ASABE adopts 4 ISO milking machine standards.
Press Release Summary:
ASABE has nationally adopted, with deviations, 4 international milking machine standards. They include ANSI/ASABE AD3918:2007, Milking machine installations -Vocabulary; ANSI/ASABE AD6690:2007, Milking machine installations - Mechanical tests; ANSI/ASABE AD5707:2007, Milking machine installations - Construction and performance; and ANSI/ASABE AD20966:2007, Automatic milking installations - Requirements and testing. Deviations recognize areas in which US practices differ from those described by ISO.
Original Press Release:
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers Adopts Four ISO Milking Machine Standards
St Joseph, Michigan-The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has nationally adopted with deviations four international standards concerning milking machines.
o ANSI/ASABE AD3918:2007, Milking machine installations-Vocabulary
o ANSI/ASABE AD6690:2007, Milking machine installations -Mechanical tests
o ANSI/ASABE AD5707:2007, Milking machine installations -Construction and performance
o ANSI/ASABE AD20966:2007, Automatic milking installations -Requirements and testing
The four ISO documents replace three ASABE standards, ANSI/ASAE S300.4, Milking machine installations - Vocabulary (AD3918), ASAE EP 445.1, Test Equipment and Its Application for Measuring Milking Machine Operating Characteristics (AD6690), and ASAE S518.2, Milking Machine Installations - Construction and Performance (AD5707).
Content of the adopted ISO standards was based substantially on ASABE documents and input from ASABE experts. The adoptions further harmonize national and international standardization, a goal that facilitates manufacturing, safety advancements and product marketing worldwide, while the deviations recognize those areas in which US practices differ from those described by ISO.
A copy of the documents can be ordered by contacting ASABE headquarters directly at: martin@asabe.org. ASABE members and those with site-license privileges to the ASABE online Technical Library, at www.asabe.org , can view an electronic copies of the standards in about 4 weeks.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 225 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 ASABE, 269-932-7031, cedarq@asabe.org. A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at asabe.org/standards/proposed.html .
The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers is an international scientific and educational organization dedicated to the advancement of engineering applicable to agricultural, food, and biological systems. Its 9,000 members, from more than 100 countries, are consultants, managers, researchers, and others who have the training and experience to understand the interrelationships between technology and living systems. Further information on the Society can be obtained by contacting ASABE at (269) 429-0300 (phone) or (269) 429-3852 (fax); hq@asabe.org. Details can also be found at www.asabe.org/.
