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As a result of the Safety Equipment Institute becoming a subsidiary of ASTM International on April 19, SEI is expanding its offerings beyond its existing product certifications to include personnel certifications and environmental declaration programs. The SEI Board Standing Committee on Certification Programs met for the first time yesterday. It approved operating manuals and procedures for SEI’…, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel. +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, SEI Staff Contact:, Pat Gleason, tel. +1.703.442.5732; pgleason@seinet.org Release #10101
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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 proposed new ASTM International standard will provide the electrical power industry with a relatively straightforward test for oxidation stability of natural esters. Natural esters, also known as vegetable oils, can be used as an alternative to mineral oil as an insulating liquid in power transformers and other electrical equipment. The proposed standard is ASTM WK21616 , Test Method for…, ASTM Committee D27 Next Meeting:, Nov. 9-11, 2014, November Committee Week, New Orleans, La., Technical Contact:, Kevin J. Rapp, Cargill Industrial Specialties, Brookfield, Wis., Phone: 262-797-5584; kevin_rapp@cargill.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Kelly Paul, Phone: 610-832-9745; kpaul@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9618
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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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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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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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All interested parties are invited to participate in the standards developing work of Subcommittee F23.50 on Certification and PPE Interoperability, part of ASTM International Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment. The subcommittee, which was formed in 2009, is currently working on a proposed new standard, WK27616 , Practice for a Product Certification Process. According to…
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A proposed new ASTM International standard for liquid threats on protective clothing will cover the specific needs of law enforcement officers. The new standard, ASTM WK25965 , Test Method for Liquid Threat Sprayed on a Mannequin, is being developed by Subcommittee F23.30 on Chemicals, part of ASTM International Committee F23 on Personal Protective Clothing and Equipment. Fire and hazardous…
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The ability to provide the correct amount of protection is one of the important elements in the development of protective clothing worn by individuals who apply pesticides as part of their jobs. While overprotection in hot climatic conditions can result in heat stress and low compliance, some of the existing design-based requirements can result in too little protection, as material performance…, CONTACT:, ASTM Committee F23 Next Meeting:, Jan. 26-28, 2010, January committee week, San Antonio, Texas, Technical Contact:, Anugrah Shaw, University of Maryland Eastern Shore, Princess Anne, Md., Phone: 410-651-6064; ashaw@umes.edu, ASTM Staff Contact:, Stephen Mawn, ASTM International, Phone: 610-832-9726; smawn@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, ASTM International, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #84 54/Jan2010