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fRicrii: yjjzzi^s sta:ida?d3 - .riruTE, me.. =-210 routJ l4 -tAWJS, .j. 07652 iizkptts gf ;ffigTi:?c of the anAgn OF DIRgCTOP.S Tuesday, June *15, 1976, at 8:30 A.K, at Znnisbrook, Tarpon Springs, Florida DIRECTORS ?RSEHT J, I?. Greenen * f. E, ^easier, Vice-President 2. E. Moalii 2. a. Zacharies 5. S. Conway G. A. Carrigaa W. II. Sleetb I-Uraaont Corporation Zendix Corporation Pjaybestos -!Sanh attan, loc. Carlisle Corporation &>ex Corporation S, SR l^llnaa Corporation Royal Industries Brake Products offices Fszssirr V. Siisotk, President E. ;?. Drisleae, Secretary E. ? Correa, Counsel Brassbestoa tlaaufsuturing Corporation Friction Materials Standards Institute Clapp S Sisenberg coi-HEtrrr c*ir:iu? presskt S. '.ieison <3raka Performance) Abex Corporation gutst press:?? Join Federation of European lianufaeturer# of Friction Materials (FE1SH0 Simon, President, called the Mcetin to order at 5:30 A.H. IXIUTZS Ox PREVIOUS >E7Z3GS The Minutes of the Meetings held June 17-18, 1975 had bear, distributed. Do corrections were sweated. Upon notion duly uade, seconded, end unanimously passed, it vast TES0LVK3: That the Minutes of the June 17-13, 197S Meetings be accepted as written. FRZsiD-rrs BzroRT ::r. Cir-on reported on the activities of the Institute over the past fiscal year. In particular, he discussed the response chat the Institute made to* OSsA concerning the proposed 0.5 fibers/cc Holt for occupational \/ V" WV-06101 ifiouces of the iteeting of the Doard of Director 2 - June 15, 1976 exposure Co asbestos. In addition, Mr. Simoa mentioned the Asbestos Senicar that was held by the Institute in Deceaber, 1975, the work of our Data Book and Technical Connie teg, and our liaison with the Federation of European l-tnufacturcrs of Friction Ilaterials. Please refer to Exhibit 1 'in the reports for the June 1976 'leering* upon notion duly saade, seconded and unaniaously passed it was; RESOLVED; That the President's report be accepted as written. ME13XRSE2? COM-fITTSE REPORT the report or the Chairaaa a the teofeership Committee, lir. Greeners, was read. In essence, he reported that there vas on increase of one regional sesber and ope licensee during the past year. There were no resignations or withdrawals from any class of oenbership. Please refer to Exhibit II in the reports of tbs June 1976 Sleeting. On coopletion of the report the Cholrnan advised that aa application for active membership had been received froo Scan-Pac liacufsecuring lac. The Secretary had earlier sent background infornacion on Scan-Pec to ail members. The Sezbership Cecszitsee recczaoended to the Daard of Directors that the Scan-Pac application be accepted. Scac-Pac is a rtanufacturer of friction ratetieIs using the Johns -vlaaville shelter materiel as the basic ingredient for its product. Sc&s-Pac finishes this stock to various industrial sises. Scsa-?ac does net use the copyrighted RlSI nuabers in cachetlog their products. The application froa Scan-Psc was in good fora. Dpon cction duly cade, seconded and unanimously passed it voaj ABSOLVED: That rhe Board of Directors reconzeads to the Membership that Scan-Pac Manufacturing, Inc. be edaitted as an Active Keober of the Institute. , At this point, the subject of the Bendix acquisition of all the outstanding stock of Jurid Verha, .jt .Rnginaal Member., was discussed. Earlier the Secretary had sent the Board of Directors a nano concerning the 3endLx Corporation which had acquired all the outstanding stock of Jurid Verke. Bsndi.v felt that Jurid 1'erke should oot also have to cry Annual Pees for chs rights of zerbership since Bsndix vas paying the Annual Tee. Counsel requested that this subject be tabled until after lunch, so that he could get further background cn the cuestion. After discuss!'cr. cf possible precedents with dczestic zezber acquisitions of dpnsscic a: filiates it was pointed out that dcr.estic nezborshi? richts were av sil&blc to the acquired domestic subsidiary for the one fee paid by the p; rent. There had not been any similar pricedar.r for a domestic requisition of s foreign member. The Constitution and by-Laws did not specifically c over this situation. Counsel stated that the question was: "Does the daze Stic parent's i^ecbership cover the frreign subsidiary?" Differences between the acquisition of a domestic subsidiary and a foreign subsidiary by a dczescic parent were discussed. A domestic subsidiary prior to acquisition could vote. In response to a question it vas indicated that Minutes of the Meeting of the 3cand of Directors -7 June IS, 1976 indicated sons interest in an industrial friction caterial catalog, there were also consents to the effect that it iould take an -awful lot of can hours to gather the data, and there would be a question as to the reliability of the data gathered. :ir, Uoalli ccaeluded that'the*'results of the survey wre interesting end informative hut didn't provide an answer. Hr. Koalli stated that this is a preliminary report to the Board of Directors on the questionnaire results only. However, neither he, as Chairman of the Cocnittee, nor the Committee itself is prepared at this time to make a final report to the Board of Directors. The results of this questionnaire will be * reviewed at the next Comictee aeetiag after which he wi22 report to the Board. , _ - _____ _________ _ -- Several Directors wished to express their thanks to Mr. Mbalii and his Corrmittee for their efforts in the past yeas. Upon notion duly cade, seconded and-unanimously approved It was; RESOLVED: To accept the report of the Data Bock, and Technical Committee as written. SPAKE PS&POSCttMCE STUDY COMMITTEE REPORT Ur. Kelson, Jhaircan of the Bra2:e Performance Study Conaittee, 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. Mr. Kelson reported on the write-ups of EHVSS 105-75 {Hydraulic Sraka Systems) and T.T.'SS 221 (Air Brake Systems). He also discussed t&e neeting that he and Mr. Drislaoe had with the KHXSA ia Washingtons and &S the VLachester plant of Abex Corporation. Further review was aaad* cf activities as regards Docket 1-4 {Replacement Brake Lining Stasadard). The sole activity in this area is research being dene by Professor Cook, at the University of Illinois, further contact 'fill be made wlt2s Professor Cook. Also, Hr. 2elson discussed the AKJVA Equipoeut Approval pretram ar.c he noted that by January l, 1973 many nenbers will be recertify!:-.? their linings thru AAiJVA at a considerable cost, Also mentioned were activities and changes at the Vehicle Equipment Safety Commission (VESC), sne the regulations put into effect by the State of Minnesota, In essence Minnesota went for Regulation V-3, A nsjor its:z re r the Brake Performance Study Conaittee was a review of the work cc:*.e c y the Quality Control Sub-committee. In March 1*76 the Quality Ccn crcl Sub -committee submitted to the parent Cotaairxee their reccm' scions in the Quality Control area, which took the form of a booklet e: led a "Quality Control Program for the Friction Materials Incuscry. :os ravievtd at the Brake Performance Study Committee meeting there *-ss considerable controversy S3 to the Scope section and the verting c f the text. Discussion centered on the Scope sectior., and whether i t inferred a minimum quality control program as some contended, cr vhethe r this vag appropriate wording, as others contended. The feeling expressed by scr.e members was that the entire quality control program as such sigh t be considered a minimum requirement for cambers. They felt 2 ?> t&nutes of the Reccing f the Board of Directors -8- June 15, 1576 that govemoeut regulators or others night allege that a oecber who did not perforn the tests indicased in the program vas sot giving sufficient enphasis to quality control in his factory* The Secretary stated that when the Cotraittee prepared the booklet they were quite aware of the possibility of such allegations and teopered the words accordingly. In particular they avoided the use of the word sust hue did use the words, "should" or "could". The Cooaittec decided that a poll would he taken.to get Cocunittee reactions as co the wording of the Scope section and other sections of the prograa. These answers are now being sent to the Institute Office for con?llation after which a sucaary will be sent back to the Cocci tree for their review. It was pointed out chat legal Counsel was present at both the Quality Control Westing'and at the Brake Performance Study Coeaittee Meeting, <Kr. 'like Cole of the Clapp & Eisenberg'office.) This particular concern was- expressed to Hr, Cole and he did Bake setae specific suggestions at the Quality Control seeting. Because of these considerations, when the polling of corralctee tseobers is complete end a new prograa drawn up* a draft will be sent to Legal Counsel for review before it is issued to anyone. It was suggested that Coemittee eaters list their'areas of concern so that Counsel can consider then. The President coaaeaded Mr. llelsoa and his Comaitcee for their activities during the past year. Dpon notion duly cade, seconded and unaniaously passed it was; RESOLVED: That the report of the Brake Performance Study Cocsittoe be accepted as .writ can. QUALITY COirmt, SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT >!r, John Easton, Chairman of the Quality Control. Sub-Cocnittee auboitted the report. Please refer to Exhibit VIt-1. Ur, Dzislace read Mr. Easton1* report. In summary the report stated that the- Committee had net, completed their assignaencs aad suecicted & booklet entitled "A Quality Control Prograa for the friction Materials Industry," This was submitted to the parent Brake Performance Study Committee in March 1976. The Quality Control Sub-Ccnaircee has cellared its assignment pending approval of the parent remittee. Toon tsorion culy esc*, seconded and unanimously passed It was; RESOLVED: That the report of the Quality Control Sub-cocritree be accepted as written. AS3ESTPS STiCO*SUTTEE RE?OFT lit. Harry Vagner, Chairoan of the Asbestos Study Committee submitted his-Corjaittee's report. Please refer Co Exhibit IX. The Secretary read lit. Vagner's report. i .'Lnutes of the Meeting c the Board of Directors -9- /" June 15, 1976 Mr. Wagner discussed the proposals by OSSA for a reduction in the permisssble exposure to airborne asbestos fibers to the 0.5 fiber/cc level* He c'scassed th* S^siaer chat tbs Institute sponsored ia Daceaber 1975 to help emphasise the urgency of che problera as well as to assist the Members ia coping vich the 2.0 fiber/cc limit that is due to take effect cm July 1, 1976. Hr. Vagner sectioned''the cooperation of the Institute and Its Asbestos Study Cosaittee with the Asbestos Information Association. He aeacioaed specifically the very professional job Chat Che AtA and their cortractor the Weston Company did ia preparing an industry response to Zacharies consented on this report and wished to point out che very fire job that the Asbestos Infcreation Association and their consulting contractor did ia preparing a response to OSSA. He consented specifically on the report tost Dr. Hans Weill rendered concerning the medical aspects of the proposed changes ia the OSEA regulations. Dr. Weill indicated that there is a threshold limit value (n.7). 3e also indicated that sost of the `'nee" nodical findings concerning occupational exposure to asbestos were really not new and he questioned their use to justify reduction in exposure Ljvils to the proposed 0.5 fiber/cc level. Directors indicated chat ie was their hope chat the proposed' 0.5 fiber/cc Halt would not becosae effective. A Director recommended membership ia the 'Aid. for friction materials oanufecturers, in order to assist the AXA at this vary critical time. It ves stated chat another professional response to OSHA (other then ALA and Weston) was that submitted by Johns-Haavilie. A Director pointed cot that Johns-Man-pilie has a file that can help cocssasicate the teed for asbestos* Preference was made to Asbestos Research Council fils entitled ''Asbestos at Work." Upon nation duly cade, seconded end unanimously passed it uas; RESOLVED: That che Asbestos Study Cosraittee Repore be accepted as written. ?EPI?ATIO:i Or .EUROPEAS KAHOTACTWRERS 0T FRICTION KATZRIALS (FtHFK) At the'conclusion .of the discussion on asbestos the President asked Hr. Robert Jcin of the FaNn-I if he could comment on developments in ,, join descr ised the sa*e-u? of che as a group of four trade sedations: Italy, France, Great Britain and Germany* He indicated has given tuppert and followed the work of the International sridarcs Or^s'ni 2 st ion (ISO). ISO is * working orgirisctica cn procedures i equipment which the United States recognizes. The American MetIona1 aticatts Inst itwta (ANSI; is the U.S. representative. The Society Autemotive Engineers ($A> is a supporting group for ANSI. 7he rrthiea in Europe is that vehicle manufacturers object to standard isation of replacement brake lining and contend chat replacement brake lining should be the original equipment material. The rD'fFX would favor l yrtll machine .test for approval of replacement brake linings. The United kingdom currently does not favor a small sample machine rest. Germany could be considered in favor of a small sample machine. Currently P b 3 llinuees of the Meeting of the Board of Directors ' -10- June 15, 1976 France and Italy have no particular restrictions on the use of replacement brake linings. The work Chat was being dene with the aim of developing a snail sample machine tesc could he wound up since the TC-22 of ISO had decided Co wind up activities of its SC2/WC2 (a Sub Group) which was working on the elassification for brake linings. The FEMRi of course would not like to see the work of the SC2/MG2 group wound up. . Mr. Join touched on the Economic Commission for Europe (ECS), a US organization, and its Regulation 13. Regulation 13 could in essence allow the vehicle manufacturer to specify the replacescat brake lining. It is conceded that Regulation 13 would be difficult to implement. The European Commission (EEC-Coxsaon Market) derived their Directive 320 from the ECE*s Regulation 13 and have promoted this approach for replace ment brake linings. The FEKFM has authorized machine-testing to test correlation with vehicles on 12 brake lining tests. Four-vehicles will be tested with 3 categories of lining. The material will also be checked on a small sample machine and a dynamometer to study possibilities of correlation. Mr. Co-.uay that regulations affecting the European community could also affect the United States, since the United States recognizes ISO. It was pointed out that 250,000 (about XI.S. $60,000) francs were, budgeted by FEKFM for support of this technical work to check on correlation lit. Join said that enforcement of Regulation 13 would be difficult even though the motor car companies are promoting the concept of 0 only for replacements. He indicated that the ECE CUB group) promotes the concept of free trade. A problem is chat the vehicle manufacturers are consulted, by ECE, but the FElfFM was not formally accepted as a consultants , A question was raised as to whether 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 r.ay write a standard, others implement the regulations. The struggle on quality levels for replacement, and the use of the vehicle, dynamometers or sample test machines for qualification is similar to that in the United States. A question was raised as to why were brakes and brake linings singled out and not other vehicle components. ' It is not known why, and European brake lining manufacturers would be more satisfied with a regulation similar to that used for tires in the replace- Mr. Jcin moved to the subject of asbestos end the problems in Europe.. He mentioned that Dr. Selikoff had been to Europe and reported on a paper that Ur. Sohl had given alleging that concentrations as high 20-50 fiber/e e had bean reached in brake repair shops. Later in his discussions in Europe, he errsrer.tly reduced this to 0.25 to 4.0 fiber/cc. Mr. Jcin stated that Dr. Rohl bached off or. statements as to heavy cents:.:ratier.s or chrysotile asbestos in brake lining wear dust. However, he had emphasized that this affected about 900,000 workers in the United States. Obviously, Dr. SeliUoff favored the now G.S fiber/cc level v.hich is essentially a zero fiber limit. There is a significant study going on in Luxembourg concerning the dc*s-response relationship between asbestos and illnesses attributed to asbestos. In general, the report indicated that there was no case of Misuses of she Seeing of the Board of Directors -l! June 15, 1976 iusnrotE rOfVKiGHts The Secretary had earlier advised the Board of Directors coneeroing * recoruaendetica made by Copyright Counsel, Shenier and O'Connor, concernins 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 char tine Kr. O'Cocaor (of Sheoier & O'Connor) felt the Institute had c strong right to a trademark vich FMS and*7MSI. The Secretary advised Jit.* O'Connor that it night he difficult to establish a trademark of this nature because of the pcable in getting Issricute Members to use the symbol O to indicate that R1S and IMS! ware registered trademarks, Kr. O'Connor replied to the effect that this would not he a significant problem, and that he still felt that FMS and JKSI could be registered as trademarks. Ur. O'Connor indicated chat the applicstioas 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; , ?kar Sheoier and O1 Connor proceed with applications for registration of TMS and SMSI as tradecaxks. ***** There being no further business brought to the attention of the Board of Directors, upon roccion duly oade, seconded and unanlsnously passed it was RcSCHTD: To Adjourn. Adjoumef: 2; 30 T. Erls lime Secretary *