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Oil Training Course examines sampling, testing, evaluation.

As technical and professional training course, Crude Oil: Sampling, Testing and Evaluation focuses on obtaining representative samples using automatic and manual methods. It addresses tests used to obtain data for determining quantity for custody transfer purposes and conformance to expected quality. Course also explores making rapid evaluation of commodity to assess handling and processing...

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Training Course addresses hazards in oxygen systems.

Fire Hazards in Oxygen Systems is a 2-day Technical and Professional Training Course that helps identify and evaluate hazards in oxygen systems. It focuses on fundamentals of safe practice in design, materials selection, and operation of oxygen systems and explains physical principles on which safe practices are based. Course will use ASTM standards and other documents to improve judgement and...

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ASTM International Announces New SEI Cannabis Certification Program, Hemp Proficiency Testing Program

W. Conshohocken, Pa., Oct. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- The Safety Equipment Institute (SEI), in cooperation with ASTM International's cannabis committee (D37), has launched a quality system and facility certification for cannabis and hemp producers. ASTM International has also announced the creation of a new proficiency testing program for water activity in whole hemp flower. We are excited for...

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ASTM International and Innovate UK Partner to Develop International Additive Manufacturing Standards

W. Conshohocken, Pa., Jan. 9, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Global standards organization ASTM International and three United Kingdom-based entities are partnering to fast-track the creation of technical standards needed by the additive manufacturing industry. ASTM International's Additive Manufacturing Center of Excellence – in which the UK-based Manufacturing Technology Centre (the MTC) is a...

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Amsterdam Conference Discusses on ASTM Global Drone Standards

The ASTM International leaders participated in European Aviation Safety Agency's High Level Conference on Drones in Amsterdam for discussing about ASTM’s global drone standards. These standards include remote identification and UAS traffic management (UTM) that support civilian low-altitude airspace operations. The ASTM committee has published standards that support airworthiness, flight...

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Chairman of ASTM International board of directors.

Dale F. Bohn, product quality manager for Flint Hills Resources LP, has begun his term as 2018 chairman of the ASTM International board of directors. Bohn has been a board member since 2012. In 2015 he also served as chairman of the board's finance and audit committee. In 2017 he was board chairman of the Safety Equipment Institute.

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ASTM International introduces hydrocarbon impurity testing method.

ASTM International Committee has created D8098 standard for testing on petroleum products, liquid fuels, and lubricants (D02). The committee is also developing standard method for determining impurities in propylene and ethylene by using gas chromatography and mass spectrometry and hydrogen impurity testing. These new standards help in finding impurities that could affect downstream polymer...

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ASTM International organizes meeting on Human Exoskeleton Standards.

ASTM International will be hosting an organizational meeting on technical standards for human exoskeletons on Sept. 14 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EDT at West Conshohocken, Pa (USA). Meeting will identify specific standards, develop and approve title, scope, and structure of a new technical committee. Also ASTM will conduct four webinars on July 27 (10 a.m.), Aug. 9 (10 a.m. and 2 p.m.), and Aug. 23 (1...

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ASTM International presents scholarship for graduate students.

ASTM International has announced scholarship to students for doctoral studies in fields that require technical standards. Each student is awarded $10,000. The awardees include Patrick McDavid (Michigan State University), Kien Nguyen (University of Kansas), Rakish Shrestha (Auburn University) and Aref Yodallahi (Mississippi State University). They were selected from a pool of 20 applicants.

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ASTM International’s Water Committee presents annual award to William C. Lipps.

Environmental/geochemical marketing manager, at Shimadzu Scientific Instruments Inc., Columbia, Maryland, USA, William C. Lipps was presented with prestigious Award of Merit, and title of fellow by ASTM International’s committee on water (D19) in recognition for his contributions to developing standards. William C. Lipps has previously won the Standards Development Award (2010 and 2015),...

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ASTM International announces Katharine as President.

Katharine Morgan has begun her tenure as the president of ASTM International from February 2017 which is one of the world's largest standards development organizations. With a master's degree in business administration from Widener University in Chester, Pa, under her belt, Morgan has served ASTM International for more than 33 years and is one of the world's most prominent voices on...

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