Developing Fluid Power Standards:
Process and Coordination

Overview of standards development processes

The following flowcharts provide a detailed look at the processes through which NFPA and American National Standards are developed. It also shows the points at which the decision is made to develop a project at the ISO, ANSI or NFPA level.

It is important to note that the procedure for developing American National Standards changed significantly as of November 2004. New procedures, developed in response to new requirements from ANSI, were approved by ANSI, the NFPA Technical Board and Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) B93; ASC B93 had been the committee that approved American National Standards for fluid power. The new procedures were developed to streamline the process and to make it as consistent as possible with the process of developing NFPA standards. The flowcharts in the files below reflect the latest procedures.

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File 1: Complete process overview - development of NFPA standards and American National Standards (combination of Files 2, 3a, 3b and 4)

File 2: Project initiation

File 3a: NFPA standards development process

File 3b: American National Standards process - Project Initiation Notification System (PINS) and pre-canvass, with connecting points to the NFPA standards development process

File 4: American National Standards process - ballot and resolution process for developing consensus

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