ASTM F2342-06

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Designation: F 2342 – 06
Standard Specification for
Design and Construction of Composition or Quality
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Constituent Measuring Devices or Systems
This standard is issued under the fixed designation F 2342; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope measuring device) or part of a measuring instrument (for
example, measuring element, indicator).
1.1 This specification covers the requirements for design
3.2.2 electronic system, n—electronic device or group of
and construction of electronic devices or systems for measur-
electronic devices used to measure and record composition or
ing composition or quality constituents of live animals, live-
quality constituents.
stock and poultry carcasses, and individual cuts of meat, or a
3.2.3 fault condition, n—abnormalconditionthatmaycause
combination thereof. Examples include, but are not limited, to
a reduction in, or loss of the capability of, a functional unit to
halfandwholecarcasses,primals,subprimals,andboxedmeat.
perform a required function.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
3.2.3.1 Discussion—Principally, a fault is the result of an
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
error in the data contained in or flowing through an electronic
standard.
measuring device or system.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3.2.4 inch-pound unit, n—in ASTM standards, unit based
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
on the inch and pound, commonly used in the United States of
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
America and defined by the National Institute of Standards and
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
Technology, including certain other units accepted for use with
bility of regulatory requirements prior to use.
the units.
2. Referenced Documents
3.2.4.1 Discussion—Inch-pound, also known as US Cus-
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tomary Units, are one type of non-SI units.Another example of
2.1 ASTM Standards:
non-SI units is the centimetre gram second (cgs) system.
F 2463 Terminology for Livestock, Meat, and Poultry
3.2.5 indicating element, n—elementincorporatedinamea-
Evaluation Systems
suring device or system by means of which its output, relative
3. Terminology
toquantityorqualitymeasurement,isdisplayedor“read”from
the device itself as, for example, a digital indicator.
3.1 For definitions relating to livestock, meat, and poultry
3.2.6 meat, n—all edible products and by-products har-
evaluation systems, see Terminology F 2463.
vested by the meat-packing industry.
3.2 Definitions of Terms Specific to This Standard:
3.2.7 National Type Evaluation Program (NTEP),
3.2.1 electronic device, n—device operating by the prin-
n—program administered by the National Conference on
ciples of electronics, which may consist of one or more
Weights and Measures, Inc. (NCWM) in cooperation with the
subassemblies and perform a specific function.
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), state
3.2.1.1 Discussion—Electronic devices may be complete
and local governments, and the private sector for determining,
measuring instruments (for example, pH meter, composition
on a uniform basis, conformance of a type, with an applicable
standard.
3.2.8 recording element, n—element incorporated in a mea-
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee F10 on
suring device by means of which its output, relative to quantity
Livestock, Meat, and Poultry Evaluation Systems and is the direct responsibility of
or quality measurement, is permanently recorded on a tape,
Subcommittee F10.10 on Design Specification.
ticket, card, electronic storage medium, or the like, in the form
Current edition approved May 1, 2006. Published May 2006. Originally
approved in 2003. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as F 2342 – 05.
of a printed, stamped, punched, perforated representation, or a
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
retrievable electronic record.
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
3.2.9 reference material, n—physical object used as a basis
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website. for comparison or calibration.
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F2342–06
3.2.10 SI unit, n—in ASTM standards, unit of the Interna- Frequency Interference (RFI), Electromagnetic Interference
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