Standards organizations ANSI

ANSI Reporter and Standards Action American National Standards Institute The monthly M/V.97 Eeporternews of poHcy-level actions on standardization taken by ANSI, the international organizations to which it belongs, and the government. Standards Fiction biweekly, Hsts for pubHc review and comment standards proposed for ANSI approval. It also reports on final approval actions on standards, newly pubUshed American National Standards, and proposed actions on national and international technical work. These two pubHcations replace The Magafine of Standards which ANSI, formerly The American Standards Association, discontinued in 1971. 

To reduce detailed written descriptions on flowsheets, it is usual practice to develop or adopt a set of s) mbols and codes which suit the purpose. Flowsheet symbol standardization has been developed by various professional and technical organizations for their particular fields. Most of these have also been adopted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). The following symbol references are related and useful for many chemical and mechanical processes ... 

The primary pump types for the chemical industry for horizontal and vertical inline applications have been standardized in ANSI B-123, ANSI Std B73.1M for horizontal end suction centrifugal pumps, and ANSI B73.2M for vertical inline centrifugal pumps. The standards are in a continuous process of upgrading to suit requirements of industry and the manufacturers. The API-610 standard is primarily a heavy duty application, such as is used for the refinery and chemical industry requirements. This is the only true world pump [21] standard, although the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is studying such an improved design [20]. 

The leading organization in the development of standards in the United States is the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). It is the member body representing the United States in the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Pan American Standards Commission (COPANT). ANSI does not write any standards. It promotes standardization, coordinates efforts toward standardization, and approves standards. It annually publishes a list of American... 

American National Standards Institute (ANSI) ANSI has served in its capacity as administrator and coordinator of the United States private sector voluntary standardization system for 80 years. The Institute is a private, nonprofit membership organization supported by a diverse constituency of private and public sector organizations. ANSI Z21.83 has been published and provides a means of testing and certifying the safety of stationary fuel cell power plants having a capacity of less than 1 MW. 

Two publications by Burklin (References, Section 1.1, Part B) are devoted to standards of importance to the chemical industry. Listed are about 50 organizations and 60 topics with which they are concerned. National Bureau of Standards Publication 329 contains about 25,000 titles of U.S. standards. The NBS-SIS service maintains a reference collection of 200,000 items accessible by letter or phone. Information about foreign standards is obtainable through the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). 

Standards are issued by both the standards organizations (e.g., ANSI, BS, or AS) and the professional industry associations regarding the recommended procedures for handling diisocyanates and materials such as MOCA. The Polyurethane Alliance has issued guidelines for the transportation of TDI (Alliance for the Polyurethane Industry, 2002). 

The supplier-user or vendor-vendee relationship, as it pertains to quality, is well described in the American National Standard s ANSI/ASQC Q90-1987 to Q94-1987. The standards are technically equivalent to the ISO 9000 to ISO 9004 series of the international Quality Management and Quality Assurance Standards. The recommended quality system specifies quality policy, organization, authority, personnel, management review, and so on. 

NBS. NBS is not a standards organization in the sense of ANSI or ASTM. ANSI and ASTM provide the administrative and procedural framework, but not the technical capability. NBS contributes technical background for a host of standards on subjects ranging from time to safety. 

Standards Organizations of Special Interest to Archivists. Three standards organizations are of interest to archivists ASTM, ANSI, and ISO. ASTM stands first in importance for the following reasons (1) The wide range of technical expertise in many materials and product areas should cover most areas of interest to archivists. (2) The organizational structure of ASTM provides for the development of almost any kind of standard. (3) If ASTM standards are determined to be of national interest, they can become ANSI standards because ASTM follows a full consensus procedure in the development of standards. (4) Four specifications for permanent-record papers already have been developed through ASTM Committee D-6, Paper and Paper Products (20). 

Guidance on the preparation of SDS s under the requirements of the GHS can be found in Annex 4. It has been developed by the GHS Sub-Committee after consideration of the main internationally-recognized standards which provided guidance in the preparation of an SDS, including the ILO Standard under the Recommendation 177 on Safety in the Use of Chemicals at Work, the International Standard 11014 of the International Standard Organization (ISO), the European Union Safety Data Sheet Directive 91/155/EEC and the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standard Z 400.1. 

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