ANSI/AMCA Standard coverss methods of testing air circulating fans.
Press Release Summary:
ANSI's Board of Standards Review approved ANSI/AMCA STANDARD 230-12, Laboratory Methods of Testing Air Circulating Fans for Rating and Certification. Standard establishes uniform methods for testing air circulating fans to determine performance in terms of thrust, airflow, total pressure and efficiency, and efficacy for rating, certification, or guarantee purposes. It may be used as basis for testing air circulating fan heads, ceiling fans, box fans, table fans, and portable personnel coolers.
Original Press Release:
ANSI/AMCA STANDARD 230-12, Laboratory Methods of Testing Air Circulating Fans for Rating and Certification
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 February 22, 2012: ANSI/AMCA STANDARD 230-12, "Laboratory Methods of Testing Air Circulating Fans for Rating and Certification." This standard establishes uniform methods for laboratory testing of air circulating fans to determine performance in terms of thrust, airflow (based on thrust), total pressure and efficiency, and efficacy for rating, certification or guarantee purposes.
This standard may be used as the basis for testing air circulating fan heads, ceiling fans (less than 1.8 m (6 ft.) in diameter), box fans, table fans, portable personnel coolers, or other air circulating devices when air is used as the test gas. Blowers, exhausters, compressors, positive displacement machines, and positive pressure ventilators are not within the scope of this standard.
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.
AMCA Standard 230-2012 is available at a cost of $45.00 per copy for AMCA members and $90.00 per copy for non-members. Please visit http://www.amca.org/store/item.aspx?DepartmentId=65&ItemId=37&
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.
