by jbs123109 h3 — January 4, 2010—Standards group ASTM International has taken action on several standards related to design, facilities and industry in recent weeks. These include:
- Proposed new standard WK24817, Practice for Specifying Color by the Natural Color System (NCS), uses the Scandinavian Colour Institute’s Natural Color System, which describes colors exactly as they are seen rather than by pigment mixture or reflection curves, and can precisely define any of the millions of colors that exist, says ASTM.
The NCS system gives users the ability to judge the attributes of a color and to communicate and check specifications and identify colors. It is used internationally in such fields as architecture, corporate identity, cosmetics, education, fashion and textile forecasting and production, interior design and product design.
- Proposed standard WK24298, Guide for Fretting Fatigue Testing, would assist in establishing tests for fretting fatigue, an issue at attachments and joints in a variety of mechanical, aeronautical and biomedical engineering systems and devices, such as between the blades and disk in turbines, spline coupling of shafts, press fits, multilayer steel gaskets and more. The attachments are often critical in the reliability and safety of the system, says ASTM. WK24298 would be used for testing and to promote consistent use of terminology in reports and articles by engineers, researchers and technicians working with fretting fatigue.
- Proposed standard WK25126, Specification for Recirculating Hood System for Cooking Appliances, is being developed for the consistent design and performance of ventilation equipment in military commissaries. The U.S. Department of Defense, as well as architects, mechanical engineers and food service consultants who design commercial kitchens, will be the primary users of a proposed standard. The standard is being developed in conjunction with a recently approved revision to another F26.07 standard, F2474, Test Method for Heat Gain to Space Performance of Commercial Kitchen Ventilation/Appliance Systems, which includes an appendix that evaluates the heat and moisture loading from cooking processes. ASTM says the determination of the loading is critical in sizing the HVAC systems for restaurants, arenas and other buildings.
- A1064/A1064M, Specification for Steel Wire and Welded Wire Reinforcement, Plain and Deformed, for Concrete, combines information previously contained in four existing A01.05 standards on the use of wire or welded wire reinforcement: A82/A82M, A185/A185M, A496/A496M, and A497/A497M. The new standard will be used in applications ranging from reinforcement for concrete pipe and various other concrete drainage products to slabs on ground, bridges, walls and high-rise buildings.
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