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ASTM International is developing a proposed standard that will help manufacturers of automatic guided industrial vehicles evaluate their products. In addition to manufacturers, vehicle buyers will use this standard (WK48955: Test Method for Docking and Navigation for Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles) to conduct their own tests on potential purchases. ASTM member Roger Bostelman is…, Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Roger V. Bostelman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., tel +1.301.975.3426; roger.bostelman@nist.gov, ASTM Staff Contact:, Pat Picariello, tel +1.610.832.9720; ppicariello@astm.org Release #9811 ###
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A new ASTM standard consolidates six current standards on structural fasteners. With hundreds of millions of fasteners produced to ASTM specifications each year, industry will benefit from the streamlined approach provided by the new ASTM standard ( F3125 : Specification for High Strength Structural Bolts, Steel and Alloy Steel, Heat Treated, 120 ksi (830 MPa) and150 ksi (1040 MPa) Minimum…, ASTM Committee F16 Next Meeting:, May 17-19, 2015, May committee week, Anaheim, Calif., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact:, Chad Larson, LeJeune Bolt Co., Burnsville, Minn., tel +1.952.890.7700; clarson@lejeunebolt.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Jennifer Rodgers, tel +1.610.832.9694; jrodgers@astm.org Release #9785 ###
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Overhead conductors used to transmit electricity typically consist of stranded aluminum wires that surround a stranded steel wire core. However, a more recently developed conductor consists of composite materials of carbon and glass fibers that replace the stranded steel-supporting member. This new type of conductor will be covered in a new ASTM International standard, ASTM B987 , Specification…, ASTM Committee B01 Next Meeting:, April 29, 2015, April Committee Week, Anaheim, Calif., Technical Contact:, Eric Bosze, Ph.D., CTC Global, Irvine, Calif., Phone: +1.949.381.7262; ebosze@ctcglobal.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Kristy Straiton, Phone: +1.610.832.9640; kstraiton@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: +1.610.832.9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9694
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ASTM International has launched a new technical committee, F45 on Driverless Automatic Guided Industrial Vehicles . After organizational meetings in October 2013 and January 2014, F45 was approved at the board of director’s recent spring meeting. In use since 1953, automated guided vehicles (AGVs) are defined by the Material Handling Institute (MHI) as “computer-controlled wheel-based load…, Technical Contact:, Roger Bostelman, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Md., roger.bostelman@nist.gov , ASTM Staff Contact:, Pat Picariello, Phone: 610-832-9720; ppicariello@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9650
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ASTM B986 , Test Method for Determination of Tensile Strength by Mass Method for Stranded Conductors Intended for use in Electronic Application, will be used within the electronics and aerospace industries to validate tensile strength specification requirements for electrical conductors. ASTM B986 was developed by Subcommittee B01.02 on Methods of Test and Sampling Procedure , part of ASTM…, ASTM Committee B01 Next Meeting:, Oct. 23, 2013, October Committee Week, Jacksonville, Fla., Technical Contact:, Stephen Childers, IWG High Performance Conductors Inc., Inman, S.C., Phone: 864-472-0438; stephen.childers@iwghpc.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Kristy Straiton, Phone: 610-832-9640; kstraiton@astm.org , ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9364
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Personal protective equipment manufacturers, material manufacturers and end users with an interest in impact resistance are encouraged to contribute to the development of a proposed new standard on measuring transmitted impact force on protective clothing. The proposed standard, ASTM WK38096 , Test Method for Measuring Transmitted Impact Force Through Materials Used in Protective Clothing, is…, ASTM Committee F23 Next Meeting:, Jan 29-31, 2013, January Committee Week, Jacksonville, Fla., Technical Contact:, Angela Fisher, Wells Lamont Industrial, Palatine, Ill., Phone: 612-940-1316; afisher@wellslamont.com, ASTM Contact:, Ashley Wiand, Phone: 610-832-9551; awiand@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org R elease #9268
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The construction of an unprecedented number of overhead power lines around the world has increased the demand for accurate data and models for electrical conductors. A proposed new standard, ASTM WK35208, Test Methods for Stress-Strain and Creep Testing for Overhead Electrical Conductors, will answer this global need. ASTM WK35208 is being developed by Subcommittee B01.02 on Methods of Test and…
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New Standard for Chemical Permeation Testing Approved by ASTM Personal Protective Clothing CommitteeChemical protective clothing has been widely used to protect skin from health hazards that can be found in the workplace or during a terrorist attack. A new ASTM International standard provides directions in using a computer program, called a permeation calculator, to analyze data following a permeation test, in order to determine when chemicals have gotten inside the clothing. The new standard,…
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Due to risk of infection from blood-borne pathogens such as human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C, hypodermic needle sticks pose a life-safety risk to healthcare professionals, law enforcement officials, sanitation workers and others. A new ASTM International standard addresses the unique mechanics of hypodermic needle puncture as related to protective clothing. ASTM F2878 , Test Method…
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Code words have historically been used in the electrical conductor industry as a simple method of identifying the construction details of an overhead conductor product. A proposed new ASTM standard will list code word names and provide a means to register and publish new code words. ASTM WK28737 , Specification for Electrical Overhead Conductor Code Word Names, is being developed by Subcommittee…, ASTM Committee B01 Next Meeting:, Oct. 13, October Committee Week, San Antonio, Texas, Technical Contact:, Gordon Baker, General Cable, Highland Heights, Ky., Phone: 859-572-8493; gbaker@generalcable.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Jennifer Rodgers, Phone: 610-832-9694; jrodgers@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #8613