Standard Classification for Cannabis/Hemp Flower Vaporizers

Importancia y uso:

4.1 This classification defines various types of cannabis flower vaporizer devices.

4.2 This classification shall be applicable to any vaporizer devices intended to be used to facilitate the vaporization of cannabis flower intended for inhalation, regardless of the type of cannabis plant from which the flower was derived. There is no distinction between flower intended for inhalation from a cannabis plant that can be classified as “hemp” and flower that cannot, other than the delta-9-THC content.

4.3 The purpose of this classification is to standardize the naming of device types under the classification.

4.4 The classification system breaks the device types into three main categories and three subcategories. These are intended to aid buyers and sellers of these devices in accurately defining the products they are buying or selling. This classification system shall also aid in the understanding of the various types of cannabis flower vaporizing devices that exist in the marketplace by reducing them down to their most common denominator: are they handheld or desk top or other “X”, and are they manual, electronic or distinct.

4.5 This classification will provide clarity to industry, government, and the public on terminology, and the intended product usage of cannabis flower vaporizers.

4.6 This classification standard provides a uniform set of usage definitions within the cannabis industry. Included within this classification is a set of figures that outlines some individual components and aspects of various types of cannabis flower vaporizers.

4.7 This classification is not intended to define all terminology, design, mechanical, physical, or universal functions and impacts of different technologies attributable to cannabis flower vaporizers. Such characteristics and category details and nomenclature will be defined in Guide D8373.

4.8 Additional specifications, guides and test methods should be created to further international standards in this space, which can be implemented in international jurisdictions as this industry progresses. Examples of such standards include, standard test methods for measuring and validating selected temperature settings, the ability or inability for non-desired users to activate or inhale from devices, guides for safe design and manufacturing of cannabis devices, and specifications for convection heating-based vaporizers.

4.9 Reference to a particular type in this classification is not intended in any manner to denote endorsement or approval of said type by ASTM International.

Subcomité:

D37.08

Referida por:

D8373-21

Volúmen:

15.10

Número ICS:

11.120.10 (Medicaments), 65.020.20 (Plant growing)

Palabras clave:

cannabis; classification; desktop; distinct; dried; electronic; flower; ground; handheld; heat source; kief; manual; power source; other “X”; trichome; vaporizer;