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People news OPW Engineered Systems appoints Mohammad Noful to product manager OPW Engineered Systems appointed Mohammad Mo Noful to product manager Noful will manage the entire range of OPWs LOK product portfolio specifically the Autolok and Kamlok quick disconnect products and the Drylok Kamvalok Epsilon and Twist Lok dry disconnect product families Noful joined OPW in 2017 as a member of the companys Leadership Development Program Over 18 months he was immersed in the OPW culture while gaining experience at OPWs Retail Fueling subsidiary as a manufacturing engineer and the Midland manufacturing business unit as a production scheduler Originally from Chicago Noful earned a Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2017 While at UIC he was an undergraduate research assistant and associate and he completed an internship as a quality engineer at Avocet Polymer Technologies Inc in Chicago Association News New ASTM International standard supports sampling in pharmaceutical manufacturing A new ASTM International standard could help pharmaceutical manufacturers support product quality through sampling done with certain instruments ASTM Internationals committee on manufacturing pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products developed the new standard E3177 which covers both the sample from which data is taken and the sample that is taken for reference ASTM members say this standard describes for the first time the considerations around sampling using process analytical technology which most new pharmaceutical products rely on during development and manufacturing ISA adopts FDT 20 as American national standard FDT 20 technology has been fully adopted as the International Society of Automations ISA American standards The standard will meet demands in the region for open standardized device integration on an enterprise wide basis It will enhance the integration and application of various fieldbuses and devices in addition to promoting widespread implementation of standards based automation solutions FDT Group is a member based international nonprofit corporation that promotes the proliferation of an open standard for network and asset integration The FDT 20 standard addresses market requirements in the American market by defining the interfaces for both vertical and the horizontal data flow called Function Control and Data Access in the framework of a clientserver architecture It allows application software and configuration tools to interact with field devices in a unified way while hiding the manufacturer specific interaction with devices or sub systems in a software module ASTM International and UK groups develop international additive manufacturing standards Global standards organization ASTM International and three U K based groups are partnering to fast track the creation of technical standards needed by the additive manufacturing industry ASTM International identified three potential areas for standardization British Standards Institution will coordinate the development of the three standards which are focused on directed energy deposition DED one of seven categories of additive manufacturing as defined by ASTM International and the International Organization for Standardization ISO ASTM 52900 DED uses focused thermal energy such as lasers electron beams and plasma arcs to fuse materials by melting as they are being deposited ASTM International officials say DED is not as widely used nor understood as some of the other additive manufacturing processes and the lack of standards is evident The three DED standards under development include A specification for using wire as a DED feedstock helping address key requirements including composition dimensional tolerances contamination packaging handling and storage A standard for nondestructive testing NDT that aims to address typical causes and natures of DED defects while also reviewing traditional test methods for applicability to DED A standard for DED wire and arc additive manufacturing WAAM which aims to cover terminology material opportunities and restrictions geometrical constraints finishing requirements and inspection After the specifications are created through BSI ASTM Internationals committee on additive manufacturing technologies F42 plans to develop international standards based on each through a new licensing agreement FC Send news and events for consideration to Molly Rogers at mrogers@ endeavorbusinessmedia com Upcoming events ProFood Tech March 26 28 Chicago profoodtech com INTERPHEX April 2 4 New York City interphex com Offshore Technology Conference May 6 9 Houston otcnet org Sensors Expo June 25 27 San Jose California sensorsexpo com www flowcontrolnetwork com March 2019 7