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Re: Pressure vessels - USA warnings and labeleling
Subject:Re: Pressure vessels - USA warnings and labeleling From:Hillary Russak <hrussak -at- SLAC -dot- STANFORD -dot- EDU> Date:Wed, 22 Oct 1997 08:45:17 -0700
If I had to do this, I would go to the website for the U.S. Department of
Transportation and look for information on transporting hazardous material
containers. They may have icons or graphics on their website you can
utilize.
-hil
>A small Danish company has asked me for help on how to make warning
>labels on pressure vessels to be exported to USA as a part of a
>larger equipment. Are there for instance any special warning icons
>within this area?
>
>Also: are there any special US laws, standards, or norms to be
>regarded? Any special/typical warnings to be included in the manual?
>
>Please answer me directly on prc -at- isa -dot- dknet -dot- dk -dot-
>
>Greetings from Denmark
>
>Peter Ring
>PRC (Peter Ring Consultants)
>- specialists in user friendly manuals and audits on manuals.
>prc -at- isa -dot- dknet -dot- dk
>http://isa.dknet.dk/~prc/
>- the "User Friendly Manuals" website with links, bibliography, list
> of prof. associations, and tips for technical writers.
Hillary M. Russak, Technical Writer
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
ES&H Division, Waste Management Department
hrussak -at- slac -dot- stanford -dot- edu
Office: (650) 926-3193
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Opinions expressed are mine and mine alone.