim slip performance test for tires that has been done at the Nevada Automotive Test Center for more than 20 years has now become an ASTM International standard. ASTM F2803 , Test Method for Evaluating Rim Slip Performance of Tires and Wheels, was developed by Subcommittee F09.20 on Vehicular Testing, part of ASTM International Committee F09 on Tires. Rim slip occurs when tire and wheel…, ASTM Committee F09 Next Meeting:, April 21-22, April committee week, St. Louis, Mo., Technical Contact:, Jason Whiteley, Nevada Automotive Test Center, Silver Springs, Nev., Phone: 775-629-2000, jwhiteley@natc-ht.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Rick Lake, Phone: 610-832-9689; rlake@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #8494/Feb2010
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ASTM International Committee A06 on Magnetic Properties has approved the first in a series of proposed standards on permanent magnet materials. The new standard, A 1054 , Specification for Sintered Ceramic Ferrite Permanent Magnets, as well as the other proposed standards, are under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee A06.02 on Material Specifications. While ASTM has long had standards covering…
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Measuring the performance of a new standard reference test tire (SRTT) in a variety of situations is the purpose of a new ASTM International standard, F 2493 , Specification for P225/60R16 97S Radial Standard Reference Test Tire. The standard, which was developed by Subcommittee F09.20 on Vehicular Testing, is under the jurisdiction of ASTM International Committee F09 on Tires. F 2493 is a…
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A proposed new standard currently being developed by ASTM International Committee F01 on Electronics will prove to be useful to the tantalum sputtering target industry. The proposed standard, WK9490, Test Method for Reporting Crystallographic Orientation of Sputtering Target Materials, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F01.17 on Sputter Metallization. "The tantalum sputtering target…
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ASTM International Committee F01 on Electronics is currently developing a proposed new standard that will provide uniformity in the values reported for oxygen content in aluminum alloys used for sputtering targets in the manufacture of integrated circuits. The proposed standard, WK9120, Determination of Oxygen in High Purity Aluminum and Alloys in High Purity Aluminum Base by Inert Gas Fusion…