ASTM Int’l Coal, Coke Committee Approves Mechanical Sampling Standard

December 16, 2008 // Published as a news service by IHS

The standard, which is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee D05.23 on Sampling, incorporates into one document four other ASTM standards addressing mechanical samples.

The following ASTM mechanical sampling standards, which will be discontinued as individual standards, are incorporated into ASTM D7430:

• ASTM D7256 - Practice for Mechanical Collection and Within-System Preparation of a Gross Sample of Coal from Moving Streams.
• ASTM D4916 - Practice for Mechanical Auger Sampling.
• ASTM D4702 - Practice for Quality Management of Mechanical Coal Sampling Systems.
• ASTM D6518 - Practice for Bias Testing a Mechanical Coal Sampling System.

"One impact of the new standard is that any commercial transactions citing ASTM standards for mechanical coal sampling should stipulate [ASTM] D7430 - Practice for Mechanical Sampling of Coal and the specific part of the standard, as appropriate," said Reagan.

Source: ASTM International.