On September 21, 1983, the Cemented Carbide Producers Association held an organizational meeting for the purpose of forming an Accredited Standards Committee for Cemented Carbides All requirements for the formation of that committee, as contained in the American National Standards Institute Procedures for the Development and Coordination of American National Standards effective September 1, 1982, were submitted to ANSI on October 5, 1983. |
The proposed committee was designated Accredited Standards Committee B212. Within the B212 Committee, Technical Subcommittee TC-1 was formed, whose scope is: the standardization of blanks and inserts composed of carbide, ceramic, and compacted diamond/CBN; the standardization of the tools and holders for these blanks and inserts as used for turning (both internal and external) including nomenclature, classification, size, tolerances, and identification. |
