U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 131/SC 6 - Contamination control

Committee Mission

The U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 131/SC 6 develops USA industry’s input on International (ISO) standards for contamination control. Examples of topics covered are calibration of automatic particle counters, filter multipass test and methods for determining the cleanliness of components.

Committee Members

Steven Wagner

Hydra Tech

Brian Rhode

Afton Chemical Corporation

Jeffrey Mothersbaugh

Bekaert Corporation

Bernie Mulligan

Bonavista Technologies, Inc.

Ed Bielo

C&J International, Inc.

John Irvin

Caterpillar Inc.

Abdul Karim Maoued

Caterpillar Inc.

Allen Craig

Chevron Chemical Co.

Eric Quillen

Atmus Filtration Technologies

Bryan Steffen

Atmus Filtration Technologies

Ivan Sheffield

Des-Case

Stephen Larsen

Donaldson Company, Inc.

Douglas Lundstrom

Donaldson Company, Inc.

Nick Stanley

Donaldson Company, Inc.

Greg Zeien

Donaldson Company, Inc.

Keh Dema

Eastman Chemical Company

Darshan Talagalage

GE Aircraft Engines

Paula Goodale

GVS

Sudheer Jinka

Hollingsworth & Vose Company

Sneha Swaminathan

Hollingsworth & Vose Company

Howard Yu

Hollingsworth & Vose Company

Larry Gerken

Hy-Pro Corporation

Matthew Leasure

HYDAC/Schroeder Industries

Brian Schreiber

HYDAC/Schroeder Industries

Dennis Rockwell

Parker Hannifin Corp.

James Justice

John Deere Product Engineering Center

Rahul Bharadwaj

Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.

Adam Burnett

Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.

Ashish Gadhave

Lydall Performance Materials, Inc.

Paul Michael

Milwaukee School of Engineering

Ed Duda

Motion

Robert Fletcher

NIST

Nicholas Ritchie

NIST

Steve Marzelli

Naval Sea Systems Command/SEA 05Z6

Eric Krause

Pall Corporation

Nalin Patel

Pall Corporation

Vijay Rajadhyaksha

Pall Corporation

Clay Bielo

PAMAS GmbH

Barry Verdegan

PAMAS GmbH

Dan Arens

Parker Hannifin Corp.

John Jones II

Entegris

Ronald Zielinski

PolyMod® Technologies Inc.

Ryan McCall

Purolator Facet Inc.

Christopher Bortnik

Schroeder Industries LLC

Chris Leasure

Schroeder Industries LLC

Peter Hoekstra

SGS fka IBR Laboratories

Cameron MacNeil

Stauff Corporation

Current Projects

ISO/DIS 18413 - Hydraulic component cleanliness inspection document and principles related to contaminant collection, analysis and data reporting (revision of ISO 18413:2002)

ISO/WD 23309 - Methods of cleaning lines in an assembled hydraulic system by flushing [revision of ISO 23309:2007]

ISO/WD 12669 - Method for determining the required cleanliness level [RCL] for a hydraulic system

ISO/DIS 16908 - Hydraulic filter element thermal conditioning and cold start-up simulation

ISO/NP - 18237 - Method for evaluating water separation performance of hydraulic fluid dehydrators

ISO/CD - Verification of fatigue life and burst pressure ratings of hydraulic spin-on filters with finite lives

ISO/NP 3968 - Evaluation of differential pressure versus flow characteristics of hydraulic filters [proposed revision of ISO 3968:2001]

ISO/CD 21018-4 - Light extinction technique for monitoring the level of particulate contamination in hydraulic fluids

ISO/DTR 16386 - Impact of changes in ISO particle counting, contamination control and hydraulic filter test standards [revision of ISO/TR 16386:1999]

Meeting Frequency

Three times per year, in person.

NFPA Staff Contact

Denise Husenica
Phone: (414) 778-3354

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