Development of technical standards in the field of COMADEM

Standards have a long history of its own. With the increasing trend towards globalisation, quality, reliability health/safety, customer satisfaction, etc, everyone concerned feels the need for common standards both at national and international levels very strongly. Good standards no doubt ensure minimum restrictions to free world trade. There are a number of worldwide organizations dealing with standards of one kind or another. Recent developments in standards activities are available on the World Wide Websites. It is needless to say that a sound knowledge of the on-going activities of both the national/international standards institutions is vital to all engineers, designers, solicitors, and managers at all levels. This paper will highlight and discuss the current progress in standards activities related to the field of condition monitoring and diagnostic engineering management (COMADEM), the importance of user feedback on the standards, the need for a functional database on the standards, education and training in the use of standards, etc.