ASABE to revise standard for combine testing.
Press Release Summary:
ASABE has initiated a project to revise ANSI/ASAE S396.2, Combine Capacity and Performance Test Procedure. Standard is being revised to clarify wording and to consider the incorporation of new practices for performing loss testing on combine harvesters. ANSI/ASAE S396.2 will also be compared with ISO 8210:1989, Equipment for harvesting -- Combine harvesters -- Test procedure, to determine whether information from the ISO document should be included in S396.
Original Press Release:
ASABE to Revise Standard for Combine Testing
ST JOSEPH, MICHIGAN — The American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) has initiated a project to revise ANSI/ASAE S396.2, Combine Capacity and Performance Test Procedure.
The standard is being revised to clarify wording and to consider the incorporation of new practices for performing loss testing on combine harvesters. ANSI/ASAE S396.2 will also be compared with ISO 8210:1989, Equipment for harvesting -- Combine harvesters -- Test procedure, to determine whether information from the ISO document should be included in S396.
ASABE is recognized worldwide as a standards developing organization for food, agricultural, and biological systems, with more than 250 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. Â A current listing of all ASABE standards projects can be found on the ASABE web site at 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 www.asabe.org/.
