Revised Standard addresses laboratory testing of dampers.
Press Release Summary:
ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved ANSI/AMCA Standard 500-D-2012, "Laboratory Methods of Testing Dampers for Rating", which determines air leakage, pressure drop, dynamic closure, operational torque, and thermal efficiency. Tests that are conducted in accordance with requirements of this standard are intended to demonstrate design, production, or field testing of damper and are not intended to determine or establish min/max performance ratings to be used for specifying these products.
Original Press Release:
REVISED - ANSI/AMCA STANDARD 500-D-2012, "Laboratory Methods of Testing Dampers for Rating"
Arlington Heights, IL, USA---The Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. (AMCA International) announced that the Board of Standards Review of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approved the following document on March 29, 2012:
ANSI/AMCA Standard 500-D-2012, "Laboratory Methods of Testing Dampers for Rating".
This ANSI/AMCA Standard establishes uniform laboratory test methods for dampers. Characteristics determined by this standard include air leakage, pressure drop, dynamic closure, operational torque, and thermal efficiency. Tests that are conducted in accordance with the requirements of this standard are intended to demonstrate the design, production or field testing of a damper and are not intended to determine or establish minimum or maximum performance ratings to be used for specifying these products.
AMCA Standard 500-D-2012 is available at a cost of $45.00 per copy for AMCA members and $90.00 per copy for non-members. Please visit - www.amca.org/store/item.aspx?DepartmentId=37&ItemId=55&
AMCA International is accredited by ANSI as a standards developer using the "canvass" method. The canvass method provides and promotes a process that verifies the principles of openness have been followed in the approval procedure. It also ensures that a consensus of those individuals who are directly and materially affected by the standard(s) has been achieved.
For further information please contact:
Timothy J. Orris
Director of Publications and Standards
AMCA International
30 West University Drive, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(T) 847-394-0150
(F) 847-253-0088
(E) torris@amca.org
The Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc. is a not-for-profit international association of the world's manufacturers of related air system equipment - primarily, but not limited to fans, louvers, dampers, air curtains, airflow measurement stations, acoustic attenuators, and other air system components for the industrial, commercial, and residential markets.
The association's mission is to promote the health and growth of the industries covered by its scope and the members of the association consistent with the interests of the public. AMCA International, with origins dating back to 1917, has members in most industrialized countries throughout the world.
For more information, please contact:
Marian Vambreck,
Membership, Marketing & Communications
Air Movement and Control Association International, Inc.
30 West University Drive, Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004
(T)847 394 0150
(F)847 253 0088
(W) www.amca.org
(E)mvambreck@amca.org
