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Standards Proposed for adoption
KEBS TC 80 Timber and Timber products
- Parent Category: Standards Proposed for adoption
The Kenya Bureau of Standards intends to adopt the International Standards listed below.
We are therefore seeking views from potential users in respect of the same. The Standards are available at the Kenya Bureau of Standards Information Resource Centre. Please tick and fill your preference of the listed option in the attached table against each of the standards.
Where the option is that the adoption is not acceptable, you MUST give a reason(s) and recommendation(s).
NOTE 1: Absence of any reply or comments shall be deemed to be an acceptance of the proposal for adoption and shall constitute an approval vote.
- Number: ISO 24294:2021 to replace KS ISO 24294:2013
Title: Timber — Round and sawn timber — Vocabulary
Scope: This document defines terms related to round and sawn timber. It applies to identification of a tree and its components, stages of processing in round and sawn forms, and timber grading, dimensions, anatomical structure, features, moisture content and conditions relating to stain, fungal and insect attack. It does not apply to terms related to strength properties of wood, engineered timber products or timber structures.
- Number: ISO 13061-18:2022 to replace KS ISO 9086-1:1987
Title: Physical and mechanical properties of wood — Test methods for small clear wood specimens — Part 18: Vocabulary
Scope: This document lists the terms and definitions relating to general concepts, macrostructure, sampling, and methods of physical and mechanical testing of wood. Other terminologies that are not mentioned in this standard are defined in ISO 24294.
- Number: ISO 13061-8:2022
Title: Acoustics — Physical and mechanical properties of wood — Test methods for small clear wood specimens — Part 8: Determination of ultimate strength in shearing parallel to grain
Scope: This document lists the terms and definitions relating to general concepts, macrostructure, sampling, and methods of physical and mechanical testing of wood. Other terminologies that are not mentioned in this standard are defined in ISO 24294.
- Number: ISO 8965:2022 to replace KS ISO 8965:2013
Title: Logging industry — Technology — Vocabulary
Scope: This document defines terms relating to technological operations in the logging industry.
NOTE See ISO 6814 for terms and definitions related to mobile and self-propelled machinery used in forestry..