Transcript ASTM – American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM International
Moscow, Russia November 2013
Jim S. Thomas
Assistant Vice President Sales & Marketing
ASTM International Solutions
Standards
Proficiency
Testing
Training and
Education
Consulting and
Certification
• ASTM Complete Collection
• Russian Translations
• Business related electronic books, journals, manuals, reference radio graphs and technical
papers
• What does the industry use now?
• Applicable training videos for PTP programs (shows exact way to follow ASTM Test
Method)
• Russia only Proficiency Testing Program through VNICSMV
• Videos of Test Methods
• Onsite training courses around topics such as Statistics, Plastics and Metals
• eLearning – Videos, Checklists, Quizzes, Glossary, Presentations
• Work with NPAA to identify industry needs
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Supplier’s Declaration of
Conformity
 Registration to ASTM Test Methods (not to
ASTM Specifications)
 $99 per Product per Test Method
• Documentation Form
• Participant Agreement
• Laboratory Documentation Form
• Test Results
• You will receive a stamped document from ASTM that says
your product had testing done by an independent 3rd party and
it met the ASTM Test Methods in an ASTM Specification.
What is an EPD?
 Impact of product on the environment
• Quantifiable environmental data
• Based on life cycle assessment
• Third party verified
 Allows for comparability of products
• Evaluation criteria are scientific, complete, transparent
What is a Life Cycle
Assessment?
 Life cycle assessment – compilation and
evaluation of the inputs and outputs and the
potential environmental impacts of a product
through its life span
• Raw material acquisition
• Production
• Use
• End-of-life treatment (recycling and final disposal)
ASTM Copyright Protection
 We have every business model imaginable!
 Digital Rights Management (DRM)
• Document locking to a single computer, 1 print copy
 Watermarking
 Individual username/password, 1 named person
 LAN (Local Area Network), 1 facility
 WAN (Wide Area Network), Multiple facilities
 Authorized Resellers in Russia and CIS countries
 Self made networks a violation of ASTM Copyright
Translations
in Russia
 Approx. 1,600 ASTM Standards translated into
Russian and are available for sale!
 Where to get them? Contact me and we will work
on an agreement to meet your needs
 The question as to “what is official” vs. “what is
not” remains an ongoing issue
 ASTM attends events at least 3 times annually in
Russia and has several reseller channels that
represent us at trade shows
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Videos
Demonstrate test method procedures, apparatus setup,
materials, and preparation of specimens
Videos
• Links embedded in standards, Online platform, Streaming
Checklists
Step-by-step lists of
test method
procedures for use at
the laboratory or on
the job site.
ASTM C31:
Glossary of Terms
Glossary of
Terms clearly
explains all
the terms in
the standard
Training Tests
Develop training tests to measure understanding of a
test method or standard.
Completion of an Examination will give a certificate
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Personnel Certificate Programs
 Technical Training Course
 Examination
 No Continuing Education Requirements
Participate
 Opportunities
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Contribute to Methodology
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Participate in Precision Studies
•
Participate as a leader in the development
process
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If you have different technical views
participate, propose revisions
• If you don’t understand, send us questions so that
we can learn from you
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Consensus process will lead to inclusion of
Russia specific requirements
• Footnotes, appendix or annex to original version
 Organization Benefits
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Exposure to state of the art technology
•
Customer/Colleague Interaction
•
Surveillance of Method Development
Jim Thomas
[email protected]
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