DPCNews 006 - MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)

November 2008

How to decipher this important document?

Along the years we were asked a lot of questions about the MSDS.

MSDS must be written according to the ISO 11014-1 Standard issued in March1994 entitled ''Safety data sheet for chemical products-Part 1: Content and order of sections'' to meet the European Directive 91/155/ECC

This MSDS format contains 16 standardized chapters. Each of them has a specific number.

DPCNews 005 - CEN Meeting – Berlin 2008

October 2008

ISO 3059 Standard viewing conditions. Revision.

A meeting will be held in Berlin on Nov 10 by the Working Group 4 (WG4) of the CEN (European Committee for standardisation) to begin working on a revised version of  ISO 3452 series standards; in the same agenda work is planned to talk about viewing conditions for Penetrant Testing and Magnetic Testing.

DPCNews 004 - Apply dry developers

September 2008

Apply dry developers the right way

I- Introduction

Dry developers are used in penetrant testing in conjunction with fluorescent penetrants only.

In some cases, the fluorescent penetrant is nevertheless used without any developer.

DPCNews 003 - Dry powder density

July 2008

Document updated in August, 2008

Some requirements ask for a monthly or weekly check of the density of the dry developer in the duststorm cabinet.

This requirement makes us uncomfortable.