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~' :FR1CT!Oi.~ :IATERIALS STALIDARD3 INSTITUTE, me., E-210 ROUT 114 PARAMUS, N.J. 07652 l1INUT!::S OF llliETWG of the BOARD OF DIRECTORS Tuesday, June 15, 1976, at 8:30 A.M. at Innisbrook, Tarpon Springs, Florida DEillCTORS PRESKJT J. ~J. Greenen F. E. ilessier, Vice-President R. l~. :1oalli T' ') !.\.e Zacharias s. s. Com;ray G. A. Carrigan H. !>I Sleeth i:raremont Corporation Bendix Corporation Raybestos-11anhattan, Inc. Carlisle Corporation Abex Corporation ~. K. Vellman Corporation Royal Industries Brake Products OFFIC:L!:I\.S PRESILJT F Simon, President E. :-;. Drislane, Secretary ~. P. Gorman, Counsel Brassbestos llDnufacturing Corporation Friction !i[ateor:t.als Standards Institute Clapp & Eisenberg C~:m.:.UTTlZ:L: CHAir2Ji'jJ PRESEl'lT R. E. ~!elson (Brake Performance) Abex Corporation GUI::ST PRESEcYT R. Join Federation of European Hanufacturers of Friction I1ate~ials (FmiFH) Hr. Simon, President, called the Heeting to order at 8:30 A.H. iili.TUTES OF P~VIOUS 1-IEETii.~GS The Minutes of the lieetings held June 17-18, 1975 had been distributed. Ho correctioas ~i'ere suggested. Upon motion duly made, seconded, and unanimously passed. it uas; f>.iSOLVED: That the Hinutes of the June 17-18, 1975 l!eet:i.ngs be accepted as w-ritten. PRESIDZllT' S REPORT lrr. Simon reported on the activities of the Institute over the past fiscal year. In particular, he discussed the response that the Institute made to os:~~ conrerning the proposed 0.5 fibers/cc limit for occupational FMSI 07359 l~Uutes f,of the lleeting Director~of the Board of -2- June 15, 1976 exposure to asbestos. In addition, l'lr. Simon mentioned the Asbestos Seminar that uas held by the Inst:!.t:llte in December, 1975, the Hork of our Data Book and Technical Coi!lOittee, and our liaison with the Federation of European i1anufacturers of Friction Haterials. Please refer to Exhibit I 'in the reports for the June 1976 Meeting. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it was; RESOLVED: That the President's report be accepted as written. ME11BERSHIP CO~lliiTTEE REPORT The report of the Chairman of the 'Hembership Committee, Mr. Greenen, was read. In essence,he reported that there was an increase of one regional member and one licensee during the past year. There vere no resignations or \vithdralrJals from any class of membership. Please refer to Exhibit II in the reports of the June 1976 l!eeting. On completion of the report the Chairman advised that an application for active membership had been received from Scan-Pac lianufacturing Inc. The Secretary had earlier sent background information on Scan-Pac to all members. The Membership Committee recommended to the Board of Directors that the Scan-Pac application be accepted. Scan-Pac is a sanufacturer of friction materials using the Johns-Manville sheeter material as the basic ingredient for its product. Scan-Pac finishes this stock to various industrial sizes. Scan-Pac does not use the copyrighted TI1SI numbers in marketing their products. The application from Scan-Pac was in good form. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it was; RESOLVED: That the Board of Directors recommends to the Ivlembership that Scan-Pac Nanufacturing, Inc. be admitted as an Active Nember of the Institute. At this point, the subject of the Bendix acquisition of all the outstanding stock of Jurid Herke, a Regional Hember, was discussed. Earlier the Secretary had sent the Board of Directors a memo concerning the Bendix Corporation uhich had acquired all the outstanding stock of Jurid Werke. Bendix felt that Jurid Herke should not also have to pay Annual Fees for the rights of membership since Bendix was paying the Annual Fee. Counsel requested that this subject be tabled until after lunch, so that he could get further background on the question. After discussion of possible precedents with domestic member acquisitions of domestic affiliates it was pointed out that doQestic @embership rights were available to the acquired domestic subsidiary for the one fee paid by the parent. There had not been any similar precedent for a domestic acquisition of a foreign member. The Constitution and By-Laws did not specifically cover this situation. Counsel stated that the question was: "Does the domestic parent's membership cover the foreign subsidiary?" Differences bet~Teen the acquisition of a domestic subsidiary and a foreign subsidiary by a do~estic parent were discussed. A domestic subsidiary prior to acquisition could vote. In response to a question it was indicated that ________ "" FMSI 07360 liiimtes of the :tleeting of the Board of Directors -7- June 15, 1976 indicated some interest in an industrial friction material catalog, there uere also comments ~o the e:lfect that it \muld t'ake an awful lot of man hours to gather the data, and there would be a question as to t:1e reliability of the data gathered. Hr. l1oalli concluded that the results of the survey l-7ere interesting and informative but dido' t provide an answer. Hr. Moalli stated that this is a preliminary report to the Board of Directors on the questionnaire results only~ Hm-rever~ neither he, as Chairman of the Committee, nor the Committee itself is prepared at this time to make a final ~eport to the Board of Directors. The results of this questionnaire ~;rill be reviewed at the next Committee meeting after which he will report to the Board. Several Dir;-~ctors uished to express their thanks to 1>1r. 11oalli and his Committee for their efforts in the past year. Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously approved it was; rillSOLVED: To accept the report of the Data Book and Technical Cot!llllittee as ll1ritten. BRAKE PERFORNANCE STUDY COMMITTEE REPORT Mr. Nelson, Cnairman of the Brru~e Performance Study Committee, reported on the activities of the Committee over the past fiscal year. Please refer to Exhibit VII in the reports for the June 1976 Meeting. Hr. Nelson reported on the Hrite-ups of FMVSS 105-75 (Hydraulic Brake Systems) and ~NSS 121 (Air Brake Systems). He also discussed the meeting that he and Mr. Drislane had ~qith the NHTSA in Hashington and at the \.J'inchester plant of Abex Corporation. Further review was madP. of activities as regards Docket 1:-4 (Replacement Brake Lining Standard). The sole activity in this area is research being dcne by Professor Cook, at the University of Illinois. Further contact ~dll be made TtTith Professor Cook. Also, r1r. Nelson discussed the AAl'NA Equipment Approval program and he noted that by January 1, 1978 many members \11ill be recertifying their linings thru AAJ'NA at a considerable cost. Also mentioned were activities and changes at the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission (VESC), and the regulations put into effect by the State of Minnesota. In essence Minnesota ltent for Regulation V-3. A major item for the Brake. Performance Study Committee was a review of the work done by the Quality Control Sub-committee. In March 1976 the Quality Control Sub-committee submitted to the parent Committee their recommendations in the Quality Control area, which took the form of a booklet entitled a "Quality Control Program for the Friction Materials Industry." \fuen this \las revie\ved at the Brake Performance Study Committee meeting there was considerable controversy as to the Scope section and the wording of the text. Discussion centered on the Scope section, and whether it inferred a minimum quality control program as some contended, or 111hether this ~as appropriate wording, as others contended. The feeling expressed by some members was that the entire quality control program as such might be considered a minimum requirement for members. They felt FMSI 07361 Hirtutes of the ~1eeting of the Board of Directors -8- June 15, 1976 that government regulators or others might allege that a nember \V'ho did not perform the tests ii1dicated in the program was not giving sufficient emphasis to quality control in his factory. The Secretary stated that when the Committee prepared the booklet they \V'ere quite av7are of the possibility of such allegations and tempered the nards accordingly. In particular they avoided the use of the word nmust" but did use the v-ords. "should" or. '~could 11 The Committee decided that a poll would be taken to get Committee reactions as to the wording of the Scope section and other sections of the program. These answers are nmi being sent to the Institute Office for compilation after which a summary will be sent back to the Committee for their review. It \vas pointed out that Legal Counsel was present at both the Quality Control Meeting and at the Brru~e Performance Study Committee Meeting. (Nr. rlike Cole of the Clapp & Eisenberg office.) This particular concern was expressed to Hr. Cole and he did make some specific suggestions at the Quality Control meeting. Because of these considerations, when the polling of committee members is complete and a new program drawn up, a draft will be sent to Legal Counsel for reviel~T before it is issued to anyone. It \vas suggested that Committee members list their areas of concern so that Counsel can consider them. The President commended llr. Helson and his Committee for their activities during the past year. Upon uotion duly made. seconded and unanimously passed it was; RESOLVED: That the report of the Brake Performance Study Committee be accepted as .written. QUALITY CONTROL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT Hr. John Easton, Chairman of the Quality Control.Sub-Committee submitted the report. Plea&e refer to Exhibit VII-I. l1r. Drislane read Mr. Easton's ,aport. In summary the report stated that the Committee had met, completed. their assignments and submitted a booklet entitled "A Quality Control Program for the Friction Ilaterials Industry." This Has submitted to the parent Brake Performance Study Committee in March 1976. The Quality Control Sub-Committee has completed its assignment pending approval of the parent committee. Upon motion duly made seconded and unanimously passed it \7as; RESOLVED: That the report of the Quality Control Sub-committee be accepted as written. ASBESTOS STUDY COHMITTEE REPORT folr. Harry 'Hagner, Chairman of the Asbestos Study Committee submitted his Committee's report. Please refer to Exhibit IX. The Secretary read Hr. Hagner's report. FMSI 07362 -~--"'------- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ,t'*" ' 11im.ites of the Ueeting of the Board of Directors -9- June 15, 1976 Nr. Hagner discussed the proposals by OSHA for a reduction in the permissable exposure to airborne asbestos fibers to the 0.5 fiber/cc level. He discussed the Seminar that the Institute sponsored in December 1975 to help emphasize the urgency of the problem as "t>7ell. as to assist the members in coping with the 2.0 fiber/cc limit that is due to take effect on July 1, 1976. Mr, Wagner mentioned the cooperation of the Institute and its Asbestos Study Committee l7ith the Asbestos Information Association. He mentioned specifically the very professional job that the AlA and their contractor the l-leston Company did in preparing an industry response to OSHA. Ur. Zacharias connnented on this report and wished to point out the very fine job that the Asbestos Information Association and their consulting contractor did in preparing a response to OSHA. He commented specifically on the report that Dr. Hans Weill rendered concerning the medical aspects of the proposed changes in the OSHA regulations. Dr. Weill indicated that there is a threshold limit value (TLV). He also indicated that most of the "nel-711 medical findings concerning occupational exposure to asbestos were really not net-7 and he questioned their use to justify reduction in exposure levels to the proposed 0.5 fiber/cc level. Directors indicated that it was their hope that the proposed 0.5 fiber/cc limit would not become effective. A Director recommended membership irt the AIA for friction materials manufacturers, in order to assist the AlA at this very critical time. It \o7as stated that another professional response to OSHA (other 'than AlA and Weston) was that submitted by Johns-Hanville. A Director pointed out that Johns-Manville has a film that can help communicate the need for asbestos. Reference to7as made to Asbestos Research Council film entitled "Asbestos at Hork." Upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it '\:las; RESOLVED: That the Asbestos Study Committee Report be accepted as written. FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN HANUFACTURERS OF FRICTION l1ATERIALS (FEMFl.f) At the conclusion of the discussion on asbestos, the President asked Hr. Robert Join of the FEUFH if he could comment on developments in Europe. Jllr. Join described the make-up of'the FEMFH as a group of four trade associations: Italy, France, Great Britain and Germany. He indicated that the FEHFM has given support and follmo1ed the work of the International Standards Organization (ISO). ISO is a ~iorking organization on procedures and equipment which the United States recognizes. The American National aStandards Institute (ANSI) is the U.S. representative. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SA) is supporting group for ANSI. The problem in Europe is that vehicle manufacturers object to standardization of replacement brake lining and c9ntend that replacement brake lining should be the original equipment material, The FE~1FM would favor a small machine test for approval of replacement brake linings. The United ?.ingdom currently does not favor a small sample machine test. Germany could be considered in favor of a small sample machine. Currently --- -.. ---------- FMSI 07363 11inutes of the Heeting of the Board of Directors -10- June 15, 1976 France and Italy have no particular restrictions on the use of replacement brake linings. The t-1ork that 't-ms being done with the aim of developing a small sample machine test could be v1ound up since the TC-22 of ISO had decided to 't-7ind up activities of its SC2/HG2 (a Sub Group) \-7hich 't'las working on the classification for brake linings. The FElffi1 of course l~ould not like to see the work of the SC2/WG2 group wound up. ~lr. Join touched on the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE), a UN organization, and its Regulation 13. - Regulation 13 could in essence allml the vehicle manufacturer\ to specify the replacement brake lining. It is conceded that Regulation 13 would be difficult to implement. The European Commission (EEC-Common liarket) derived their Directive 320 from the ECE's Regulation 13 and have promoted this approach for replacement brake linings. The FE}LF.M has authorized machine testing to test correlation with vehicles on 12 brake lining tests. Four _vehicles l'lill be tested uith 3 categories of lining. The material will also be checked on a small sample machine and a dynamometer to study possibilities of correlation. Hr. Comvay suggested that regulations affecting the European community could also affect the United St'ates, since the United States-recognized ISO. It was pointed out that- 250,000 '(about U.S. $60,000) francs were budgeted by FEMFH for support of this technical 't'lork to check on correlation. Nr. Join said that enforcement of Regulation 13 would be difficult even though the motor car companies are promoting the concept of OE only for replacements. He indicated that the ECE (ill~ group) -promotes the concept of free trade. A problem is that the vehicle manufacturers are consulted by ECE, but the FEMFM was not formally accepted as a consultant. A question uas raised as to uhether any ISO procedure or standard had been accepted by the United States? It was not felt that any as yet had been accepted. It was pointed that while ISO is similar to SAE and ANSI in that they may write a standard, others implement the regulations. The struggle on quality levels for replacement, and the use of the vehicle, dynanometers or sample test machines for qualification is similar to that in the-United States. A question liTas raised as to why were brakes and brake linings singled out and not qther vehicle components. -It is not knmm uhy, and European brake lining manufacturers would be more satisfied with a regulation similar to that used for tires in the replacement market. Mr. Join moved to the subject of asbestos and the problems in Europe.He mentioned that Dr. Selikoff had been to Europe and reported on a paper that Dr. Rohl had given alleging that concentrations as high 20-50 fiber/cc had been reached in brake repair shops. Later in his discussions in Europe, he apparently reduced this to 0.25 to 4.0 fiber/cc. Mr. Join stated that Dr. Rohl backed off on statements as to heavy concentrations of chrysotile asbe-stos in brake lining wear dust. However, he had enphasized that this affected about 900,000 't>70rkers in the United States. Obviously, Dr. Selikoff favored the new 0.5 fiber/cc level ~-1hich is essentially a zero fiber limit. There is a significant study going on in Luxembourg concerning the dose-response relationship between asbestos and illnesses attributed to asbestos. In general, the report indicated that there was no case of FMSI 07364 Mnutes of the Heeting of the Board of Directors June 15, 1976 RIGHTS The Secretary had earlier advised the Board of Directors concerning a recommendation made by Copyright Counsel, Shenier and O'Connor, concerning the Institute copyrights. Shenier and O'Connor ran a study in 1975 concerning the validity of the Institute copyrights and indicated that they were valid, and unauthorized use would constitute infringement. At that time Mr. O'Connor (of Shenier & O'Connor) felt the Institute had a strong right to a trademark with FMS and FMSI. The Secretary advised Hr. O'Connor that it might be difficult to establish a trademark of this nature because of the problem in getting Institute Members to use the symbol 0 to indicate that FHS and FHSI were registered trademarks. l'1r. O'Connor replied to the effect that this would not be a significant problem, and that he still felt that TI1S and B1SI could be registered as trademarks. Hr. O'Connor indicated that the applications for registration would cost about $250 each. He felt that this would materially strengthen the Institute's copyrights. One Director stated that this was a sound suggestion. Upon motion duly made, seconded, and unanimously passed it was; RESOLVED: That Shenier and O'Connor proceed with applications for registration of TI1S and fl'ISI as trademarks. ***** There being no further business brought to the attention of the Board of Directors, upon motion duly made, seconded and unanimously passed it tJas; P&SOLVED: To Adjourn. Adjourned: 3:30 P.M. E. W. Drislane Secretary FMSI 07365