ASTM F01.18 Membrane Switch Committee Meeting January 2008

- F1597 Actuation & Contact Force
- Alan will get this standard withdrawn on next ballot
- F1682 Travel
- Alan will get this standard withdrawn on next ballot
- F1997 Switch Sensitivity
- Alan will get this standard withdrawn on next ballot
- F???? Luminance Curve of Electroluminescent Lamp
- Alan to make changes to draft
- Alan to submit for ballot
- F???? Interlayer Adhesion – 1neg 1aff
- Michelle will update changes to draft.
- Michelle will give Mike S. latest draft.
- Mike S. will ask other ink manufacturers to review this document and comment on specifically on the marginal failure point.
- Current ballot does not officially end until Feb so any further comments will be forwarded to Michelle & Mike S.
- Revised draft forwarded to Alan for ballot
- F???? Flammability
- Alan to send latest copy of draft to Brando for minor changes and addition of figures.
- Brando then will send final draft (including figures) back to Alan
- Alan will submit draft to concurrent main & sub ballot
- F1661 Contact Bounce Time (2002)
- Device Table added to test method
· Ken G. will add test voltage DC in each column
· Ken G. to clean up table and email to Alan by Feb1, 08
- Alan to incorporate changes into draft and submit for ballot.
- Color F2359
- Negative vote was found to be persuasive
- Alan to submit Negative vote form to ASTM
- Luminance F2360
- Precision & Bias statement to be added.
- Alan to submit for ballot
- Force – Displacement F2592
- Need 3 more labs for testing
· KSI – Tony Souza? Ken G. to contact Tony
· Ken G has a customer that may be able to test – Ken will contact.
· Bill D. will send Walter an email of where to send the pilot sample.
· If Ken G can get two more labs Bill will contact ASTM with information on the new labs.
- UL - Component Recognition Program
- Future tasks include publication of the Outline of Investigation and finalization Test Coupon guidelines. Ian & Crystal
- Ian has asked for feedback on the latest draft of the “Outline of Investigation” by Feb 15, 2008.
- Contamination Ingress and Penetration – Nigel
- Alan will send Nigel’s drafts to committee for comment.
- Alan will forward any comments to Nigel.
- Nigel to make any changes necessary and present at the June 2008 meeting.
- F2112 Terminology - needs updating annually – Nigel
- Nigel will be creating a database of Terms from all F01.18 standards.
- Alan to get a “word” file version of each of F01.18 standards so Nigel can work on this and present progress at June 2008 meeting.
- F1683 Bend & Crease – separate into two Test Methods – Denny
- F1683 Bend – removed Crease
· Ken G. to send Alan Setup Drawing for Fig 1.by Feb 15.
· Alan will submit for concurrent main / sub ballot
- F???? Crease – new standard
· Ken G. to send Alan Setup Drawing for Fig 1 by Feb 15.
· Alan will submit for concurrent main / sub ballot
- Effects of Long Term Environmental Aging of Conductive Inks
- Don Banfield will email the committee to find out who would like to join him in this task group.














