UNCLASSIFIED SOVIET PAPER HOW HUNGARIAN STANDARDS ARE ACHIEVED BY ANDREW MIKLOVICZ

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Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 How Hungarian standards are achieved A brief survey by Andrew Miklovicz Chemical Engineer Hungarian Office for Standardization 1) History of standardization and its administrative organs The central organ of standardization in Hungary is the Hungarian Office for Standardization (DISZH) Hungarian standardization has a long past.. The first Hungarian standard proposal on unified size of building elements (bricks) was prepared in 1875. The first Hungarian standards,marked TrIEE,worked out by the Hungarian Electrotechnioal Commission were issued in 19lo, The Hungarian Institute for Standardization - legal predecessor of the Hungarian Office for Standardization - has been set up in 1933. The Hungarian Office for Standardization has been created in 1949. The past of the Hungarian Office for standardization goes back to a quarter of a oentury.,but the last ten years were specially important for the development of standardization. The Hungarian Office for Standardization is a state organ with 145 employees. For organizational structure see Appendix I. The Office is directed by the President and the Deputy-president. Within the sevefl Sections of the Standardizing Main Department standards are elaborated. Standardization of plastics belongs to the scope of the Chemical Section. The work of the Ecperts? Committee for Plastics, - dealt with later in this study Chief of this SQ6tion and by one of the chemical engineers eof by the Office. o the A special Section deals with the problems of principles,methodology, Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 legal affairs ar:d ioreirjn relations. Another separate Section deals with financial affairs, documentation and problems con- cerning publication. The Packaging Institute is functioning under the control of the Hungarian Office for Standardization, This Institute engaged in up to date packaging systems,wakes them out experimentally and performs their test,. One of its main tasks is the use of plastics for packaging techniquep, Beside national standards the ministries issue industrial standards that have to be applied for the products,varieties of certain industries. Factories work out branch standards,their application being compulsory within the concerned factory or plant. The denomination of national standards is : Hungarian National Standard of the People's Republic. Marking : MSZ, This marking MSZ has to figure on the standardized product. Appendix II contains the division of national standards, 2) Funotioning,items of standardization, principal tasks of the Hungarian Office for Standardization The principal tasks and functions of the Hungarian Office for Standardization based on the theoretical work and practice of Hungarian standardization going back to several decades,are summed up as follows: a) Quality specifications One of the basic aims of the Hungarian economy, is the permanent improvement'of the quality of products. For this reason specifi- cation of the quality. requirements and control of the quality is necessary. In Hungary as well.as in other countries I believe, two interests have to be oo-ordinated. Viz,'the interests of the pro- ducing industry and those of the consumers'are different. The producer may intend to issue a certain range of product-types,the consumer, however,.may require another more developed variety, a better quality that isn't exactly determined or specified in certain cases. Besides,the large number of the consumers' entails a great variety of the quality requirements too. The co-ordination and unification of the demands with the possibilities of the production is very im- portant. National standards are the means of oo-'ordinating claims W. Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 and by the establishment of a synthesis? containing real requireipeats they serve as a basis for planning and supplyo b) D ution of the variety The reduction of production costs depends on the diminubior; of types and different sizes, A more detailed explanation on this. subject I think? is not necessary. This diminution4 howevere ian?t automatic Instead of the assortment that came into being either accidentally or from sh6er habit?the spe- cification of the variety needed for technical or economical reasonaQis only possible if this work is well discusaed? carefully directed and well co-ordinatedo National standards contain the variety determined that waro c) Hoer to secure interchangeability and connections Well developed technique and permanent production requires that machinesomachine parts or tools either in connection with one another0replaoing or making run one another should be co-ordinatod as regards dimensions?output and other requirementso The harmony of above factors doesn?t come into being automatically either. Technical planning is being done, aO diffare t places at the same timed The assurance of inter- changeability and connections demands precisely fixed toleranoos and a greater discipline of the producing industry.National standards specifying principal dimensions and principal chaa racteristics of products?machineseapparatuses and tools0 .further the standards dealing with limits and fitsatolerance Dystems and screw threads etc. are the means of connections and interchangeability0. o is tho standard containing the prin- cipal and adjacent dimensions of plastic stamp-dieSo B standard containing tolerances of stamped plastic=goods is being elaboratedo d) '~Ynrecipientsoboilers,further electrical equipments, elevatorsotranjpart meansofire-protooting apparatuses etc, another task of the Hungarian Office for Standardization is to participate in the works of Hungarian legislation too. Number of rules refer directly to standardization, When these rules are elaborated the Hungarian Office for Standardization is consulted as an expertoits vie'points are taken into consideration at first, Such rules are thoso which specify the different quality requirements tool saga safety codes for public health and other rules with rospect to any other kind of protection, 3) Problems conoorninS quality specifications It appeaa@ n@@ossQx7 to heal here in short with the principal functions of standardisatinnothe probla in connection with quality, An extensive study is being done wi~hth the Hungarian Office for Stand,ardizationoooncerning determination of the idea of quality, quality levelgquality -made sand principles concerning quality control, All these studies of theoretical 'Character have been issued in separate publicationda I should like to lay a stress on the probleas concerning quality grade- A general principle of the Hungarian tandardization procedure indicates allay the inferior limit of quality r_equirementsg . without fixing the upper limit, 'We have studied the possibilities for introducing the so --called "purpose quality'0 According to thisowe have specified for number of products qualities most con- veniant for a certain given purposeowithout indicating any class of quality', ( ioeo polyvinil=chlorid cable filler, casein for plastioso battery sulphuric acid etc,) Spooial eonsidoratioi bas been given to spocifications concerning control of the quality 0tsatinSos,amplinn a reeption? Our aim is Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 to introduce tests in the standards,carried out on as many objective instruments as possible. We have worked out standards which deal with the most up to date principles concerning control of the quality by the mathematicerlmstatistica3,,.method. About 2000 standards contain procedures of quality grading by the mathe- matioal statistical method, The method of the Columbia University has been taken into consideration when specifications were elaborated. Such is the standard dealing with the testingd necessary for the quality classification of mass-products, How the quality class is marked on the products Products manufactured in compliance with the quality class specified in the standards,have to be marked by a symbol indicating the grade of the quality, If we intend to express only that the product is in compliance with the standard,the complete marking MSZ and the number of the standard, or the abbreviated symbol MSZ should be-used . In case of quality classes the standards specify a mark that refers to the quality, This should be carried out either by way of marking the product by. Roman mumerals,eolors or combiG nation of both, In case of foods e.g., I cl.quality is marked by red, II cle by blue, III ci, by green color. ( Standard plastic goods are marked by the abbreviated symbol, MSZ ) 4) The procedure of standardization A basic principle of this process is to reach anreement among the different interested parties on one hand, to Oa-ordinate all the interests on the other,further, specifications should comply with the requirements of economy and the level of technique. Standardization in Hungary is planned. The Hungarian Office for Standardization draws a plan containing all the items to be standardized. This plan is bpsed-partly on the conception about technical development,embracing the whole plan of Hungarian 'economy, partly on the conception about development of new manufacturing plants,.taking always into account the products of Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 I.-Lie Zn austiries,i,ue vtuims 01 Niv aua@rs~ret3Gtu C.u u &u UUO.Le "Ag institutesolearned associations etc. On the basis of the plans the first drafts are worked out either by the experts or by institutions. Detailed instructions and directives are given by the Office. In our mind it would be more correct if the subjects were worked out b,: research institutes,universities,designing offices etc. Either of these institutes has obviously more possibilities and has a more compre- hensive view over the subject to be standardized than an expert. The first drafb.'standard on plastics have been elaborated by the Research Institute for Plastics an Organic Chemistry or the ..ality Control Institute of Trades A report accompanies the first draft. This contains the principles on the basis of which the draft has been elaborated and also the performed experiments, round-robin tests,the. results of test-piece production and the literature in connection? This report has to indicate the con- ditions of which depends the manufacturing of the product specified in the draft. ( eventual change of the technological process, investments etc.) The "first draft" is submitted to the Experts' Committee of the Hungarian Office for Standardization. In this Committe the delegates of all the interested parties are rePresented.The Secre- tarial work of the Experts' Committee is being done by the staff of the Office. A basic principle of the discussions is to reach an agreement with the interested parties. It couldn't be an aim to demand excessive requirements from the producer or to force on the consumer products that are not mostconvenient. In the opinion of the Office it is most important to observe this principle. There is no voting during the discussions, since in most oases these problems cannot be settled with the vote of the majority but only by taking into account all technical and economical view-points. In many cases a new range of experiments and test-pieces will have to be prepared in order to enable the Committee to bring the problem to an issues ./ . Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Chairman of this Committee is the leader of the Chair of Plastics from the Technical University,members of the Experts' Committee are, as follows: Secretary: dipl0en e. of the Hungarian Office for Standardization, .Members: Research Institute for Plastics and Organic Chemistry, Quality Control Institute of Tradep Ministry of Heavy 'Industry, 2 .persons Chemical Department, 1 Further members of above Committee are the representatives of two producing and two consumers' enterprises. A meeting of the Experts shall take Place eve this Cou~nittee take r`3' month. Members only of part in these meetings,which are organized by the Hungarian Office for Standardization, The first drafts on plastics are elaborated by the above mentioned institutions and are submitted to the Experts' Committee for dis- cussion, All foreign documentation and standards are made use of when the first draft is draw, On the.bases of aLl this material methods are tested in practice, Different types of plastics are .used for the tests, The test loesults and the text of the draft are ,multiplied and issued by the Hungarian Office for Standardization, The necessary time is assured for the.members of the Committee enabling them to perform the. neeessary.ctrol before the meetir_g,After this the Experts $ and experiments ' Committee holds meetings on which the text of the draft will be discussed point for point, The co-operation of the Experts' Committee members is honoured by the Hungarian Office for Standardization, A separate amount is allocated to all those who had contributed to the pre ar. the first draft and to the members of the p ation of Hungarian Office for Standardization Experts' Committee, The, bud et ~ provides -through the state g for the covering of all expenses, ./. Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Vnen aareoment has been reaenea vain respecti do Tone iu i vaJLW, this :'.a submitted to the Special Geamittee of the Office for supe ? visione After approval the draft is made public so that. not those who have taken part in the discussions but other interested organs may make objections or suggestions to the draft,:, This is put on sale,its isaua being announced in the Official periodical of the Office ( Szabvanyugyi Kozlemeny ek) The necessary time limit is given to enable anybody to comment ont it. After the dead line the Committee revises the initial text in the light of the results of the enquiry. If necessary, further Mcperts' Committee meetings are held and the final tex of the draft standards will be drawn up in compliance With aforementioned principle. The final text is then submitted to the Technical Collage of the Office for approval. The date on vda.ich the standard specifications will become obligatory, is fixed at the same time. This date depending on the readiness of the producer and the consumer has to take into account the eventaa change of the technological process. The approval and the obligatory date of application-is also made public through the Official paper 'of the Office. The standards are sold in the shop of the publishing house'. ,A publishing house entirely independent from the Office issues the standards. They are published either separately as pamphlets in A4 format or standards of specific fields are published collectively in the form of a book. Standards and drafts are. .advertised in the official bulletin of the Hungarian Office for Standardization. Moreover, these official communications, this periodical contains also reports on theoretical and practical questions connected with standardization and a report of the meetings held,further a list of foreign standards re- cently issued. Works on special subjects dealing with different theoretical problems are issued also by the Office. Appendix Me gives the list of specific groups and the titles of the publi- cations in connection with standardization. About a 3,5 - 4 millions of pages are sold yearly. 0/6 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 6) Application}efficiency and revision of standards As it appeared from above explanation on the methods used for drafting standards, the aim is to reach an agreement when standards are elaborated. This helps standard specifications to be applied in practice, after mutual understanding. Another condition of which the application of standards in practice depends, should be the fulfilment of the different: instzn ctions. All the interested parties will take notice of the specifications and it will be. in their power to make the necessary arrangements for the production and the utilization in practice. The application of standards in Hungary is obligatory. This means that the standardized product has to be manufactured and used in compliance with the specifications laid down in the standards and has to be applied in practice from the fixed time , on. State rules warrant that rules will be kept. Other rules, instructions orders in connection with standardization contain also references to standards,such as the Hungarian food code, according to which Hungarian national standards should specify the quality,test methods and packaging of foods. ^ Requirements of different business agreemeuts,contracts refer to standard speficifations toot Obviously it may happen that certain enterprises cannot fulfil fulfil one or another requirement laid down in the standard specification. In this case a well motivated demand asking for certain facilities has to be submitted to the Hungarian Office for Standardization. After having heard all the arguments of the interested parties the Hungarian Office for Standardization grants facilities, so that certain enterprises or number of enterprises are authorized to depart from the original specification for a certain fixed period. Standards in Hungary being important factors of the technical and economical life,their use in practice can be well stimulated by popularization and well organized propaganda. Publications, number of technical periodicals,books beside those of the Hungarian Office for Standardization, refer to standards. In Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 high school instruction and at the universities,especially at the faculty of mechanical engineering standardization is one of the subjects of the lectures. Schoolbooks-often contain standar test methods and drawings. In most of the factories separate bureaus and standards engineers are engaged in national standardization,take an active part in the elaboration of standards and support the instructions, controling at the same time their due applicationo Similar organs have benn set up in trade too,their principal business being the control of the adequate quality of the products. Different research institutes,seientific bodies, systematically collaborate in preparing standards?elaboratirg the necessary dispositions for the introduction of.standards in the industry. The engineers of the Office permanently visit the factories,taking part in the work of inspection,delivering lectures on scientific gatherings. The use of new materials,the development of techniques,of new prooesses,international recommendations, necessitate from time to time the revision of standards in force. The object of this revision is to see whether the specifications of the standards correspond to the. meanwhile changed circumstances, i.e. to what extent the specifications will have to be amended. This revision. process is ip.itiated either by the Office itself,spontaneously or m on the basis of the remarks,objections and suggestions of any other orgado With some exceptions, this process is identie to that of the-elaboration of standards. 7) Relation: bf -the national and international standardization Hungary is represented by the Hungarian Office for Standardization in the International Organization for Standardization ( ISO ) the International Electrotechnical Commission ( IM) and in the International Commission on Rules for the Approval of Electrical Equipment (CEE) Appendix IT. gives a list of the Committees in which Hungary takes an active part. The Secretariat of ISO/TC 34 -Agricultural Products - has been allocated to the Hungarian Office for Standardization, so as the Secretariat of IEC/TC 13 -Electrical Measuring Instruments- The technical meetings of Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 these Cosffiittees are attended by the delegates of the Offioe,or the representatives of industrial life'. The meeting of IEC/TC 13 was held in Hungary in 1955 that of ISO/TC 34 in 1958. The work of ISO/TC 61 is carried on by the Experts' Committee for Plastics. The Experts' Committee gets all the documents, its members perform the necessary experiments and tests, collaborate in the development of our point of view, The delegate of the TC61 meetings is a member of the Experts' Committee. 8) Plastics industry and standardization of plastics Plastics industry in Hungary being at an initial stage, has to be considerably developed. Before Worl-Iar II. a few principally processing industries worked from import materials,Development begun in the last decades, Our aim is to approach in a short, time the plastics types of international level. Concerning raw material, we dispose of an appropriate basis, actually. Develop- ment of polyvinylchlorid and polyamid plastics, and polyetylene is pursued at first. The Research Institute for-Plastics has worked out the technolo- gical process of a number of plastics. Considerable work is going on withih the Chair of Rubber and Plastics, Technical University. Standardization reflects the above described state. Beside the already performed standards,we are engaged in standardization of further items. 15 standards on test methods are actually in force. These deal partly with the mechanical and physical characteristics of plastics on one sides and with the electrical test methods of insulating materials on the other, moreover with the testing of PVC pipes too. 23 standards deal with different plastic products,partly concerning properties of insulating materials employed in the electric industry phenolic moulding powders PVC, for electric-industry and plastics for the dye-industry. Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 12 further standards for the elaboration of test methods is being elaborated, chiefly concerning chemical,mechanioal and thermal properties of plastics, 5 other draft standards concern quality specifications of certain plastics, Extensive experiments are being pursued in Hungary to elaborate standard test methods for tropical influenceso The elaboration of the necessary processes is a means to approach the solution of the complex and very difficult problems of the tropics in connection with standardization All that has been done wittiih the ISO/TC 61 serves us in above work:, The already elaborstad specifications are the bayes of our national draft-standards and when tests are carried out. Activity. withih ISO/TIC 61..is.eagerly followed by the Committee of Experts of our Office. The principal aims,methods and principles of the Hungarian plastics- industry have been reviewed in this paper, I hope, I have drown a picture of the works going on within the Hungarian Office for Standardization, concerning standardization of plastics too. Standardization is a means to solve technical problems as well as 'to reach mutual understanding. In our mind this belongs to the tasks of the Hungarian Office for Standardization to*, Budapest, Ootober,1958. Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 AP w_D/X_ P R E S I D E N C Y Section for Basic Standards ,Management of Foreign Relations Methodology Office of the Jurist Consult Readers Group Basic Standards Foreign Relations Main Department for Standardization Section for Mining 1 and Metallurgy -Section for Chemistry N I Section section 1 for Electricity for Light-Industry Section Section for Mecanics for Food and Agri- cultural Products Section for Building P Managing Department Financial Affairs Documentation Editing Office Sectioi of p~ ~F~FT~o"j #+~sT, 'eJG7&2"J Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 APPENDIX . II . Division of Hungarian standards Mining and mining products 2,1 Mineral oils 1e3 Metallurgy 7,8 Engineering, precision?me0hanics9 machines 3393 machine parts, tools, Transport and delivery, aircraft,shipbuildingo railroad and highway oommunicationopackaging 498 .-and packing materialse Thermodynamics and electricity 598 Building,building materials, glassware and ceramics-industry 12,3 Timber,wood products,oellulose,paper 494 Chemical products, ryibber and asbestos 598 Textile and leather-industry 395 Food and stimulants 5,1 public health,medioal instruments,cosmetics 5 Agriculture and forestry 394 Soiontific ant technical terms,symbols,quantities 0,4 Domestic appliances,?fffice and school equipment, sports requisites,organization technics Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 'APPENDIX III List of the ISO Technical Committees in which the Hungarian Office for Standardization takes an active part ISO/TC 1 ISO/TC 2 ISO/TO 3 ISO/TG 4 ISO/TC 5 ISO/TC 7 ISO/TC 10 ISO/TC 11 ISO/TC 12 ISO/TC 16 ISO/TC 19 ISO/TC 22 ISO/TC 23 ISO/TC 29 ISO/TC 34 ISO/TC 38 ISO/TC 39 IS 0/TC 43 ISO/TC 45 ISO/TC 46 ISO/TC 47 ISO/TC 52 Screw threads Boltsenuts and accessories I+i mits and fits Ball and roller bearings Pipes and fittings Rivets Drawings /general ' principle s/ Unification of boiler codes Quantities,units :symbols conversion factors and conversion tables Keys and keyways Preferred numbers Automobiles Agricultural machines Small tools Agricultural products Textiles Machine tools Acoustics Rubber Documentation Chemistry Hermetically sealed metal food Qo ntainers ISO/TC 55 Resinous lumber 6 sizing and defects/ ISO/TC 57 Surface finish ISO/TC 6o Gears ISO/TO 61 Plastics ISO/TC 64 Method of testing for performance and efficiency of tuel using equipment excluding internation?engines ISO/TC 65 Manganese ores ISO/TC 69 Statistioal treatment of series of observations ISO/TC 78 Aromatic hydrocarbons IS0/TC 85 Nuclear energy Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246AO05100050003-7 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 API ADIX III List of the I0E.Co.Teohnical Committees in which the Hungarian Office for Standardization takes an active part No 1 Nomenclature 2 Rotating Machinery 4 Hydraulic Turbines 5 Steam Turbines 12 Radio-oommunioation 13 Measuring Instruments 13B Indicating Measuring Instruments 14 Powe Transfoxc;ers 15 Insulating Materials 16 ? Terminal Markings and Other identifications 17 Swithgear and Controlge4r 22 power Converting Equipment 24 Electric and Magnetic Magnitudes and Units 25 Letter Symbols and Signs 28 Insulation oo44ordination 29 E1.ectro'Aeoustics 31 Electrical Apparatus for Explosive Gas Atmospheres 35 Primary Cells and Batteries 36 Insulators 37 Lightning Arresters 39 Electronic-Tubes and Valves and Analogous Semi-conductor Devices 40 Components for Electronic Equipment Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 List 0 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7 Groups' respectively collections 1) Fastening' 2) Basic standards for mechanical engineering ( drawing praotice,threads,liinits and fits) 3) Library and docZxmentation standards 4) Electrical engineering standards vol. I-III 5) Ball and Roller Bearings 6) Standard test methods of food products 7.) Cutting tools 8) Standards of the building industry I.part: Architectural drawing elements and symbols, II0part: Building materials 9) Non-ferrous metals ( alloys and semi- products) lo) Light metals ( alloys and semi-products) 11) Fire-protection standards I.vol.: Tire extinguishing appliances and equipments II.vol: Preventive fire-protecti 12) Herd-book for pigs,evaluation according to appearance 13) Quality specifications of food products 14) Highway engineering standards 15) Prefabricated reinforced concrete building elements 16) Testing materials of the iron and metal-industry 17) Steel ( acos,ptance,,quality,sizes) 18) Safety, code of the electric-industry 19) Pipeline standards 2o) Foundations !part: Soil-meohanicso Foundations; Ir.parts Directives for designing. Hydtotechny. Highway engineering 21) Building and engineering structures. Dimensioning 22) Machine-tools 23) R4ineering and utility services for buildings 24) Tool-steels 25) Chemical reagents 26) Products and by-products of forestry Publioationss R.KERTES - V.ZIE(rLER : Tasks and methods of atandardizationo1954 Directives for quality specifications, 2nd edition Bp.1953 dr.Z.SZM2&ftI: On the legal problems of standardizationBp.1958 Approved For Release 2009/01/08: CIA-RDP80T00246A005100050003-7