ASTM F2342/F2342M-15 (R2021) pdf free download.Standard Specification for Design and Construction of Composition or Quality Constituent Measuring Devices or Systems.
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for design and construction of evaluation devices or systems ftr measuring composition or quality constituents of live animals, livestock and poultry carcasses, and individual cuts of meat, or a combination thereof. Examples include, hut are not limited, to half and whole carcasses, primals. subprimals, and boxed meat.
1.2 The values stated in either SI units or inch-pound units are to be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be exact equivalents: therefore, each system shall be used independently of the other. Combining values from the two systems may result in non-conformance with the standard.
3.2 Definitions of Ternis Specific This Standard:
3.2.1 evaluation device, n—equipment designed to measure composition or quality constituents used to determine the value of live animals, carcasses, and individual cuts of meat (see Terminology F2463).
3.2.2 evaluation system, n—device or group of devices used to measure and record composition or quality constituents used to determine the value of live animals, carcasses, and individual cuts of meat (see Terminology F2463).
3.2.3 fault condition, n—abnormal condition that may cause a reduction in, or loss of the capability of, a functional unit to perform a required function.
3.2.3. 1 Discussion—Principally, a fault is the result of an error in the data contained in or flowing through a measuring device or system.
3.2.4 inch-pound unit, n—in ASTM standards, unit based on the inch and pound. commonly used in the United States of America and defined by the National Institute of Standards and Technology, including certain other units accepted for use with the units.
3.2.4.1 Discussion—Inch-pound. also known as US Customary Units, are one type of non-SI units. Another example of non-SI units is the centimetre gram second (cgs) system.
3.2.5 indicating element, n—clement incorporated in a measuring device or system by means of which its output, relative to quantity or quality measurement, is displayed or “read” from the device itself as, for example, a digital indicator.
3.2.6 meat, n—edible product(s) harvested by the livestock or poultry packing industries (see Terminology F2463).
3.2 . 7 National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP), n—program administered by the National Conference on Weights and Measures, Inc. (NCWM) in cooperation with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), state and local governments, and the private sector for determining. on a uniform basis, conformance of a type. with an applicable standard.ASTM F2342/F2342M pdf download.