Applicable Standards and Regulations in the Compressor Industry

Sometimes regulations in standards may become binding when they come into force through legislation. If a standard is quoted in a commercial agreement it can thereby also be made binding. Binding regulations can apply, for example, to safety for people and property while optional stan-dards are used to facilitate work with specifications, selection of quality, performing and reporting measurements, manufacturing drawings etc.

The benefits of international standardization are obvious to both manufacturers, intermediate parties such as engineering companies and final customers. It increases the interchangeability of products and systems, and allows performance statements to be compared on equal terms. These performance statements may include operational, environmental and safety aspects. Standards are referred to frequently by legislators as a way of creating uniform market impacts.

Standards may be produced, issued and maintained by standardization organizations on national, supranational (European) and international levels, but equally by specific trade associations focusing on specific industrial sectors (the petroleum industry, compressed air industry, electronics industry etc). Standards produced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) may be converted into national standards by the ISO member countries at their discretion. Standards produced by the CEN (European Committee for Standardization), are developed for use by the 30 national members, and conversion into national standard may be mandatory in the case of harmonized standards.

All standards can be acquired through the various national standardization organizations. In the compressed air industry, standards may also be produced by trade associations such as PNEUROP (European committee of manufacturers of compressed air equipment, vacuum pumps, pneumatic tools and allied equipment), or its counterpart CAGI (United States Compressed Air and Gas Institute). Examples of such documents are the performance

Sometimes regulations in standards may become binding when they come into force through legislation. If a standard is quoted in a commercial agreement it can thereby also be made binding. Binding regulations can apply, for example, to safety for people and property while optional stan-dards are used to facilitate work with specifications, selection of quality, performing and reporting measurements, manufacturing drawings etc.

The benefits of international standardization are obvious to both manufacturers, intermediate parties such as engineering companies and final customers. It increases the interchangeability of products and systems, and allows performance statements to be compared on equal terms. These performance statements may include operational, environmental and safety aspects. Standards are referred to frequently by legislators as a way of creating uniform market impacts.

Standards may be produced, issued and maintained by standardization organizations on national, supranational (European) and international levels, but equally by specific trade associations focusing on specific industrial sectors (the petroleum industry, compressed air industry, electronics industry etc). Standards produced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) may be converted into national standards by the ISO member countries at their discretion. Standards produced by the CEN (European Committee for Standardization), are developed for use by the 30 national members, and conversion into national standard may be mandatory in the case of harmonized standards.

All standards can be acquired through the various national standardization organizations. In the compressed air industry, standards may also be produced by trade associations such as PNEUROP (European committee of manufacturers of compressed air equipment, vacuum pumps, pneumatic tools and allied equipment), or its counterpart CAGI (United States Compressed Air and Gas Institute). Examples of such documents are the performance

Sometimes regulations in standards may become binding when they come into force through legislation. If a standard is quoted in a commercial agreement it can thereby also be made binding. Binding regulations can apply, for example, to safety for people and property while optional stan-dards are used to facilitate work with specifications, selection of quality, performing and reporting measurements, manufacturing drawings etc.

The benefits of international standardization are obvious to both manufacturers, intermediate parties such as engineering companies and final customers. It increases the interchangeability of products and systems, and allows performance statements to be compared on equal terms. These performance statements may include operational, environmental and safety aspects. Standards are referred to frequently by legislators as a way of creating uniform market impacts.

Standards may be produced, issued and maintained by standardization organizations on national, supranational (European) and international levels, but equally by specific trade associations focusing on specific industrial sectors (the petroleum industry, compressed air industry, electronics industry etc). Standards produced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) may be converted into national standards by the ISO member countries at their discretion. Standards produced by the CEN (European Committee for Standardization), are developed for use by the 30 national members, and conversion into national standard may be mandatory in the case of harmonized standards.

All standards can be acquired through the various national standardization organizations. In the compressed air industry, standards may also be produced by trade associations such as PNEUROP (European committee of manufacturers of compressed air equipment, vacuum pumps, pneumatic tools and allied equipment), or its counterpart CAGI (United States Compressed Air and Gas Institute). Examples of such documents are the performance

Sometimes regulations in standards may become binding when they come into force through legislation. If a standard is quoted in a commercial agreement it can thereby also be made binding. Binding regulations can apply, for example, to safety for people and property while optional stan-dards are used to facilitate work with specifications, selection of quality, performing and reporting measurements, manufacturing drawings etc.

The benefits of international standardization are obvious to both manufacturers, intermediate parties such as engineering companies and final customers. It increases the interchangeability of products and systems, and allows performance statements to be compared on equal terms. These performance statements may include operational, environmental and safety aspects. Standards are referred to frequently by legislators as a way of creating uniform market impacts.

Standards may be produced, issued and maintained by standardization organizations on national, supranational (European) and international levels, but equally by specific trade associations focusing on specific industrial sectors (the petroleum industry, compressed air industry, electronics industry etc). Standards produced by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) may be converted into national standards by the ISO member countries at their discretion. Standards produced by the CEN (European Committee for Standardization), are developed for use by the 30 national members, and conversion into national standard may be mandatory in the case of harmonized standards.

All standards can be acquired through the various national standardization organizations. In the compressed air industry, standards may also be produced by trade associations such as PNEUROP (European committee of manufacturers of compressed air equipment, vacuum pumps, pneumatic tools and allied equipment), or its counterpart CAGI (United States Compressed Air and Gas Institute). Examples of such documents are the performance measurement standards for compressor capacity, oil content in the compressed air, etc. which were issued while awaiting an international standard to be developed.