ANSI approves ANSI/AMCA Standard 99-10, Standards Handbook.
Press Release Summary:
Consisting of a compilation of individual short standards that cover wide variety of topics, ANSI/AMCA Standard 99-10 was recently approved by Board of Standards Review of ANSI. Some topics covered include Drive Arrangements for Centrifugal Fans, Designation for Rotation and Discharge of Centrifugal Fans, Motor Positions for Belt or Chain Drive Centrifugal fans, Operating Limits for Centrifugal Fans, Dimensions for Axial Fans, and Drive Arrangements for Axial Fans.
Original Press Release:
ANSI/AMCA STANDARD 99-10, "Standards Handbook"
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 May 19, 2010; ANSI/AMCA STANDARD 99-10, "Standards Handbook." This standard was previously approved by the AMCA membership on September 9, 2009, and then sent to ANSI to begin approval process. ANSI/AMCA Standard 99-10 is a compilation of individual short standards that cover a wide variety of topics.
Included in ANSI/AMCA Standard 99-10 : The Fan Laws, The AMCA Vocabulary: Definitions, The AMCA Vocabulary: Product Definitions, The AMCA Vocabulary: Symbols, Basic Series of Preferred Numbers, Metric Units and Conversion Factors, Charts & Tables, Classifications for Spark Resistant Construction, Drive Arrangements for Centrifugal Fans, Inlet Box Positions for Centrifugal Fans, Designation for Rotation and Discharge of Centrifugal Fans, Motor Positions for Belt or Chain Drive Centrifugal fans, Operating Limits for Centrifugal Fans, Drive Arrangements for Tubular Centrifugal Fans, Impeller Diameters & Outlet Areas for Industrial Centrifugal Fans, Impeller Diameters Outlet Areas for Industrial Centrifugal Fans, Impeller Diameters & Outlet Areas for Tubular Centrifugal Fans, Dimensions for Axial Fans, and Drive Arrangements for Axial Fans.
ANSI /AMCA Standard 99-10 is available for purchase at www.amca.org Accreditation approval was given through ANSI for this standard as a single standard, as such, we will only sell as a collection and no longer sell each standard individually.
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:
Joe Brooks
Director of Engineering
AMCA International
30 West University Drive, Arlington Heights, IL 60004
(T) 847-394-0150 (F) 847-253-0088 (E jbrooks@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.
