ASME PTC 22-2023: Gas Turbines
Gas turbines are used to power aircrafts, trains, ships, electrical generators, pumps, gas compressors, and tanks. Since their initial use for generating electricity in 1939, gas […]
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ASA/ANSI S3.6-2018 (R2023): Specification For Audiometers
According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), approximately 15% of American adults (37.5 million) aged 18 and over report some trouble hearing, about one […]
ANSI C78.20-2022: Electric Incandescent Lamps
What did Thomas Edison design in 1879 that is still widely used around the world over one century later? The answer is the incandescent light […]
NSF/ANSI 58-2022: Reverse Osmosis for Drinking Water
1 in 3 people around the world do not have access to safely managed drinking water, free from contamination and available when needed. One way […]
ISO 188:2023—Rubber, Vulcanized Or Thermoplastic Heat Tests
Heat aging testing allows manufacturers to predict exactly how a rubber product or material— such as conveyer belts, shoe soles, erasers, rubber hoses, vibration dampers, and […]
What Are the ASME Y14.5 and ASME Y14.100 Standards?
An aerial view plan of a Babylonian castle from 2000 B.C. is the oldest recorded history of engineering drafting. With computer aided design as well […]
ASTM F404-21: Consumer Safety For High Chairs
High chairs were seen as early as the 1600s in homes with children. Between the 1600s to the early 1800s, high chairs were custom made […]
ANSI/ANS-8.3-2022: Criticality Accident Alarm System
A Criticality Accident Alarm System (CAAS) is installed as part of criticality safety management for use in reducing the radiation workers could be exposed to […]
ASTM D1238-23: Melt Flow Rates Of Thermoplastics
We use products made from thermoplastics every day. Drinking bottles, food storage containers, sports equipment, toys, plastic grocery bags, and shampoo bottles are all made […]
ANSI/PLASTICS B151.31-2014 (R2020): Blow Molding Machines
Do you know how plastic water bottles are created? Well, since the 1970s, stretch blow molding has been used for creating preforms of plastic bottles […]