There’s a new TAPPI T1211 2011 Edition out for Laboratories Providing Reference Materials for TAPPI Standards

TAPPI T1211 (also known as TAPPI TM 1211) has just been issued as the 2011 Edition.  Titled “Acceptance procedures for laboratories providing reference materials for TAPPI Standards,” the  standard practice establishes acceptance procedures for the listing of organizations as calibration laboratories or providers of standardized materials in the TAPPI Standards. Such organizations are involved with the maintenance of master instruments, calibration of test instruments and the issuance of calibration materials or transfer standards.

This standard practice establishes the “self certification” procedures for an organization to nominate itself, and be accepted, as a TAPPI calibration laboratory for inclusion in the listing of such sources within the published TAPPI Standards. Organizations that have national or international recognition as maintainers of master instruments, calibrators of test instruments to either master instruments or to calibration standards, issuers of calibration standards, and/or issuers of transfer standards are considered to meet the requirements of T 1211 for listing as a calibration laboratory.

All organizations requesting a listing must be willing to sell or provide the materials to any other company or organization that has a legitimate interest in using the method in conjunction with testing activities.  The organizations so accepted by TAPPI will be listed as maintainers of master instruments, calibrators of test instruments to either master instruments or to calibration standards, issuers of calibration standards, and/or the issuers of transfer standards.

TAPPI, the leading association for the worldwide pulp, paper, packaging and converting industries, issues a number of different standards.  The T series is the Test Method standards group.  The T1211 was originally released in 1996 and has been revised in 2001, 2006, and now again in 2011.  A list of all certified laboratories may be found in the Reference Materials List, to be used in conjunction with the Supplier Directory.

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European Risk Management Standards center on Medical Devices

Looking for European Standards on risk management?  If you’re interested in EN standards specific to the region, you’ll find most are focused on medical devices and laboratories.  And they’re almost all adoptions of ISO and IEC standards as well!

Here’s a list with links to the existing Official English language editions of the EN standards on Risk Management:

EN 31010:2010 Risk management – Risk assessment techniques,

CEN ISO/TS 22367:2010 Medical laboratories – Reduction of error through risk management and continual improvement (ISO/TS 22367:2008, including Cor 1:2009),

EN ISO 10993-1:2009 Biological evaluation of medical devices – Part 1: Evaluation and testing within a risk management process (ISO 10993-1:2009) – Includes Corrigendum 1,

EN ISO 22442-1:2007 Medical devices utilizing animal tissues and their derivatives – Part 1: Application of risk management (ISO 22442-1:2007),

EN ISO 14971:2009 Medical devices – Application of risk management to medical devices (ISO 14971:2007, Corrected version 2007-10-01),

EN 80001-1:2011 Application of risk management for IT-networks incorporating medical devices – Part 1: Roles, responsibilities and activities,

EN ISO 17666:2003 Space systems – Risk management (ISO 17666:2003),

EN ISO 15743:2008 Ergonomics of the thermal environment – Cold workplaces – Risk assessment and management (ISO 15743:2008),

EN 15975-1:2011 Security of drinking water supply – Guidelines for risk and crisis management – Part 1: Crisis management, and

EN 62305-2:2006 Protection against lightning – Part 2: Risk management.

EN standards are not available as stand-alone items, but only as reprints by each country in the European Union, released as the EN is adopted.  The official English language editions and other national issues are all available from Document Center Inc. at our website, www.document-center.com.  You may prefer to contact us by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com).  We’re here from 8 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday California time to help you with your standards requirements and questions.

New ANSI/AWWA D100-11 Released – AWWA Standard for Welded Carbon Steel Tanks for Water Storage

The new 2011 Edition of AWWA D100 has just be released for public distribution and is available from Document Center Inc.  AWWA D100, titled “AWWA Standard for Welded Carbon Steel Tanks for Water Storage,” provides minimum requirements for the design, construction, inspection and testing of new welded carbon steel tanks for the storage of water at atmospheric pressure.  The new revision replaces the previous 2005 Edition with the 2007 Errata.

This standard is based on the allowable-stress design method, with the exception of reinforced concrete foundations.  Additionally, all tanks storing potable water are expected to have roofs. Tanks storing nonpotable water may be constructed without roofs.

This edition of the standard includes numerous corrections, updates, and new material to clarify some of the existing requirements.

1. Section 1 was revised to show the latest edition of references.

2. Section 3 was revised to match the wind exposure definitions of ASCE 7-05. The requirement that dome roofs constructed of aluminum shall comply with ANSI/AWWA D108 was added. The stress evaluation procedure of ASME SECTION VIII, DIV. 2 was added as an acceptable method for evaluating local shell or pedestal stress for anchor chair designs that are based on a detailed analysis.

3. Section 10 was revised to include an erection tolerance multiplier for elements of ground-supported flat-bottom tanks that are designed in accordance with Sec. 3.4.4 and subject to small compressive stresses.

4. Section 11 was revised to make leak testing of the bottom-to-shell joint mandatory for all ground-supported flat-bottom tanks.

5. Section 13 was revised to not require a site response analysis for short-period structure located on liquefiable soils. The site-specific procedure of FEMA 450 was deleted, and the site-specific procedures of ASCE 7-05 were referenced. The scaling requirement for the alternate procedures was clarified.

6. Section 14 was revised to clarify the DMT-thickness requirement for Category 1 and Category 2 materials when impacts are provided.

7. Section 15, covering dome roofs constructed of aluminum, was deleted and replaced with a reference to ANSI/AWWA D108.

ANSI/AWWA D100-11 does not cover all details of design and construction because of the large variety of sizes and shapes of tanks. Details that are not addressed shall be designed and constructed to be adequate and as safe as those that would otherwise be provided under this standard. And this standard does not cover concrete–steel composite tank construction.

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New MIL-STD-1501 Revision F on Chromium Plating, Low Embrittlement, Electrodeposition

New MIL-STD-1501F titled “Chromium Plating, Low Embrittlement, Electrodeposition” has just been released.  The 15-page document replaces the MIL-STD-1501E, which is now obsolete.

This standard covers the engineering requirements for electrodeposition of hard chromium on high strength steel substrates and the properties of deposit.  Subsequent heat treating techniques needed to insure low hydrogen embrittlement of steel are also described.

Chromium plated to this standard will meet the performance requirements of SAE AMS-2460, which supersedes SAE AMS-QQ-C-320. This standard may be used whenever SAE-AMS-QQ-C-320 is specified.

MIL-STD-1501 provides guidance for the Air Force repair process, acquisition, and manufacture of parts and/or spare parts on the landing gear of all military aircraft.

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New 2011 Edition of BS-EN-71-1, Safety of Toys, now available

BS EN 71-1, titled “Safety of toys – Mechanical and physical properties,” is now available from Document Center Inc. in the new 2011 Edition.  The standard specifies requirements and test methods for the mechanical and physical properties of toys and is an essential standard for compliance with the European Union’s Toy Safety Directive.

In 2011 the new EU Toy Safety Directive came into force.  BS EN 71-1, the official English language edition of EN 71-1, provides the detail which underpins this new directive.

When a toy is placed on the market in the European Union, the manufacturer must draw up an EC Declaration of Conformity (DoC).  By doing so the manufacturer certifies and assumes responsibility for the compliance of the toy with the essential requirements of the new directive.  If a toy complies with this standard it should not present any further hazard to children when used as intended.

This new edition of BS EN 71-1 replaces the BS EN 71-1:2005+A9:2009 Edition. Both versions, and all BS EN standards, are available from Document Center Inc. through our website, www.document-center.com. Or contact us by phone (650-591-7600), fax (650-591-7617) or email (info@document-center.com). We’d be happy to assist you with all your standards requirements and questions.

ASTM A370, Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products – New 2011 Edition available

ASTM-A370 2011 Edition titled “Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products” has just been released.  These test methods cover procedures and definitions for the mechanical testing of steels, stainless steels, and related alloys.  The new 2011 edition replaces the previous 2010 issue.

ASTM-A370 test methods center on Ductile vs. Brittle Behavior.  Body-centered-cubic or ferritic alloys exhibit a significant transition in behavior when impact tested over a range of temperatures. At temperatures above transition, impact specimens fracture by a ductile (usually microvoid coalescence) mechanism, absorbing relatively large amounts of energy. At lower temperatures, they fracture in a brittle (usually cleavage) manner absorbing appreciably less energy. Within the transition range, the fracture will generally be a mixture of areas of ductile fracture and brittle fracture.

The temperature range of the transition from one type of behavior to the other varies according to the material being tested. This transition behavior may be defined in various ways for specification purposes.

The specification may require a minimum test result for absorbed energy, fracture appearance, lateral expansion, or a combination thereof, at a specified test temperature.

The specification may require the determination of the transition temperature at which either the absorbed energy or fracture appearance attains a specified level when testing is performed over a range of temperatures. Alternatively the specification may require the determination of the fracture appearance transition temperature (FATTn) as the temperature at which the required minimum percentage of shear fracture (n) is obtained.

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New Revision C released for MIL-HDBK-189, Reliability Growth Management

MIL-HDBK-189 Revision C has just been released.  The document, entitled “Reliability Growth Management,” replaces the previous revision, MIL-HDBK-189B with administrative notice 1.  This guide is intended for use on systems/equipment during the development phase by both producer (supplier) and consumer (military) personnel.

Reliability growth management procedures were developed to help guide the materiel acquisition process for new military systems. Generally, these systems require new technologies and represent a challenge to the state of the art. Striving to meet these reliability requirements represents a significant portion of the entire acquisition process and, as a result, the setting of priorities and the allocation and reallocation of resources such as funds, manpower and time are often formidable management tasks.

Reliability growth techniques enable acquisition personnel to plan, evaluate and control the reliability of a system during its development stage. The reliability growth concepts and methodologies presented in this handbook have evolved over the last few decades by actual applications to Army, Navy and Air Force systems. Through these applications, reliability growth management technology has been developed to the point where considerable payoffs in system reliability improvement and cost reduction can be achieved.

This handbook provides procuring activities and development contractors with an understanding of the concepts and principles of reliability growth, advantages of managing reliability growth, and guidelines and procedures to be used in managing reliability growth.

MIL-HDBK-189C is not intended to serve as a reliability growth plan to be applied to a program without any tailoring. This handbook, when used in conjunction with knowledge of the system and its development program, will allow the development of a reliability growth management plan that will aid in developing a final system that meets its reliability requirements and lowers the life cycle cost of the fielded systems.

The primary change in this new release is the addition of PM2 (Planning Model Based on Projection Methodology) planning model.  However, there are no guides to the actual changes in the document due to the extensive nature of the update.  Because the handbook is only 149 pages, detailed development of underlying theory and estimation procedures are not provided.  There’s a two-page bibliography at the end of the handbook to assist the user find additional information.

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New ASTM D6251 – 11/D6251M – 11 Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Panelboard Shipping Boxes

There’s a new 2011 revision for ASTM D6251/D6251M, “Standard Specification for Wood-Cleated Panelboard Shipping Boxes.”  The 16 page document covers the fabrication and closure of empty and full wood-cleated panelboard boxes (wooden crates).

Boxes are firstly classified according to box type: Type I, Type II, Type III, and Type IV.  Then they’re further segregated according to class: Class 1 and Class 2.  There’s additional classification for style:  Style A, Style A1, Style B, and Style C through K.  And also classification according to preservative treatment; Treatment A and Treatment B.  Then lastly, according to load type: Type 1, Type 2, and Type 3.

Panels using this standard are fabricated by nailing, stapling, or gluing panelboard to cleats.

Specified requirements are given for fastener component test, fastener test for securing cleats to panelboard panels, lateral resistance test, direct withdrawal resistance test, oxine copper preservative test, zinc napthenate preservative test, and preservative dryness test.

The specification has been adopted by the U.S. government as a replacement for the popular Federal specifications, PPP-B-576 (cancelled in 1998) and PPP-B-601 (cancelled in 1999).

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ANSI/ISEA Z358.1 (AKA ANSI-Z358.1) is our top-selling Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment

ANSI Z358.1 2009 Edition, titled “American National Standard for Emergency Eyewash and Shower Equipment,” is one of our top-sellers here at Document Center Inc.   This standard sets the guidelines for eyewash and shower safety equipment fixtures, installation and training practices.

Different sections of the standard cover plumbed and self contained emergency showers, plumbed and self-contained eyewash equipment, eye/face wash equipment, combination units and supplemental equipment. Each addresses how the equipment should perform, as well as testing procedures to ensure proper operation, installation, maintenance and training.

The standard is especially important because it supplements 29CFR(1910.151), the OSHA requirement that “…where the eyes or body of any person may be exposed to injurious corrosive materials, suitable facilities for quick drenching or flushing of the eyes and body shall be provided within the work area for immediate emergency use.”

Since the Federal regulation does not offer any additional direction on how to provide suitable facilities, the ANSI-Z358.1 steps in with concrete information on how to insure that best practices are being met.

The document is co-numbered ANSI/ISEA Z358.1.  ISEA is the actual standard developer, with ANSI providing adoption of the ISEA standard in order to elevate it to status of an American National Standard.  In opting for ANSI adoption, ISEA has committed itself to a 5 year review cycle for the document, as well as an open public review process for each new issue prior to publishing.

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New MIL STD 2105 Revision D – Hazard Assessment Tests for Non-Nuclear Munitions

New MIL-STD-2105 Revision D, titled “Hazard Assessment Tests for Non-Nuclear Munitions” and dated 4/19/2011, is now available.  This standard provides or references tests and test procedures for the assessment of safety and Insensitive Munitions (IM) characteristics for all non-nuclear munitions, munition subsystems, and explosive devices.

MIL STD 2105 applies to all non-nuclear munitions (i.e., all-up missiles, rockets, pyrotechnics) and munitions subsystems (e.g., warheads, fuzes, cartridge actuated devices, propulsion units, safe and arm devices, pyrotechnic devices, chemical payloads) and other explosive devices. The standard assumes that it may not be possible to test against all threats.  Therefore, it recommends you select the most probable, credible stimuli that are expected to cause the greatest damage to life, property, or combat effectiveness.

Three sets of tests are commonly used to assess munitions with respect to hazards: IM tests as contained or contained in this standard; Hazard Classification (HC) tests used to classify munitions for transportation and storage purposes; and basic safety tests used to assess munition safety and suitability response or system vulnerability.  In order to best utilize limited resources and avoid test redundancy, it is suggested you tailor IM test plans to the maximum extent possible, so that all three sets of tests can be addressed in one coordinated test program with the minimum number of samples.

Twenty-five other standards are referenced in MIL-STD-2105 for many of the actual tests themselves.  The standard itself is 37 pages and replaces the MIL-STD-2105 Revision C with its 2 administration notices.  The document is intended for military use, not commercial applications.

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