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STANDARDISATION

To assist in the formulation and preparation of International Standardisation documents.

Working Group-Standardisation (WG-STAND ) IIW has been involved in standar-disation al- most from its conception. Initially, its activities centred on NDT and welding consumables. Its scope has since widened significantly and, while continuing to be involved in these areas, it now embraces standards and technical reports for resistance welding, friction stir welding, classification of defects in welds, ferrite measurement, creep and fatigue tes- ting, as well as health and safety. WG-STAND was established to liaise with the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) and to provide the administrative function within IIW for processing of standardisation documents and their submission to ISO. A key aspect is cooperation with ISO on allocation of new work items and monitoring progress of the work items assigned to IIW. • The development of globally relevant international standards and technical reports, where existing standards in the field of welding do not meet market needs. • The identification of solutions to overcome conflicts between national and/or regional standards so that globally relevant ones can be produced. • The retention of ISO Council confidence in the ability of IIW to act as an independent standardisation body. Members of WG-STAND are appointed by the Member Societies for their knowledge and experience in standards development. The Working Group is composed of repre- sentatives from IIW Working Units having responsibility for standardisation projects and representatives from ISO member countries which are active in welding standardisation. An ISO/IIW Coordination Committee was for- med between ISO/TC44 and IIW to manage the work program; and assist in ensuring that the relevant expertise is available to develop standards. Since 2007, the European stan- dards welding committee, CEN/TC121, is a full member of the committee. The member- ship ensures cooperation between the three The main objectives of WG-STAND are:

bodies in the allocation of work to avoid dupli- cation. IIW is only involved in standardisation where it has the technical strength to support inter- national or regional standardisation activities. IIW retains a pre-emptive position in welding technology which has enabled the scope of its standardisation activities to increase in recent times. It is providing input into new areas and the number of Working Units involved in standardisation projects is continually increa- sing. To date, there are 31 published Route II projects and 9 active revisions, new projects and systematic reviews, including one on Ter- minology from Commission VI. WG-STAND is currently involved in over 40 standardisation projects including systematic reviews in 9 Commissions and one Working Group. Two ISO Technical Reports were published during 2014: • ISO/TR 13392:2014 (Ed. 1) Health and safety in welding and allied processes - Arc welding fume components   • ISO/TR 18786:2014 (Ed. 1) Health and safety in welding - Guidelines for risk assessment of welding fabrication activities   Three revisions to ISO standards have already been published in 2015 by Commission III- Resistance welding, with a further 4 by the end of the year. The first standard for a calibration block for Phased Array Ultrasonic Testing (PAUT) is expected in 2015/6 from Commission V-NDT and quality assurance of welded products.

Mr Mathias Lundin Chair of WG-STAN D Sweden