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Electrical Safety Standards

NFPA 79 - Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery
IEC 60204-1 Safety of Machinery – Electrical Equipment of Machines – Part 1: General Requirements (more)

European Union Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive

Effective January 1, 1996 (more)

ISO 230-2:2006 NC Positioning Standard Revised

This standard supersedes and replaces the old AMT (NMTBA) "Definition and Evaluation of Accuracy and Repeatability of Numerically Controlled Machine Tools," as well as the German VDI/DGQ 3441 on the same subject.  (more)

JIC Standards

JIC (Joint Industrial Council) Standards were written in the early 1950s by a joint committee of major machine tool builders and users. The purpose was to provide a uniform set of basic practices which would result in a well-built machine tool.  (more)

Locating Engineering Standards

Information on where to purchase engineering standards. (more)

Machine Tool Positioning Standards - Comparison Review

To assist in the understanding of ISO 230-2, as it relates to other standards used internationally to evaluate the accuracy and repeatability of numerically controlled machine tools, the University of North Carolina, Charlotte performed a comparison study entitled "Evaluation and Comparison of the Different Standards Used to Define The Positional Accuracy and Repeatability of Numerically Controlled Machining Center Axes." (Pub. October, 2007; 26 pages) (more)

Metalworking Skill Standards

Common skills and competencies that the metalworking industry has determined a worker needs to perform well on the job. (more)

U.S. Engineering Standards for Machine Tools

The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) is the Standards Developing Organization (SDO) for the American National Standards Institute's ANSI/ASME B5 series of engineering standards for machine tools. These standards cover a wide range of components and machine tools of interest to membership.

For more information on these standards, or an understanding of how you can participate in development, contact ASME at 212-519-8018 and ask for the ASME B5 Standards Administrator. (more)