The 26-Jun-96 NPSS meeting at EMC CORP at 7:00PM features technical
presentations by RayChem and Weinstein Associates. NPSS is happy to
report: a) the paid membership is over 100; and b) 62 of your
associates attended the 22-May-96 meeting featuring presentations by
TUV Essen, TUV Rheinland and TUV Product Service. NPSS takes the summer
(July and August) off and holds the NPSS Family Day barbecue on Sat,
Aug 17th to say thank you to the spouses and kids of NPSS members.
Mark the following dates in your appointment books:
26-Jun-96, 17-Aug-96, 25-Sep-96, 23-Oct-96, and 20-Nov-96
26-Jun-96 meeting at EMC Corp, technical presentation on PTC's and
risk assessment by Weinstein Associates.
17-Aug-96 annual NPSS family barbecue.
25-Sep-96 Joint NPSS/IEEE-EMC Society meeting at EMC Corp, technical
presentation on line filters & designing for immunity by Curtis-Straus
23-Oct-96 meeting at EMC Corp, proposed topics include 1996 NEC NFPA-70 & Lasers
20-Nov-96 NPSS CE Marking Workshop & Vendor's Night
NORTHEAST PRODUCT SAFETY SOCIETY, INC.
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P.O. Box 651, Boyston, MA 01505-0651
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE JUNE NPSS MEETING, JUN26th AT EMC CORP AT 7:00PM
Mike Jamison, the compliance manager at Raychem Corporation is coming
from Menlow Park, California to talk with you about PTC's and Dr. Alvin
S. Weinstein is is coming from Brunswick, Maine to talk with you about
system safety, risk assessment, hazard index and creating defensible
products at our 26-Jun-96 NPSS meeting.
Very important & busy people are coming from all over the USA at their
own expense to make technical presentations to the NPSS members
attending the meetings. The least the NPSS members can do to show
their gratitude is simply to show up and bring their associates. I
hope to see all of you at the 26-Jun-96 NPSS meeting at EMC Corp at
7:00pm or better yet between 5:00pm - 6:45pm at O'Tooles Pub North Pond
House for a beer or something to eat before the meeting.
Unless otherwise noted, NPSS meets on the 4th Wed of every month after
working hours starting at 7 pm at EMC Corporation in Hopkinton off
RT495, exit 21B. Bear right at the bottom of the ramp and turn left
onto South Street at the traffic light. The meetings are held in the
EMC Corporate Auditorium at EMC's 42 South Street Training Facility. 42
South street is the first right after turning onto South Street, just
up the road on the right is O'Tooles Pub North Pond House. The hosts
from EMC Corp are Cliff Stark and Dave Lorusso. Many NPSS members
start getting together after 5:00pm at O'Tooles Pub North Pond House
for a beer or something to eat before the meeting.
Both of the presentors are well known in the compliance industry and I
have personally enjoyed learning from their excellent presentations in
the past. See outlines included below
----- Begin Included Message by Dr. Alvin S. Weinstein -----
Dr. Alvin S. Weinstein is both an engineer and an attorney, and has
been working in the field of product safety for over thirty years.
He is Professor Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University (Mechancial
Engineering) and has taught at the Franklin Pierce Law Center. Among
his publications is the book "Creating the Reasonably Safe Product".
He is the president of Weinstein Associates, a firm dedicated to
helping manufacturers assess and increase the safety of their products,
address products liability issues, and comply with European
Directives.
Topics will include: Procedures for System Design Safety; the Product
Safety Audit (including leading attendees though the process with an
actual consumer product as an example); Documentation for the
Reasonably Safe Product; Calculating the Hazard Index; and a
comparision of complying with European standards and creating a
defensible legal (products) position domestically.
----- End Included Message by Dr. Alvin S. Weinstein -----
----- Begin Included Message by Mr. Michael Jamison -----
Mr. Michael Jamison is the Compliance Manager of Raychem Corporation's
PolySwitch Division. He has been active in the Compliance field for
over 13 years working on computers, monitors, power supplies and
components.
In his presentation on Circuit Protection: PTC's and New Technologies
Mr Jamison will cover the following:
*Raychem Corporation overview
*PolySwitch Polymer PTC technology
-How they work
-Safety and Applications
-Requirements from different standards
-Demonstration
-Samples
*New Circuit Protection Technology
-What it is
-How it works
-Demonstration
----- End Included Message by Mr. Michael Jamison -----
NORTHEAST PRODUCT SAFETY SOCIETY, INC.
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P.O. Box 651, Boyston, MA 01505-0651
YOU ARE INVITED TO THE NPSS FAMILY BARBECUE, AUG17th AT 1:00PM
ON NEPONSET RESERVOIR, FOXBORO.
The annual NPSS family barbecue is scheduled for the third Saturday in
August on 17-Aug-96. Plenty of beer and burgers plus the following
activities: swimming, boating, fishing, horseshoes, volleyball for the
young in heart. This special social function will be held at 36 Ridge
Road in Foxboro, MA. The hosts are John and Cathy Freudenberg
(508-543-6599). This function is free to paid NPSS members and $20 per
family for non-members. If you haven't paid your dues in 1996, please
do so to avoid any embarrassment or confusion at the door.
Foxboro is conveniently located between Boston and Providence off
Interstate Rt95 (fyi-Interstate Rt 95 exit 6 is Interstate Rt 495):
>From the North exit Rt 95 at exit 8 turning right on to Mechanic
Street, Foxboro. Follow Mechanic Street for 3 miles to the first and
only traffic light and make a right on to Chestnut Street. Ridge Road
is the third right off Chestnut Street.
>From the South exit Rt 95 at exit 7B taking Rt 140 North for 2 miles
into the Foxboro Common (one way circle in the business center), turn
right off the circle on to Mechanic Street between the Foxboro Post
Office and the Foxboro National Bank. Follow Mechanic Street for 1/2
mile to the first and only traffic light and make a left on to Chestnut
Street. Ridge Road is the third right off Chestnut Street.
