Submitted by SAC, the ISO member body for China, the proposal states that while the development of the remanufacturing industry is highly valued in developed countries, limited standards for remanufacturing products and processes have been formulated, slowing industry growth. The new ISO Technical Committee (TC) for would focus on remanufacturing terminology standards and generic technology standards for remanufacturing processes, such as dismantling, cleaning, inspection, coating preparation, forming processing, and assembly.
The initial three-year work plan would include the development of five new international standards with the following scopes:
Remanufacturing - Terminology
Remanufacturing - General technical requirements for mechanical products
Methods of quality evaluation of cores for remanufacturing
Technological guidelines of surface treatment for remanufacturing of mechanical products
Technical specifications of machining for remanufacturing of mechanical products
All interested stakeholders are invited to review the proposal, which includes listings of relevant standards as well as affected stakeholder categories that may benefit from or be impacted by the proposed deliverable. Please submit comments to Steve Cornish, ANSI senior director of international policy ([email protected]), by close of business on Friday, September 2, 2016.
Based on the input received, the ANSI ISO Council (AIC) will then be asked to approve an ANSI position and comments to be submitted to ISO before its October 12, 2016, deadline for voting on this proposal.
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