ASTM F01.18 Membrane Switch Committee Meeting January 2008

- F1597 Actuation & Contact Force
– Alan will get this standard withdrawn on next ballot
- F1682 Travel
– Alan will get this standard withdrawn on next ballot
- F1997 Switch Sensitivity
– Alan will get this standard withdrawn on next ballot
- F???? Luminance Curve of Electroluminescent Lamp
– Alan to make changes to draft
– Alan to submit for ballot
- F???? Interlayer Adhesion – 1neg 1aff
– Michelle will update changes to draft.
– Michelle will give Mike S. latest draft.
– Mike S. will ask other ink manufacturers to review this document and comment on specifically on the marginal failure point.
– Current ballot does not officially end until Feb so any further comments will be forwarded to Michelle & Mike S.
– Revised draft forwarded to Alan for ballot
- F???? Flammability
– Alan to send latest copy of draft to Brando for minor changes and addition of figures.
– Brando then will send final draft (including figures) back to Alan
– Alan will submit draft to concurrent main & sub ballot
- F1661 Contact Bounce Time (2002)
– Device Table added to test method
· Ken G. will add test voltage DC in each column
· Ken G. to clean up table and email to Alan by Feb1, 08
– Alan to incorporate changes into draft and submit for ballot.
- Color F2359
– Negative vote was found to be persuasive
– Alan to submit Negative vote form to ASTM
- Luminance F2360
– Precision & Bias statement to be added.
– Alan to submit for ballot
- Force – Displacement F2592
– Need 3 more labs for testing
· KSI – Tony Souza? Ken G. to contact Tony
· Ken G has a customer that may be able to test – Ken will contact.
· Bill D. will send Walter an email of where to send the pilot sample.
· If Ken G can get two more labs Bill will contact ASTM with information on the new labs.
- UL – Component Recognition Program
– Future tasks include publication of the Outline of Investigation and finalization Test Coupon guidelines. Ian & Crystal
– Ian has asked for feedback on the latest draft of the “Outline of Investigation” by Feb 15, 2008.
- Contamination Ingress and Penetration – Nigel
– Alan will send Nigel’s drafts to committee for comment.
– Alan will forward any comments to Nigel.
– Nigel to make any changes necessary and present at the June 2008 meeting.
- F2112 Terminology – needs updating annually – Nigel
– Nigel will be creating a database of Terms from all F01.18 standards.
– Alan to get a “word” file version of each of F01.18 standards so Nigel can work on this and present progress at June 2008 meeting.
- F1683 Bend & Crease – separate into two Test Methods – Denny
– F1683 Bend – removed Crease
· Ken G. to send Alan Setup Drawing for Fig 1.by Feb 15.
· Alan will submit for concurrent main / sub ballot
– F???? Crease – new standard
· Ken G. to send Alan Setup Drawing for Fig 1 by Feb 15.
· Alan will submit for concurrent main / sub ballot
- Effects of Long Term Environmental Aging of Conductive Inks
– Don Banfield will email the committee to find out who would like to join him in this task group.