ASABE revises agricultural equipment standard.

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Revised standard, ANSI/ASAE S279.16, Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways, corrects an inconsistency in the equation for measuring spectrophotometric color values of fluorescent materials. An additional change was also made to clarify nonreflective fluorescent material verses fluorescent material.



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ASABE Revises Agricultural Equipment Lighting and Marking Standard



ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN- The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has revised its standard on the lighting and marking of agricultural equipment operating on a highway.

The revised standard, ANSI/ASAE S279.16, Lighting and Marking of Agricultural Equipment on Highways, corrects an inconsistency in the equation for measuring the spectrophotometric color values of the fluorescent materials. An additional change was also made to clarify nonreflective fluorescent material verses fluorescent material.
ASABE members with standards access and those with site-license privileges can access the full-text via electronic download on the ASABE online Technical Library at: elibrary.asabe.org. Others can obtain a copy for a fee directly from the library or from ASABE headquarters at: martin@asabe.org.

ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 240 standards currently in publication. Conformance to ASABE standards is voluntary, except where required by state, provincial, or other governmental requirements, and the documents are developed by consensus in accordance with procedures approved by the American National Standards Institute. For information on this or any other ASABE standard, contact Scott Cedarquist at 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at http://www.asabe.org/projects.

ASABE is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300, emailing hq@asabe.org or visiting http://www.asabe.org/.

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