Thursday, January 28, 2016

New Electrical Engineering Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Electrical Engineering in General are now available:


  • BS 6396, 2008 Edition with Amendment 1 interfiled, Electrical systems in office furniture and educational furniture. Specification
  • BS EN 60332-1-1, 2004 Edition with Amendment 1 interfiled, Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions. Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated wire or cable. Apparatus
  • BS EN 60332-1-3, 2004 Edition with Amendment 1 interfiled, Tests on electric and optical fibre cables under fire conditions. Test for vertical flame propagation for a single insulated wire or cable. Procedure for determination of flaming droplets/particles
  • BS EN 60695-1-11, 2015 Edition, Fire hazard testing. Guidance for assessing the fire hazard of electrotechnical products. Fire hazard assessment
  • BS EN 61175, Withdrawn and replaced by BS-EN-61175-1, Industrial systems, installation and equipment and industrial products. Designation of signals
  • BS EN 61175-1, 2015 Edition and Corrigendum 1, Industrial systems, installations and equipment and industrial products. Designation of signals. Basic rules
  • BS EN 61340-2-1, 2015 Edition, Electrostatics. Measurement methods. Ability of materials and products to dissipate static electric charge
  • BS EN 61340-4-6, 2015 Edition, Electrostatics. Standard test methods for specific applications. Wrist straps
  • BS EN 61340-5-32015 Edition, Electrostatics. Protection of electronic devices from electrostatic phenomena. Properties and requirements classification for packaging intended for electrostatic discharge sensitive devices
  • BS EN 62061, 2005 Edition with Amendments 1 and 2 interfiled, Safety of machinery. Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems
  • BS EN ISO 13849-1, 2015 Edition, Safety of machinery. Safety-related parts of control systems. General principles for design


Wednesday, January 27, 2016

New Radiation Protection Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Radiation Protection are now available:


  • BS EN 62484, Corrigendum 1 for 2010 Edition, Radiation protection instrumentation. Spectroscopy-based portal monitors used for the detection and identification of illicit trafficking of radioactive material
  • BS EN 62534, Corrigendum 1 for 2010 Edition, Radiation protection instrumentation. Highly sensitive hand-held instruments for neutron detection of radioactive material
  • BS EN ISO 361, 2015 Edition, Basic ionizing radiation symbol
  • BS EN ISO 3925, Corrigendum 1 for 2014 Edition, Unsealed radioactive substances. Identification and documentation
  • IEC 60846-2, Edition 2.0, Radiation protection instrumentation - Ambient and/or directional dose equivalent (rate) meters and/or monitors for beta, X and gamma radiation - Part 2: High range beta and photon dose and dose rate portable instruments for emergency radiation protection purposes
  • IEC 62971, Edition 1.0, Radiation instrumentation - Radiation sources used in illicit trafficking detection standards - Guidance and recommendations
  • ISO 15382, 2nd Edition, Radiological protection - Procedures for monitoring the dose to the lens of the eye, the skin and the extremities
  • ISO 20785-3, 1st Edition, Dosimetry for exposures to cosmic radiation in civilian aircraft - Part 3: Measurements at aviation altitudes
  • ISO 21909-1, 1st Edition, Passive neutron dosimetry systems - Part 1: Performance and test requirements for personal dosimetry
  • ISO 29661, Amendment 1 for 1st Edition, Reference radiation fields for radiation protection - Definitions and fundamental concepts


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Thursday, January 21, 2016

New FDA Medical Device Guidance Documents for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New FDA Medical Device Guidance Documents are now available:




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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

New Plastics Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Plastics in General are now available:


  • ASTM D3763, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Method for High Speed Puncture Properties of Plastics Using Load and Displacement Sensors
  • ASTM D6288, 2015 Edition, Standard Practice for Separation and Washing of Recycled Plastics Prior to Testing
  • ASTM D6360, 2015 Edition, Standard Practice for Enclosed Carbon-Arc Exposures of Plastics
  • ASTM D7856, 2015 Edition, Standard Specification for Color and Appearance Retention of Solid and Variegated Color Plastic Siding Products using CIELab Color Space
  • ASTM F2617, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Method for Identification and Quantification of Chromium, Bromine, Cadmium, Mercury, and Lead in Polymeric Material Using Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometry
  • BS EN 16465, 2015 Edition, Plastics. Methods for the calibration of black-standard and white-standard thermometers and black-panel and white-panel thermometers for use in natural and artificial weathering
  • BS EN 16795, 2015 Edition, Plastics. Method for estimating heat build up of flat surfaces by simulated solar radiation
  • BS EN ISO 20200, 2015 Edition, Plastics. Determination of the degree of disintegration of plastic materials under simulated composting conditions in a laboratory-scale test
  • BS EN ISO 21509, Corrigendum 1 for 2006 Edition, Plastics and ebonite. Verification of Shore durometers
  • ISO 6721-10, 3rd Edition, Plastics - Determination of dynamic mechanical properties - Part 10: Complex shear viscosity using a parallel-plate oscillatory rheometer
  • ISO 20200, 2nd Edition, Plastics - Determination of the degree of disintegration of plastic materials under simulated composting conditions in a laboratory-scale test


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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

New Ceramics Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Ceramics are now available:


  • ASTM C1337, 2010 Edition Reapproved in 2015, Standard Test Method for Creep and Creep Rupture of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics Under Tensile Loading at Elevated Temperatures
  • ASTM C1360, 2010 Edition Reapproved in 2015, Standard Practice for Constant-Amplitude, Axial, Tension-Tension Cyclic Fatigue of Continuous Fiber-Reinforced Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperatures
  • ASTM C13612010 Edition Reapproved in 2015, Standard Practice for Constant-Amplitude, Axial, Tension-Tension Cyclic Fatigue of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperatures
  • ASTM C1421, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Methods for Determination of Fracture Toughness of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature
  • ASTM C1424, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Method for Monotonic Compressive Strength of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature
  • ASTM C1499, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Method for Monotonic Equibiaxial Flexural Strength of Advanced Ceramics at Ambient Temperature
  • ASTM C1678, 2010 Edition Reapproved in 2015, Standard Practice for Fractographic Analysis of Fracture Mirror Sizes in Ceramics and Glasses
  • BS 8654, 2015 Edition, Domestic and hospitality use ceramic tableware articles intended for contact with foodstuffs. Specification
  • BS EN 15991, 2015 Edition, Testing of ceramic and basic materials. Direct determination of mass fractions of impurities in powders and granules of silicon carbide by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP OES) with electrothermal vaporisation (ETV)
  • ISO 17170, 1st Edition, Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) - Test method for spherical indentation of porous ceramics
  • ISO 18591, 1st Edition, Fine ceramics (advanced ceramics, advanced technical ceramics) - Determination of compressive strength of ceramic granules


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Friday, January 15, 2016

New Solid Fuel Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Solid Fuels are now available:


  • ASTM D2638, 2010 Edition Reapproved in 2015 with an editorial correction, Standard Test Method for Real Density of Calcined Petroleum Coke by Helium Pycnometer
  • ASTM D4606, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Method for Determination of Arsenic and Selenium in Coal by the Hydride Generation/Atomic Absorption Method
  • ASTM D5187, 2010 Edition Reapproved in 2015 with an editorial correction, Standard Test Method for Determination of Crystallite Size (Lc) of Calcined Petroleum Coke by X-Ray Diffraction
  • ASTM D5709, 2009 Edition Reapproved in 2015, Standard Test Method for Sieve Analysis of Petroleum Coke
  • ASTM D5987, 1996 Edition Reapproved in 2015, Standard Test Method for Total Fluorine in Coal and Coke by Pyrohydrolytic Extraction and Ion Selective Electrode or Ion Chromatograph Methods
  • ASTM D7430, 2015b Edition, Standard Practice for Mechanical Sampling of Coal
  • BS 1016-109, Withdrawn and replaced by BS ISO 1953, Methods for analysis and testing of coal and coke. Size analysis of coal
  • BS EN 14774-3, Withdrawn and replaced by BS EN ISO 18134-3, Solid biofuels. Determination of moisture content. Oven dry method. Moisture in general analysis sample
  • BS EN 16127, Withdrawn and replaced by BS EN ISO 17829, Solid biofuels. Determination of length and diameter of pellets
  • BS EN ISO 17829, 2015 Edition, Solid biofuels. Determination of length and diameter of pellets
  • BS EN ISO 18122, 2015 Edition, Solid biofuels. Determination of ash content
  • BS EN ISO 18123, 2015 Edition, Solid biofuels. Determination of the content of volatile matter
  • BS EN ISO 18134-3, 2015 Edition, Solid biofuels. Determination of moisture content. Oven dry method. Moisture in general analysis sample
  • BS ISO 1953, 2015 Edition, Hard coal. Size analysis by sieving
  • ISO 16996, 1st Edition, Solid biofuels - Determination of elemental composition by X-ray fluorescence
  • ISO 17828, 1st Edition, Solid biofuels - Determination of bulk density
  • ISO 17829, 1st Edition, Solid Biofuels - Determination of length and diameter of pellets
  • ISO 17831-1, 1st Edition, Solid biofuels - Determination of mechanical durability of pellets and briquettes - Part 1: Pellets
  • ISO 17831-2, 1st Edition, Solid biofuels - Determination of mechanical durability of pellets and briquettes - Part 2: Briquettes
  • ISO 18123, 1st Edition, Solid biofuels - Determination of the content of volatile matter


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Thursday, January 14, 2016

New Continuous Handling Equipment Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Continuous Handling Equipment are now available:


  • BS EN 14973, 2015 Edition, Conveyor belts for use in underground installations. Electrical and flammability safety requirements
  • BS EN ISO 283, 2015 Edition, Textile conveyor belts. Full thickness tensile strength, elongation at break and elongation at the reference load. Test method
  • BS EN ISO 7622-2, 2015 Edition, Steel cord conveyor belts. Longitudinal traction test. Measurement of tensile strength
  • BS EN ISO 7623, 2015 Edition, Steel cord conveyor belts. Cord-to-coating bond test. Initial test and after thermal treatment
  • DIN EN 12881-1, 2015 Edition, Conveyor belts - Fire simulation flammability testing - Part 1: Propane burner tests
  • ISO 283, 4th Edition, Textile conveyor belts - Full thickness tensile strength, elongation at break and elongation at the reference load - Test method
  • ISO 7622-2, 2nd Edition, Steel cord conveyor belts - Longitudinal traction test - Part 2: Measurement of tensile strength
  • ISO 7623, 3rd Edition, Steel cord conveyor belts - Cord-to-coating bond test - Initial test and after thermal treatment


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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

New Ambient Air Quality Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Ambient Air Quality have been released:


  • ASTM D1356, 2015b Edition, Standard Terminology Relating to Sampling and Analysis of Atmospheres
  • ASTM E2018, 2015 Edition, Standard Guide for Property Condition Assessments: Baseline Property Condition Assessment Process
  • ASTM F2608, 2015 Edition, Standard Test Method for Determining the Change in Room Air Particulate Counts as a Result of the Vacuum Cleaning Process
  • BS EN 14662-3, 2015 Edition, Ambient air. Standard method for the measurement of benzene concentrations. Automated pumped sampling with in situ gas chromatography
  • BS EN 16738, 2015 Edition, Emission safety of combustible air fresheners. Test methods
  • BS EN 16739, 2015 Edition, Emission safety of combustible air fresheners. Methodology for the assessment of test results and application of recommended emission limits
  • BS EN 16740, 2015 Edition, Emission safety of combustible air fresheners. User safety information


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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

New Dentistry Standards for the 4th Quarter 2015

Document Center Inc. is pleased to announce that the following New Standards on Dentistry are now available:


  • ANSI/ADA 1069, 2015 Edition, SCDI Standard Terms, Definitions and Acronyms
  • BS 7652-1, Withdrawn and replaced by BS ISO 11040-1, Prefilled syringes. Specification for glass cylinders for dental local anaesthetic cartridges
  • BS EN ISO 10650, 2015 Edition, Dentistry. Powered polymerization activators
  • BS EN ISO 10650-1, Withdrawn and replaced by BS EN ISO 10650, Dentistry. Powered polymerization activators. Quartz tungsten halogen lamps
  • BS EN ISO 10650-2, Withdrawn and replaced by BS En ISO 10650, Dentistry. Powered polymerization activators. Light-emitting diode (LED) lamps
  • BS EN ISO 17937, 2015 Edition, Dentistry. Osteotome
  • BS ISO 11040-1, 2015 Edition, Prefilled syringes. Glass cylinders for dental local anaesthetic cartridges
  • ISO 11040-1, 2nd Edition, Prefilled syringes - Part 1: Glass cylinders for dental local anaesthetic cartridges
  • ISO 13017, Amendment 1 for the 1st Edition, Amendment 1, Dentistry - Magnetic attachments
  • ISO 19429, 1st Edition, Dentistry - Designation system for dental implants


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