Pneumofore Standards
Consistent and professional standards lay an important foundation for safety, efficiency, and good collaboration. Pneumofore has a strong tradition of standards: those we follow and those we set. We encourage our customers and partners to share our standards whenever possible, we strive to learn about yours.
QUALITY CONTROL
Pneumofore works according to ISO standards. We are certified with ISO 9001- and ISO 14001.
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| ISO 9001:2000 | ISO 14001 |
COMMUNICATION STANDARDS
Our preference is digital information exchange by email or FTP (File Transfer Protocol), faxes when signed approval is required. We minimize air mail and shipping whenever possible and appropriate.
We strongly encourage the use of Adobe's Portable Document Format (PDF) for cross-platform compatibility. Otherwise, please select from the following when exchanging documents with us:
General: PDF, MS-Word (.doc), MS-Excel (.xls), MS-Powerpoint (.ppt)
Compressed images: GIF (.gif) for graphics or JPG (.jpg) for photos
Images for production: (.eps) or (.tif)
Technical: (.dwg), (.dxf), (.wdf)
Please use the .zip compression format for file sizes above 1Mb.
TECHNICAL STANDARDS
Pneumofore adheres to the International System of Units (SI) set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) pertaining to the definition and usage of units and measures.
In the global community, there is still much discrepancy concerning the proper use of scientific units. Pneumofore respects the standards set by the ISO (International Organization for Standardization), which has established the International Systems of Units (SI) with the following base units:
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Quantity |
Name |
Symbol |
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Length |
metre |
m |
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Mass |
kilogram |
kg |
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Time |
second |
s |
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Electric Current |
ampere |
A |
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Thermodynamic Temperature |
kelvin |
K |
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Amount of Substance |
mole |
mol |
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Luminous Density |
candela |
cd |
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Derived SI units are coherent units, i.e. derived as products, quotients, or exponential products of base SI units from formulae in which the numerical coefficient is unity. |
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1 Newton [force] = 1 N = 1 (m · kg)/s² |
A number of units commonly employed for general applications (i.e. in the industry) are not included in the SI system of base and derived units. **For practical purposes** they usually correspond to a simplification of SI units.
Examples:
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1 bar [Pressure] = 1 bar = 100000 Pa |
Various countries use a range of non-SI units. For further information on this topic:
International Organization for Standardization
European Organization for Pumps and Compressors
