Standards
ensure desirable characteristics of products and services such as quality,
environmental friendliness, safety, reliability, efficiency and
interchangeability and at an economical
cost.
Standards
make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and services more
efficient, safer and cleaner. They facilitate trade between countries and make
it fairer. They also share technological advances and good management practice.
PSQCA (Pakistan
PSQCA came into operation
since 1st December 2000. PSQCA is also a national member body of International
Organization for Standardization (ISO), International Electro-technical
Commission (IEC), and International Organization of Legal Metrology (OIML).
he Pakistan Standards & Quality Control
Authority promotes the use of standards, conformity assessment, and standardization,
nationally and internationally. PSQCA has
numerous programs, services and resources designed to support companies of all
types and sizes as they strive to secure and ensure a prosperous future.
PSQCA Objectives:
1)
Setting up of
standards on quality and dimensions, preparation and promotion of general
adoption of Pakistan Standard Specifications, operation of Certification Marks
System and co-ordination of the efforts of manufactures and consumers for the
improvement of standardization's and to provide assistance thus in the
manufacture of quality products.
2)
Wider
adoption of Pakistan
3)
Testing and
assessment of industrial raw materials and finished products to establish their
quality, grade and composition with reference to national or international
standard specifications of quality in various fields like chemical products and
formulations, textiles, food items, building materials, mechanical engineering,
electrical and electronic goods and appliances etc, and provision of
consultancy services to industrial units in regard to the improvement of
quality of their products.
4)
Inspection
and testing of products and services for their quality specifications and
characteristics during use and imports and exports purposes.
5)
Timely
delivery of Pakistan Standards that meet the current and future needs of
stakeholders.
PSQCA’s Activities And its Impacts:
1)
Developed more
than 6000 Pakistan Standards and adopted 21000 standards from ISO, IEC and OIML
as Pakistan Standards.
2)
Regulate 78
items with reference to Public health and safety through technical regulations.
3)
Co-ordinated
with national, regional and international organization with reference to
Standards and Conformity Assessment.
4)
Provided
testing and inspection services to industries to facilitate export.
5)
Registered
inspection bodies in accordance with international guidelines.
6)
Participated
in international standardization activities of ISO, IEC, OIML and ASTM.
7)
Provided
awareness on standardization of product with reference to product design,
technology, upgrading and quality control.
8)
Developed
internationally recognized and harmonized conformity structures for testing,
inspection, product certification and system certification.
9)
Established
Liaison offices at Rawalpindi , Multan ,
Hyderabad , Sukhar, Faisalabad
PS: 417/2010 Metallic
and other inorganic coatings. Electroplated silver and silver alloy coatings
for engineering purpose specification and test methods. 1st Revision
This Pakistan
standard specifies requirements for decorative nickel, nickel plus chromium,
copper plus nickel and copper plus nickel plus chromium coatings that are
applied to iron, steel, zinc alloys, copper and copper alloys, and to aluminum
alloys, to provide an attractive appearance and enhanced corrosion residence.
Coating designations are specified that differ in thickness and type, and
guidance is given on selecting the coating designation appropriate for the
service conditions to which the coated product will be exposed.
PS: 418/2010 Metallic
and other inorganic coatings of Nickel, Nickel plus, chromium, copper plus
nickel and of copper plus Nickel plus chromium. 1st Revision
This Pakistan
standard specifies requirements for decorative nickel, nickel plus chromium,
copper plus nickel and copper plus nickel plus chromium coatings that are
applied to iron, steel, zinc alloys, copper and copper alloys, and to aluminium
alloys, to provide an attractive appearance and enhanced residence. Coating designations are specified
that differ in thickness and type, and guidance is given on selecting the coating
designation appropriate for the service conditions to which the coated product
will be exposed.
PS: 1612:2007 Steel for the reinforcement of
concerete – Weldable
Reinforcing
steel bar, coll and decoiled product -
Specifications.
This
Pakistan Standard Specifies requirements for
Ribbed
weldable reinforcing steel used for the
reinforcement of concrete structures.
PS: 1879 Deformed
and Plain Carbon-Steel Bars for Concrete
Reinforcement PS: 1879/87
This
specification covers deformed and plain carbon steal bars for concrete
reinforcement.
PS: 3771/2010 Hot dip
galvanized coating on fabricated iron and steel articles
This Pakistan
standard specifies the general properties of coatings and test methods for
coatings applied by dipping fabricated iron and steel articles (including
certain castings) in a zinc melt (containing not more than 2 % of other
metals).
PS:4861/2008 Determination
of gold in gold jewellery alloys –
Cupellation method (fire
assay).
This Pakistan Standard specifies a cupellation method (fire
assay) for the determination of gold in gold jewelry alloys. The gold content
of the alloys should preferably lie between 333 and 999 parts per
thousand(0/00)
PS:4867-1/2008 Surgical Instruments metallic
materials
Part-1 Stainless Steel.
This part of PS 2913/1998 Part-1 contains a survey
and
a selection of stainless steels available for use in
the manufacturer of surgical, dental and specific
instruments for orthopedic
surgery.
PS:4867-2/2008 Surgical Instruments Part-2
Specification for
instruments with Pivot
joints (excluding cutting
instruments).
This
Part of PS specifies requirements for surgical instruments made of stainless
steel and having pivot joints, such as artery forceps, needle holders, mouth
gages and other instruments of similar design, but excluding cutting
instruments, such a s scissors, shears and bone nibbling forceps (bone
rongeurs).
PS:4867-3/2008 Surgical Instruments Part-3
Specification for
dissecting forceps.
This
Part of PS specifies requirements for stainless
steel
dissecting forceps used in surgery.
Pakistan Cotton Standards Institute(PCSI):
PCSI Objectives:
1)
Establishing
and promoting cotton standardization program based upon internationally
accepted grading and classification system.
2)
Setting up
grades and standards of seed cotton and lint.
3)
Train new
generations of cotton graders, classers, arbitrators and instructors.
Achievements of PCSI:
1) The standards and grades for seed cotton and lint developed by the
project were approved by the Government in November 1990 and declared to the
official standards for Pakistan
2) The official standards for lint cotton were recognized by the Liverpool
Cotton Association in July 1991, for conducting arbitration of Pakistan
3) Cotton Fiber Testing Laboratories equipped with the modern and
sophisticated instruments. HVI have been established at Karachi ,
Multan , Vehari, Rahim Yar Khan (Punjab ) and Sanghar (Sindh). The Fiber Testing
Laboratories also provide the Test-House facilities to the growers, ginners,
spinners and the exporters.
4)The
project has also succeeded in designing the color chart for Pakistan Cotton.
With the designing of this chart Pakistan
The Pakistan Council of Scientific and
Industrial Research (PCSIR) is a
government-owned science and industrialization research organization which
mainly focuses on the development of industrial research. Initially established
as Pakistan Department of Research in 1951, it was reformulated in its current
state in 1953.
The
PCSIR was established by noted scientist Prof. Dr. Salimuzzaman Siddiqui in
1953 for the development of scientific and technical Research and Development
(R&D) and to provide infrastructure for industrial development in Pakistan
PCSIR Objectives:
1)
Optimum
utilization of indigenous raw material resources for the development of
industrial processes.
2)
Development
of technologies around local resources from bench to pilot plant stages, and
leasing them out for industrial exploitation leading to import substitution and
export enhancement.
3)
Human
resource development through organized training courses and diffusive on – job
grooming of manpower for industry and research centers to broaden the science
& technology base in the country.
PCSIR Activities:
· Process and
Product Development:
The Scientists and Technologists of PCSIR developed 684 industrial
processes and products and 350 numbers of patents, mostly based on the locally
available raw materials. Out of these nearly 400 processes have commercially
been exploited on industrial scale.
· Investigative
Analysis and Import substitution:
A
large number of formulated products are being imported at exorbitant rates resulting
in the expenditure of costly foreign exchange by the textile, leather,
pharmaceutical, cosmetics, household chemicals, food additives and consumer
products industries in the form of emulsions, resins, adhesives,perfumes,
flavors and other chemical and non-chemical products.
· Analytical
and Testing Services:
PCSIR
is capable of undertaking large number of tests of raw materials and industrial
products and can provide physical, chemical, chromatographic and spectroscopic
analytical services in the diversified fields.
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