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CONFIRMATION OF MEMBERSHIP

Form: Declaration of membership, en (PDF)

MEMBERS DIRECTORY

Members directory, de/en, status September 2011 (2011-08-31, PDF)

Please note: the members directory contains members and address details which were last updated in September 2011. For the latest details, please visit our

online directory.

GTS TECHNICAL INFORMATION

GTS Technical Information 1
Helping people: Thermal spraying in medical engineering, de/en (PDF)

GTS Technical Information 2
Cost and time savings with thermal spraying in mechanical engineering, de/en (PDF)

GTS Technical Information 3
Functional coatings for printing presses by thermal spraying, de/en (PDF)

GTS Technical Information 4
Thermal spraying in the automotive industry, de/en (PDF)

OFFPRINTS / POSTER

Offprint: GTS – a Success Story, de/en (PDF)

Offprint: GTS – an important regulator for thermal spray technology, de/en (PDF)

Poster: Thermal Spray Processes – for all Branches of Industry, en (PDF)

Poster: Thermal Spraying: Standards and Technical Bulletins, de/en (PDF)

PRESS

GTS Logo

Note: the GTS logo is registered with the German Patent Office under the no. 2062298. The use of the GTS logo for commercial purposes, e.g. on business documents, websites or commercial publications, is only granted to members of the Association of Thermal Sprayers (GTS e. V.) and only during their existing membership. Any violations or abuse will be legally prosecuted. Please contact the GTS Head Office if you require different file formats.

GTS-PAPERS

GTSPA001 GTS Statutes, edition October 16, 2010, en (PDF)
Fundamentals of the association, first edition June 16, 1994

GTSPA002 GTS Certificate Guideline, en (PDF)
Describes the conditions a GTSmember must fulfil to attain certification

GTSPA003 GTS Quality Management Guidelines, en (PDF)
Describes how GTS interprets quality assurance

GTSPA007 GTS Implementation Regulations, en (PDF)
Defines the obligations of a GTS member

GTSPA011 GTS Certification Cost List – internal, en (PDF)
Certification costs incurred by GTS

GTSPA012 GTS Certification Costs – external, en (PDF)
Certification costs incurred by the independent inspection authority

GTSPA013 GTS QM Company Inspection, en (PDF)
Procedure for personnel, process and, if necessary, product inspection

GTSPA017 GTS Membership Fees, ger/en (PDF)
GTS rates and admission fee

Poster: GTS Flow Chart, en (PDF)
Zeigt die internen Arbeitsabläufe der GTS von der Aufnahme eines Mitglieds bis zur Zertifizierung
einschließlich Zwischen- und Re-Audits (Poster, DIN A2).

Note: the version of all GTS papers in the download section is August 2007. They are part of the GTS papers file – the "Yellow File" – from July 2009.

New: REACH

In consultation with the GTS Quality Committee, the GTS working group for REACH has compiled a form for submitting substance use which is intended to help the user of a substance to submit its use to the substance manufacturer or supplier in accordance with the European Union Regulation on Chemical Substances.

The documents are based on “Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment, Chapter R.12: Use descriptor system” of the European Chemicals Agency ECHA, issue dated 22.03.2010, ECHA Reference No. ECHA-2010-G-05-EN.
Source: European Chemicals Agency, http://echa.europa.eu/

GTS provides this form without taking responsibility for the correctness of the data and assumes no liability for any of the information provided by the person filling in the form.

Please pay strict attention to the information and instructions concerning the form included in the GTS Circular No. R0136 and at the end of the form.

You will find the English version of these documents here

GTS Circular No. R0136
REACH – form for submitting substance use, en (PDF)

Form for submitting substance use
from user to substance manufacturer or supplier in accordance with REACH, en (PDF)

Descriptor lists from the ECHA Guidance documents with GTS recommendations:

Sectors of use SU, en (PDF)

Process categories PROC, en (PDF)

Chemical Product Category PC, en (PDF)

Environmental Release Categories ERC, en (PDF)

The following links will take you to the ECHA websites and the pathfinder for Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment as well as to the direct download for Chapter R.12: Use descriptor system:

Guidance on Information Requirements and Chemical Safety Assessment – PATHFINDER

Guidance on information requirements and chemical safety assessment
Chapter R.12: Use descriptor system, en (PDF) – external link!

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