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With support from industry and government leaders, ASTM International will host an organizational meeting to potentially create a new technical committee that develops voluntary consensus standards for commercial spaceflight. This meeting comes in part as a result of the updated U.S. Commercial Space Launch Competitiveness Act of 2015 (CSLCA). The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s…, ASTM Commercial Spaceflight Meeting:, Oct. 24, 2016, RTCA, Inc.; 1150 18th St. NW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20036, Media Inquiries:, Dan Bergels, tel +1.610.832.9602; dbergels@astm.org, ASTM Staff Contact:, Christine DeJong, tel +1.610.832.9736; cdejong@astm.org Release #10170
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An ASTM International committee is creating a standard to support the emergence of a geosynthetic material that is increasingly used in soil erosion protection and other construction projects. All interested parties are invited to participate in this effort (WK49719, Test Method for Determining the Flexural Strength of a Geosynthetic Cementitious Composite Mat (GCCM) Using the Three-Point Bending…, ASTM Committee D35 on Geosynthetics Next Meeting:, June 29-July 1, 2016, June Committee Week, Chicago, Ill., Media Inquiries:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org, Technical Contact: John, Paulson, Dison Supply LLC, Atlanta, Ga., tel +1.770.851.6090; jnptut@aol.com , ASTM Staff Contact:, Katerina Koperna, tel +1.610.832.9728; kkoperna@astm.org Release #10006
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ASTM F3131 , Specification for Epoxy/Cotton Raw Materials for Use in Bearing Cages, is a new ASTM standard that will benefit manufacturers of nearly any products that involve motion and bearings. ASTM member Drake DeFrane says that ASTM F3131 will be the first major standard to provide a guideline for engineering and design applications of epoxy/cotton raw materials used for making components…, ASTM Committee F34 Next Meeting:, Nov. 17-19, 2015, November committee week, Tampa, Fla., Technical Contact:, Drake DeFrane, Norplex-Micarta, Postville, Iowa, tel +1.563.864.4269; ddefrane@norplex-micarta.com, ASTM Staff Contact:, Joseph Hugo, tel +1.610.832.9740; jhugo@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Nathan Osburn, tel +1.610.832.9603; nosburn@astm.org Release #9766
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Bisphenol A, or BPA, is a high production volume chemical widely used in manufacturing polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins that are used in many industries. Procedures described in a new ASTM International standard will be used for measuring BPA concentration in environmental media such as soils, sludges and biosolids. The new standard, ASTM D7858 , Test Method for Determination of Bisphenol…, ASTM Committee D34 Next Meeting:, Virtual meeting, Oct. 10-11, 2013, Technical Contact:, Lawrence Zintek, Ph.D., U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5 Chicago Regional Laboratory, Chicago, Ill., Phone: 312-886-2925; zintek.lawrence@epa.gov, ASTM Staff Contact:, Alyson Fick, Phone: 610-832-9710; afick@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9456
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A new ASTM subcommittee will develop proposed standards to analyze organic compounds discharged into sanitary sewers. Subcommittee D34.02 on Discharge of Organic Wastes into Sanitary Sewers is part of ASTM International Committee D34 on Waste Management . “Considering the need for low detection limits and measurements that would assure all of the compounds of interest have been measured, sanitary…, ASTM Committee D34 Next Meeting:, April 2-3, 2013, EPA Headquarters, Las Vegas, Nev., Technical Contact:, John E. Burnett, Department of Public Works of Baltimore County, Columbia, Md., Phone: 410-887-5488; jeburnett@baltimorecountymd, ASTM Staff Contact:, Alyson Fick, Phone: 610-832-9710; afick@astm.org , ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org Release #9331
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High-speed machine tool spindles and the high-pressure turbopumps that move liquid hydrogen in the space shuttle are just two examples of the uses for hybrid roller bearings. ASTM Subcommittee F34.01 on Rolling Element has now developed a standard for hybrid roller bearings, ASTM F2730/F2730M , Specification for Silicon Nitride Cylindrical Bearing Rollers. Subcommittee F34.01 is under the…
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A new ASTM International standard that covers annular ball bearings intended primarily for use in instrument and precision rotating components has been developed as a conversion of a U.S. military standard, MIL-B-81793F, Annular Ball Bearings, for Instruments and Precision Rotating Components. The new standard, F 2332 , Specification for Annular Ball Bearings for Instruments and Precision…
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Joe Koury, staff manager for ASTM International Committee E52 on Forensic Psychophysiology, will speak at the annual seminar of the American Association of Police Polygraphists on April 17 at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque, N.M. This meeting will follow the April 14-15 meetings of Committee E52, which will take place at the some hotel. In his presentation, Koury will provide an…
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ASTM International Committee F34 on Rolling Element Bearings is seeking participation in a new activity on measuring the cleanliness and wetability of bearing components. Because aerospace customers currently use many different methods of testing ball bearings, the goal of the activity is to work toward a consistent method for measuring cleanliness and wetability, as well as to analyze the…
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Forensic Psychophysiology Committee in ASTM International Aims at Reducing Perjury with New StandardThe aim of a new ASTM standard developed by Committee E52 on Forensic Psychophysiology is to assist the judicial system in reducing incidents of perjury. The new standard, E 2324, Guide for PDD Paired Testing, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E52.05 on Psychophysiological Detection of Deception (PDD). According to George Baranowski, founder, Mindsight Consultants, the guide could be…