SAE International’s standards development teams issued 11 new technical documents and revised or reaffirmed another 272 in the month of August.

The newly issued documents in August covered a variety of technical subject areas, including:
Atmospheric Neutron Single Event Effects Analysis for Use in Safety Assessments; U.S. National Grid Standard; Requirements for an Electronic Materials and Processes Management Plan; International Metric Tolerance System; Aluminum Alloy, Rolled, Drawn or Cold Finished Bar, Rod, and Wire; and Direct Injection Gasoline Fuel Injector Characterization.

To date, SAE International has issued 62 new technical documents since January 1; 722 documents have been revised or reaffirmed.

Technical standards set expectations for safety, reliability, and quality while helping companies reduce their costs, increase productivity, and advance new technologies. SAE International’s standards repository totals nearly 35,000 documents – of which 11,000 are active and 24,000 historical dating back to the early 1900s.

SAE International has 700 standards development technical committees and 17,000 technical professional volunteers from countries around the world.  They serve every aspect of industry from vehicle design and integration to build, manufacture, operate, and maintain; and they address critical issues on everything from fuel to weather conditions, materials to electronics, engine power to energy mandates.

Standards definitions:
 

• Issued – First time a technical report is published. Subject to five-year review.
   
• Revised – An active technical report has been updated and re-published. Subject to five-year review.
   
• Reaffirmed – Technical report which has been reviewed by the technical committee and determined to be current with no need for immediate revision. Subject to five-year review

For more information, please visit https://www.sae.org/standards.

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