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Sterilized medical devices are indispensable to doctors and surgeons around the world. Peel pouches, otherwise known as preformed sterile barrier systems, are used to keep these devices sterile during all physical handling. These pouches can be made with a wide variety of material and are produced by many different suppliers, but the trait all pouches must share is the ability to protect devices…
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ASTM International Committee F16 on Fasteners has recently approved an important new standard that deals with coated threaded fasteners and washers by hot-dip zinc galvanizing. The standard, F 2329, Specification for Zinc Coating, Hot-Dip, Requirements for Application to Carbon and Alloy Steel Bolts, Screws, Washers, Nuts and Special Threaded Fasteners, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee…
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ASTM International Committee F16 on Fasteners has developed a new standard, F 2329, Specification for Zinc Coating, Hot-Dip, Requirements for Application to Carbon and Alloy Steel Bolts, Screws, Washers, Nuts, and Special Threaded Fasteners. The standard, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F16.03 on Coatings on Fasteners, covers the requirements for hot-dip zinc coating applied to…
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Two newly approved ASTM standards are filling a gap that has existed for tests for battery separators. The new standards, D 7129, Test Method for Determination of Ammonia Trapping in a Grafted Battery Separator, and D 7131, Test Method for Determination of Ion Exchange Capacity (IEC) in a Grafted Battery Separator, are under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D09.19 on Dielectric Sheet and Roll…
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ASTM International Committee D09 on Electrical and Electronic Insulating Materials will host a presentation of the European Unions Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) Directive during their meeting in Philadelphia, Pa. on March 15. The meeting will run from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. and will be followed by a social hour. Electrical equipment marketed in the EU after July 1, 2006, must comply…