ASTM International is an international voluntary standards organization that develops and produces technical standards for materials, products, systems and services. It was formed in 1898 in the United States as the American Society for Testing and Materials by a group of scientists and engineers, led by Charles Benjamin Dudley, who wanted to address the frequent railbreaks plaguing the fast-growing railroad industry. The group developed a standard for the steel used to fabricate rails.
Today, ASTM International maintains more than 12,000 standards. The Annual Book of ASTM Standards consists of 77 volumes. Membership in the organization is open to anyone with an interest in the fields the organization services. Members represent manufacturers, users, governments and academia from over 100 countries.
ASTM Standards compliance is voluntary but in the United States, with the 1995 passage of the National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act, the U.S. government is required to use privately developed standards whenever possible. As a result, ASTM Standards have been incorporated into or are referred to by many federal regulations.
ASTM International is comprised of more than 132 technical standards writing committees and publishes over 9,100 standard specifications, tests, practices, guides, and definitions relating to materials, products, systems, and services.
ASTM B117-07 Standard Practice for Operating Salt Spray (Fog) Apparatus
ASTM B633-07 Standard Specification for Electrodeposited Coatings of Zinc on Iron and Steel
ASTM is a non-profit organization headquartered near Philadelphia in West Conshohocken, PA. The standards work is divided among hundreds of specialized committees, who meet periodically (ours meets twice a year) to discuss, adopt and update standards.
ASTM provides the administrative framework and support for the committees, and edits and publishes the adopted standards.
Helmet standards are under the ASTM F8 Committee on Sports Equipment and Facilities, and further assigned to Subcommittee F8.53 on Headgear and Helmets, so the Subcommittee is referred to as F8.53 and pronounced "eff eight dot five three".
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