Monthly Archives: December 2010

Over the years, 3-A SSI has been upgrading all of the sanitary standards and requiring a third party verification process to maintain the integrity of the 3-A symbol.  After consulting with industry experts and addressing all their questions and concerns, 3-A has approved a major revision of the Sanitary Hose Assembly Standard. The new standard # 62-02 replaces standard #62-01.

There are numerous hoses and fittings on the market that carry a 3-A symbol.  This simply means that the particular component piece meets a 3-A standard for that type of commodity product.  Rubber & Plastic hoses meet the appropriate 3-A Standard for Rubber & Plastic.  Stainless Steel ends meet the appropriate 3-A standard for Stainless Steel fittings. The 62-01 Hose Assembly standard was designed to approve the assembled product. When you take a 3-A hose and attach 3-A stems and sleeves, the assembled product now needs to meet a different 3-A standard(new standard 62-02) because you have now created a totally different product . Much like building a pump – all the parts and pieces need to be put together in such a way that the resulting product meets the sanitary design.

The new hose assembly standard #62-02 now requires that all symbol holders participate in a 3^rd party verification process (TPV).  3-A has a list of trained and certified CCE’s (Certified Conformance Evaluator) to conduct the TPV inspection.

Once companies pass and file all the appropriate paper work, they will be awarded a new 3-A 62-02 symbol holder authorization.  One of the most noticeable changes you will see in the field with the new standard is the REQUIREMENT of a 3-A #62-02 label placed behind each coupler on the hose assembly. Hoses assembled by unauthorized personnel will not be allowed to carry this label.

The new standard was approved November 15^th, 2010 and all current 62-01 symbol holders have 90 days to comply with the requirements of the new 62-02 standard.  Nelson-Jameson is currently working on meeting this new 62-02 Standard and receiving our 62-02 Symbol Holder Certification.  After attaining our certification, Nelson-Jameson will make it a priority to inform and educate our customers and industry partners.

For more information please see 3A’s website at www.3-A.org

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