ISO standards vs. ANSI/ASME standards

[ral72]

Hello,

Hopefully, I can make this as simple as possible...

I work for a small medical device company, and I'd like to order a set of drawing standards that we can adhere to. How does one determine to go with ISO standards vs. ASME standards? Does it depend on what industry you are in? It seems like there should be some kind of rationale as to which standard the company will use, but I'm just not sure what that rationale is.

Thanks,
Rodger

 

[JLSeagull]

You might also post the question in the Bioengineers / bioinstrumentation forum.

In the oil, gas refinery and petrochemical industry, the domestic US and international projects normally apply US standards. Many US standards organizations are trying to coordinate with ISO, IEC etc.

 

[looslib]

If your company is US based and does most of its business in the US, then use the ASME standards. If an international company, use the ISO standards.


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