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DR AS/NZS 2589:2017 Amd 1:2018 (Committee BD-011)
Gypsum linings—Application and finishing
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action This Amendment applies to Clauses 1.1, 2.3, 4.4.4.2.1 and Figures 2.6.1 and 4.3.3 of AS/NZS 2589:2017 Gypsum linings—Application and finishing.
Closing date for comments 19/09/2018
DR AS/NZS 5141:2018 (Committee EE-001)
Residential heating and cooling systems — Minimum applications and requirements for energy efficiency, performance and comfort criteria
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify requirements for the design, selection, installation, commissioning and maintenance of residential air conditioning or climate control systems to maximize operating energy efficiency within residential buildings. It also sets requirements to achieve prescribed performance and comfort criteria. This standard includes requirements for ducted systems. It does not include design and performance requirements for evaporative coolers as defined by AS 2913-2000 Evaporative air-conditioning equipment.
Closing date for comments 03/09/2018
DR AS/NZS ISO 18626:2018 (Committee IT-019)
Information and documentation — Interlibrary Loan Transactions
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify the transactions between libraries or libraries and other agencies to handle requests for library items and the following exchange of messages. This standard is identical with, and has been reproduced from, ISO 18626:2017, Information and Documentation — Interlibrary Loan Transactions.
Closing date for comments 03/09/2018
DR AS/NZS 60601.2.10:2018 (Committee HE-003)
Medical electrical equipment, Part 2.10: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of nerve and muscle stimulators
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify the requirements for the safety and essential performance of nerve and muscle stimulators, for use in the practice of physical medicine. This includes transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulators (TENS) and electrical muscle stimulators (EMS). This standard amends and supplements the general Standard IEC 60601‑1, Medical electrical equipment — Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance. This standard is an adoption with national modifications, and has been reproduced from, IEC 60601‑2‑10:2016 (ED. 2.1), Medical electrical equipment — Part 2-10: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of nerve and muscle stimulators. Appendix ZZ lists the variations for the application of this Standard in Australia and New Zealand.
Closing date for comments 07/09/2018
DR AS/NZS 60601.2.54:2018 (Committee HE-003)
Medical electrical equipment, Part 2.54: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of X-ray equipment for radiography and radioscopy
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify particular basic safety and essential performance requirements for medical electrical (ME) equipment and ME systems for radiography and radioscopy. The minimum safety requirements specified in this standard are considered to provide for a practical degree of safety in the operation of ME equipment for radiography and radioscopy. This standard amends and supplements the general Standard IEC 60601‑1, Medical electrical equipment — Part 1: General requirements for basic safety and essential performance. This standard is an adoption with national modifications, and has been reproduced from, IEC 60601‑2‑54:2018 (ED. 1.2), Medical electrical equipment — Part 2-54: Particular requirements for the basic safety and essential performance of X-ray equipment for radiography and radioscopy. Appendix ZZ lists the variations for the application of this standard in Australia and New Zealand.
Closing date for comments 07/09/2018
DR AS/NZS 1301.443:2018 (Committee PK-019)
Methods of test for pulp and paper, Method 443: Boiling water resistance of paperboard
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify a method for determination of the boiling water resistance of paperboard. There is no corresponding ISO Standard for this property. The major change in this revision is to update the identification of one normative reference. No technical changes were made.
Closing date for comments 06/09/2018
DR AS/NZS 2455.1:2018 (Committee TX-009)
Textile floor coverings — Installation practice, Part 1: General
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to provide contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and purchasers of textile floor coverings, and others (for example, technical educators) with a best-practice guide to enable the provision of correctly installed textile floor coverings. This revision is being undertaken to update systems of installation and preparation. The AS/NZS 2455 series of standards comprises the following parts: AS/NZS 2455.1, Textile floor coverings—Installation practice, Part 1: General AS/NZS 2455.2, Textile floor coverings—Installation practice, Part 2: Carpet tiles (this standard) NOTE Requirements for installing carpet tiles are covered in Part 2 of this series.
Closing date for comments 11/10/2018
DR AS/NZS 2455.2:2018 (Committee TX-009)
Textile floor coverings — Installation practice, Part 2: Carpet tiles
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify requirements and procedures for the installation of square carpet tiles. This revision is being undertaken to align with current industry practice for installing carpet tiles. The AS/NZS 2455 series of standards comprises the following parts: AS/NZS 2455.1, Textile floor coverings—Installation practice, Part 1: General AS/NZS 2455.2, Textile floor coverings—Installation practice, Part 2: Carpet tiles (this standard) Requirements for installing broadloom carpet are covered in Part 1 of this series.
Closing date for comments 11/10/2018
DR AS/NZS 1891.1:2018 (Committee SF-015)
Personal Equipment for Work at Height, Part 1: Manufacturing requirements for full body combination and lower body harnesses
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify requirements for the materials, design, manufacture, testing and marking of full-body, combination and lower-body harnesses designed for working at height. The major changes in this edition are as follows: (a) Separation of the document into three separate documents dealing with the following areas: (i) Harness manufacture. (ii) Lanyard and pole strap manufacture. (iii) Ancillary equipment (under development). (b) Alteration of the testing requirements to align with international Standards and foreseeable use while balancing the need to maintain appropriate safety margins in design. This document is the first part of the following series of Standards dealing with this area of industrial safety: AS/NZS 1891.1 Personal equipment for work at height, Part 1: Manufacturing requirements for full body, combination and lower body harnesses (this standard) AS/NZS 1891.2 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices, Part 2: Horizontal lifeline and rail systems AS/NZS 1891.2 Supp 1, Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices, Part 2: Horizontal lifeline and rail systems, Supplement 1: Prescribed configurations for horizontal lifelines (Supplement to AS/NZS 1891.2—2001) AS/NZS 1891.3 Personal equipment for work at height, Part 3: Fall-arrest devices AS/NZS 1891.4 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices, Part 4: Selection, use and maintenance AS/NZS 1891.5 Personal equipment for work at height, Part 5: Lanyards and pole straps The above series of standards are part of a suite which also includes the following: AS/NZS 4488.1 Industrial rope access systems, Part 1: Specifications AS/NZS 4488.2 Industrial rope access systems, Part 2: Selection, use and maintenance AS/NZS 5532 Manufacturing requirements for single-point anchor device used for harness-based work at height This standard is intended to be read in conjunction with Parts 4 and 5 of the AS/NZS 1891 series.
Closing date for comments 11/10/2018
DR AS/NZS 1891.3:2018 (Committee SF-015)
Personal Equipment for Work at Height, Part 3: Fall-arrest devices
Please note that when submitting comments on draft Joint standards, these must be submitted to Standards Australia. To do this, please use the following link— https://hub.standards.org.au/hub/public/listOpenCommentingPublication.action The objective of this standard is to specify requirements for the design and performance of fall-arrest devices which travel along a fixed or flexible anchorage line, and those which pay out an anchorage line. This edition has removed the Australian appendices and design requirements, referring instead to relevant European and American standards. At the time of drafting this standard, there do not appear to be any Australian manufacturers producing fall-arrest devices. Those devices being made available in Australia are generally imported from Europe and America, whose standards are equal or more advanced than AS/NZS 1891.3:1997. This standard has been revised providing a comprehensive list of requirements which include the recognition of specific international standards and the schedule of tests found in those standards. Australian manufacturers are able to follow any of the appropriate test schedules detailed in Table 1 of this standard (AS/NZS 1891.3). This document is the third part of the following series of standards dealing with this area of industrial safety: AS/NZS 1891.1 Personal equipment for work at height, Part 1: Manufacturing requirements for full body, combination and lower body harnesses AS/NZS 1891.2 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices, Part 2: Horizontal lifeline and rail systems AS/NZS 1891.2 Supp 1, Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices, Part 2: Horizontal lifeline and rail systems, Supplement 1: Prescribed configurations for horizontal lifelines (Supplement toAS/NZS 1891.2—2001) AS/NZS 1891.3 Personal equipment for work at height, Part 3: Fall-arrest devices (this standard) AS/NZS 1891.4 Industrial fall-arrest systems and devices, Part 4: Selection, use and maintenance AS/NZS 1891.5 Personal equipment for work at height, Part 5: Lanyards and pole straps The above series of standards are part of a suite which also includes the following: AS/NZS 4488.1 Industrial rope access systems, Part 1: Specifications AS/NZS 4488.2 Industrial rope access systems, Part 2: Selection, use and maintenance AS/NZS 5532 Manufacturing requirements for single-point anchor device used for harness-based work at height
Closing date for comments 11/10/2018