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What's New!

 Celebrate World Standards Day with Discounts on Select ISO 14644 Standards and IEST Recommended Practices!

Stock your library with the latest industry guidelines with 10% off select ISO 14644 Standards and all IEST Recommended Practices (RPs) now through October 15 in celebration of World Standards Day. This is your last chance to save, as publication pricing will increase this year. Please use the coupon codes below when checking out of the IEST Publication Store.

IEST RP Coupon Code: RPWS10

ISO 14644 Standards Coupon Code*: ISO10

*Excludes ISO/DIS 14644-9 and ISO 14698 Standards.

 Reserve Your Hotel Room for the Fall Conference by October 18th!

A special rate of $135 per night plus state/local taxes will be available through October 18, 2008 on a first-come, first-served basis for all Fall Conference attendees. Click here to reserve your room today at the Doubletree Hotel Chicago-Arlington Heights, Arlington Heights, Illinois (Northwest Suburban Chicago).  More...
 
 

 Group Discount Available - Register Today for Vibration Basics A-Z
 
Join us in Arlington Heights, IL November 12-13 and receive hands-on insight into sinusoidal vibration concepts, random vibration, accelerometers, fixtures, controllers, and electro-dynamic shakers. Learn how to put these individual parts of the vibration system to use through detailed discussions on drive voltage monitoring to determine test health, placement of accelerometers for proper control, and multi-channel control, as well as many others. More...

Coming Soon

 The October 2008 issue of the Journal of the IEST will feature:
 
Peer-reviewed technical papers on:
* Health and Usage Monitoring Algorithm Based on Terrain Identification for Mechanical Components on an Army Ground Vehicle System
* Control of Time-Dependent Contamination during Bonding of Semiconductor and Optical Substrates
* Optimal Utilization of Test Facilities to Replicate Operational Environments
* Accelerated Life Test Modeling of Outdoor Optical Products with Time-Varying Multi-Stresses

Complimentary Tech Talk articles on:
* What’s new on the ISO 14644 series of Standards
* Nanotech Facility Hosts ESTECH Tour

IEST Fall Conference Highlight

 Scheduled Revisions to the ISO 14644 Series of Cleanroom Standards Discussed at IEST Fall Conference

ISO Technical Committee 209 is planning revisions to the ISO 14644 Series of Cleanroom Standards to clarify certain requirements and facilitate compliance. The IEST Fall Conference will offer a three-part ISO tutorial series, including a hands-on, practical application of ISO 14644-3 class. Robert Mielke, Secretary for ISO/TC 209 and a member of the Working Group that developed these Standards, will provide insight into the implications of these changes to ISO 14644-1 and ISO 14644-2 during the Understanding the ISO Series and Testing to Determine the Classification of Air Cleanliness training tutorials. Click here for more information on these training tutorials. More...

 IEST Resources

 Now Available: ISO DIS 14644-9 Cleanrooms and associated controlled environments—Classification of surface particle cleanliness

This part of ISO 14644 will benefit personnel working in or managing cleanrooms since it applies to all solid surfaces in cleanrooms and associated controlled environments such as walls, ceilings, floors, working environment, tools, equipment, and devices. More...

 Data Acquisition Handbook Available Electronically 

IEST-RP-DTE012.2, the 321-page Handbook for Dynamic Data Acquisition and Analysis, available on CD, provides guidelines for acquiring and analyzing structural or mechanical shock and vibration and acoustic and aerodynamic noise data from flight and ground tests for all categories. More...

 ISO Standards in Searchable PDF Format 

IEST now offers the ISO 14644 Cleanroom Standards as searchable electronic documents, sent to your e-mail the same business day when ordered by noon. Order online...