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ASTM International Committee F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging will hold its next meeting on Sept. 26-27, 2012, at the Hotel Rey Juan Carlos I in Barcelona, Spain. At this meeting, participants will have the opportunity to contribute to the development and revision of a number of standards important to the use and evaluation of flexible barrier packaging. One of the highlights of the meeting will…, Future Trends in Permeation Measurements, , presented by Franz Sturm, Lipke •, U.S. FDA Perspective: The Use of Standards in Premarket Submissions and Auditing the Medical Device Packaging Process, , presented by Pat Weixel, U.S. Food and Drug Administration •, Microbial Barrier Test Methods for Porous Sterile Barrier Materials, , presented by Thierry Wagner, DuPont Medical and Pharmaceutical Protection •, Toward a Package Durability Predictive Model, , presented by Henk Blom, Rollprint Packaging Products •, Package Integrity: Methods of Detection, , presented by Wendy Mach, Nelson Laboratories •, Use of Design Guide F2097 and U.S. FDA Recognition, , Hal Miller, PACE Solutions LLC •, Sterile Medical Device Package Performance Testing and the Nebulous Effect of Vibration in Transit, , presented by Pat Nolan, DDL •, ASTM International: ASTM Mechanics and Overview, , presented by Diane Trinsey, ASTM Committee F02 staff manager All are welcome to attend. Registration and meeting information, including abstracts describing the presentations shown above, can be found at www.astm.org/COMMIT/F02/Barcelona_Meeting_info . Committee F02 develops standards on barrier materials, their properties and package design, development and production. Typical flexible barrier…, ASTM Committee F02 Next Meeting:, Sept. 26-27, 2012, Barcelona, Spain, ASTM Staff Contact:, Diane Trinsey, Phone: 610-832-9661; dtrinsey@astm.org, ASTM PR Contact:, Barbara Schindler, Phone: 610-832-9603; bschindl@astm.org R elease #9289
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ASTM International Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science invites all interested parties to join in the ongoing revision of ASTM E1578 , Guide for Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS). ASTM E1578 is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee E13.15 on Analytical Data . According to James B. Powers Jr., managing partner, Bridge Associates LLC, and chair of the E13.…
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A new ASTM International standard will have applications in a variety of factories, on artificial turfs and playing surfaces, and even in the classroom. The new standard, G194 , Test Method for Measuring Rolling Friction Characteristics of a Spherical Shape on a Flat Horizontal Surface, was developed by Subcommittee G02.50 on Friction, part of ASTM International Committee G02 on Wear and Erosion…
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All interested parties, particularly end users from the forensics sciences, are encouraged to join in the development of a proposed new ASTM standard, WK18814 , Guide for Relative Intensity Correction of Raman Spectrometers. WK18814 is being developed by Subcommittee E13.08 on Raman Spectroscopy, which is under the jurisdiction of ASTM International Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and…
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Since the early 1980s, multivariate analytical techniques have been increasingly used in a variety of industries. A new ASTM International standard, E2617 , Practice for Validation of Empirically Derived Multivariate Calibrations, answers a need for standards for these techniques. Subcommittee E13.11 on Multivariate Analysis, under the jurisdiction of ASTM International Committee E13 on Molecular…
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Testing the oxygen permeation of packaging material is important for the suppliers of various barrier materials, as well as users of these materials in the food, pharmaceutical and consumer product companies, universities, research organizations and other industries. This kind of testing is covered in a new ASTM International standard approved by Committee F02 on Flexible Barrier Packaging, F2622…
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ASTM International’s Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science will hold its February meeting in conjunction with the 58th Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy (Pittcon 2007) from Feb. 25-27 at the McCormick Place Convention Center in Chicago, Ill. All E13 meetings will be held in room N-129. During the conference and exhibit portion of…
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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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According to Jerry Workman, chair of new ASTM International Subcommittee E13.16 on Chemical Sensors, one place to begin to understand the current and future importance of chemical sensors is the classic television show, Star Trek. “Mr. Spock, the science officer on the Starship Enterprise, routinely used his Tricorder to make measurements of atmospheric gases, soil samples, living tissue and…
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ASTM International Subcommittee E13.15 on Analytical Data is currently working on a proposed new standard, WK6371, Analytical Information Markup Language (AnIML). Subcommittee E13.15 is under the jurisdiction of Committee E13 on Molecular Spectroscopy and Separation Science. AnIML is a markup language for describing analytical chemistry result data and metadata that can be used for data…