Hi Heber. You wrote:
> I am having difficulty keeping track of present and future standards, > and would like people+s ideas. Some of my questions are: > > 1. We want to produce a written procedure indicating how we will know > that standards we use are up-to-date and that we have all that are > required. There are some subscription services which take a list of > standards and provide updates as needed. Any other ideas? Anyone know > some good web sites? (some have been mentioned, but not having web > access at the time I didn+t save them.) > > Global Engineering has a World-Wide Standards Index, with a program to > compare your list of standards and identify updates. ILI has a similar > product (whoever they are.) > > St. Lucie Press, 561-274-9906, has a subscription service for European > Directives which sounds pretty good. For US $95.00 per directive (or > sometimes group of related directives) they+ll send you the current > directive and place you on an order list for revisions. When a revision > is made they send it to you and bill you $95.00. > > 2. The above will work for published standards. Any thoughts on how to > identify/get drafts standards? I used to be on several standards writing > committees, and word got around. I no longer have that access. > > 3. With many design engineers, one paper copy of each standard is very > restrictive. Multiple copies are expensive. Electronic copies come in a > bewildering variety of formats. Any suggestions concerning standards > access? > > I+m primarily interested in: > AAMI (medical equipment) > CSA > EC directives > EMC (CISPR, EN, IEC) > IEC/EN/ISO > MIL > UL > > I've found these two to be invaluable.. 1) Standards Alert! 2) Safety and EMC. Both are published by: ERA Technology Ltd., Cleeve Road, Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7SA UK Tel: +44 (0) 1372 367000 Fax: +44 (0) 1372 377927 Internet [email protected] Hope that helps. Chris Dupres EMC Specialist. VG Microtech. [email protected] tel +44 (0) 1825 761077 fax +44 (0) 1825 768343 'Opinions expressed are personal, not necessarily Corporate'
