Adhesives Symbol for CAD Software Subject for Proposed ASTM Int'l Standard - ASTM WK14701
June 4, 2007 // Published as a news service by IHS
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A series of focus groups conducted by the Adhesive and Sealant Council Inc. (ASC) led to the ongoing development of a proposed standard, ASTM WK14701 - New Symbols for Adhesive Applications.
According to Lawrence D. Sloan, president, Adhesive and Sealant Council and D14.04 member, ASC held the focus groups of designers, engineers and architects to better understand the unmet educational needs of those that specify and/or influence the selection of bonding agents in their line of work.
"We learned that virtually all design these days involves the use of computer-aided design software and that there is currently no symbol to represent an adhesive as there is with welding or other mechanical fasteners," said Sloan.
Adhesives are often denoted in the comments section of a computer-aided design (CAD) drawing, which Sloan said allows critical information to be lost or overlooked. "Development of a new adhesive symbol would make it easier for engineers to model a product using adhesives and also improve the way information about adhesives is being communicated," said Sloan.
ASTM WK14701 is being developed by Subcommittee D14.04 on Terminology, part of ASTM International Committee D14 on Adhesives.
"The proposed standard will help create credibility for the new adhesive symbol and encourage its use by designers and engineers primarily in their CAD drawings worldwide," said Sloan. "Virtually any engineering drawing that requires bonding would benefit from this symbol and this proposed standard."
Source: ASTM International.