All, There will be a Northeast Product Safety Society meeting on Wednesday, March 26th, at EMC Corporation's Customer Briefing Center at 42 South Street in Hopkinton, MA. A social hour with light refreshments will begin at 7:00 PM and the technical meeting will start at 7:30 PM. There will be three topics at this months meeting. The first topic, presented by Glyn Garside of TUV, concerns the SEMI S2 safety guideline. The second topic concerning fire awareness training and micro environment suppression will be presented in two parts. The first part, presented by Bill MacKay of Advanced Safety Systems, will cover Firetrace’s SHAPE program. The second part, presented by Joe Kostecki of Firetrace International, will cover the Firetrace approach to “Micro Environment Fire Suppression
Glyn Garside’s SEMI S2 safety guideline presentation will provide an introduction to SEMI S2 and concern issues such as: - Is a "guideline" the same as a "standard"? - Is it mandatory? - Why are there no "shall" statements in the standard? - Scope and key requirements - Key differences between 0200, 0302, 1102 and 0303 editions - and what's next? - Related standards and additional requirements - How to demonstrate compliance Glyn Garside is a Senior Engineer with TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc. Specializing in Functional Safety assessment (SIL rating) and Machinery and Electrical safety. Glyn is a member of several safety-standards technical committees, including ANSI/NFPA 79 (Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery), ANSI/RIA R15.06 (Industrial Robots & Safety Requirements), and UL 1998. He is a member of the IEE and the IEEE and a past vice-chairman of the IEEE Product Safety Technical Committee, Santa Clara Valley chapter. Bill MacKay will give the first part of the Firetrace presentation. Bill is the President of Advanced Safety Systems and a past President of the FSSA (Fire Suppression Systems Association). His topic is the Firetrace “Special Hazards Awareness, Promotion and Education” or SHAPE program. This presentation is not specific to any one type of agent or manufacturer. It is designed to help raise awareness of the need for Special Hazard Fire Protection in critical rooms, equipment and processes. Joe Kostecki will give the second part of the Firetrace presentation. Joe is the Northeast Regional Manager for Firetrace International. His topic is the Firetrace approach to “Micro Environment Fire Suppression”. This is a new technology that utilizes Linear Pneumatic Heat Detection Tubing that is ideal for in-cabinet protection of critical equipment. The 2003 NPSS meeting schedule is available on the NPSS website at http://www.nepss.org/meetings/NPSS2003Calendar.htm. Further information about the Northeast Product Safety Society and how to become a member is available at http://www.nepss.org. You can also contact one of the NPSS officers via links at http://www.nepss.org/secretary/officers03.html. Directions: >From Route 495 North or South take exit 21B to South Street. At the first traffic light, turn left (Note: This is on South direction side of Route 495). EMC Corporation is the second driveway on the right. Matt Campanella NPSS Secretary Compliance Engineer Motorola, Inc. Broadband Communications Sector 3 Highwood Drive East Tewksbury, MA 01876 (978) 858-2303 Direct (978) 858-2300 Main (978) 858-2399 Fax matthew.campane...@motorola.com email This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Ron Pickard: emc-p...@hypercom.com Dave Heald: davehe...@attbi.com For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org Archive is being moved, we will announce when it is back on-line. All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
