ASTM is one of the oldest and largest non-profit standards organizations in the United States. After a century of development, ASTM now has 33,669 (individual and group) members, of which 22,396 members of the main committees serve as technical experts in its various committees.ASTM's technical committees under the *** has 2004 technical subcommittees. There are 105,817 organizations that participate in the development of ASTM standards, with the primary mission of developing standards for properties and performance of materials, products, systems, and services, standards for test methods and procedures, and promoting the development and dissemination of related knowledge.
2. American Society Of Testing Material, meaning "American Society for Testing and Materials Standards". As you can see, this is an industry standard mainly for manufacturing and raw materials. It is a measure of its appearance, physical and other properties of a standard. Not our usual certification.
3. ASTM is an acronym for American Society for Testing and Materials, which is known as the American Society for Testing and Materials. The technical association was founded in 1898, and last year was the 100th anniversary of its founding. Q$k(Y [ t+}9]3? l
The predecessor of ASTM was the International Association for Testing Materials (International Association for Testing Materials, IATM). 1880s, in order to solve the buyers and suppliers in the process of purchasing and selling of industrial materials and differences, some people proposed to The establishment of a technical committee system, the technical committee to organize representatives of all aspects of the technical symposium to discuss and resolve the material specifications, test procedures and other aspects of the dispute.IATM first meeting was held in Europe in 1882, the meeting formed a working committee. At that time, it was mainly to study and solve the problem of test methods for steel and other materials. At the same time, IATM also encouraged countries to organize chapters. Subsequently, in June 16, 1898, there are 70 IATM members gathered in Philadelphia, the United States, meeting the establishment of the International Society for Testing of Materials, U.S. Branch. 1902 in the International Society for Testing of Materials Branch of the Fifth Annual Meeting, declared that the U.S. Branch of the formal independence of the Society for Testing of Materials (American Society for Testing Materials). ). With the continuous expansion and development of its business scope, the Society's work center is not only research and development of material specifications and test method standards, but also includes a variety of materials, products, systems, services, characteristics and performance standards, as well as test methods, procedures, and other standards. 1961 the organization changed its name to the extension of the present American Society for Testing and Materials (American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM) American Society for Testing and Materials, ASTM).
2 Organization ASTM is the oldest and largest non-profit standards academic society. After a century of development, ASTM now has 33,669 (individual and group) members, of which 22,396 members of the main committees serve as technical experts in its various committees. 2004 technical subcommittees exist under the technical committees of ASTM ****. There are 105,817 organizations that participate in the development of ASTM standards, with the primary mission of developing standards for the characteristics and performance of materials, products, systems, and services, standards for test methods and procedures, and promoting the development and dissemination of knowledge.1Je @6@1q8K j v
3 Standards and Other Publications The development of standards has always been based on a system of voluntary consensus. The standards system is the responsibility of the Technical Committee and is drafted by the Standards Working Group. After voting by the technical subcommittee and the technical committee, the standard is approved and published as an official standard only after adopting a majority of the members***same opinion and a majority of the members vote in favor of the standard. During the preparation of a standard, every member and any enthusiastic group interested in the preparation has the right to fully express their opinions, and the committee studies and processes all the comments made in order to incorporate the correct opinions and suggestions from all sides. According to ASTM publications, it was reported that in 1997 ASTM developed 350 new standards, revised 1,698 standards, and conducted 2,681 standardization activities. From these figures, we can see that the activities are frequent and fruitful.ASTM standards are now divided into 15 categories (Section), each category contains a different number of volumes, the standard is published in volumes (Volume), *** there are 73 volumes, published and distributed in the form of the ASTM Standards Yearbook.The classification of the Standards Yearbook, the number of volumes of each category, and the number of standards in 1999 are as follows:
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Of the more than 10,000 standards counted above, 2,000 new and revised standards not appearing in previous Yearbooks are included. @ v w2Q E e1PASTM activities are wide-ranging and take many forms. In addition to publishing a wide range of standards materials, it runs journals such as t a Q m E
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4 Widespread Social Contacts and Influence Although the ASTM standard is a standard developed by an unofficial academic group, it has won the U.S. industry because of its high quality and good adaptability. official trust, not only by the U.S. industries have been adopted, but also by the U.S. Department of Defense and the federal government departments and agencies. For the past 25 years, the U.S. Department of Defense has been working with ASTM to use voluntary standards to replace U.S. military standards. Currently, more than 500 people in the U.S. Department of Defense are actively involved in ASTM activities; to date, 2,800 U.S. military standards have been replaced by ASTM standards. With the progress of the U.S. Department of Defense acquisition system reform, the U.S. military will undoubtedly be more use of ASTM standards. In addition to the U.S. Department of Defense, a number of other federal government agencies are also using many ASTM standards, and with the Association has established a wide range of close contact and cooperation. For example: the National Institute of Standards and Technical Supervision (NIST), the Institute of 236 ASTM members; Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 76 ASTM members; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 72 ASTM members. There are a number of other organizations and institutions, such as the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), the American Society of Motor Vehicle Engineers (SAE), the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and so on, there are people who are members of ASTM. K?0?1u Y ~2? I w:w r o
ASTM also often organizes academic symposia, laboratory activities, standards development meetings, etc. ASTM with its rich and colorful activities to attract the organization's members and various industrial, scientific and technological fields of experts and scholars, business operators and managers, a variety of standards users. Today, ASTM standards and materials are widely used not only in the United States, but also welcomed by countries around the world, and are borrowed and applied by many countries and enterprises around the world, affecting many aspects of people's lives. g1Z i R'u3y)r,o
Specifically which of the ASTM standards applies to what you're making, you can check in your local area. There is a fee for each standard, and it's all in E. One of my first jobs was translating a standard. 8V u5^9@6_0w G