Textiles Standards

In the past, different countries had their own textile standard testing methods.79 Since 1990 within EU, there has been an attempt to normalize these standards. In the United Kingdom, for example, most new British Standards are prefixed by BS EN or BS EN ISO. Most of the test methods are based on the principle that test should be straightforward and easy to apply, and are application specific. The standard test methods usually involve pass-fail or performance rating criteria10 and are mostly product application specific. Some selective and more relevant test methods are discussed here in brief, and for detailed information the reader is referred to a recent review by Nazare and Horrocks.11... 

Sadamichi, Y., Kimura, Y., Widiyanto, A., Kato, S., Maruyatna, N., Nishimura, A., 2003. LCA evaluation of reuse/recycle impact for environmental conscious industrial products. In Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, 2003. EcoDesign 03. 2003 3rd International Symposium, 8—11 December 2003, pp. 339—343. Tokyo, Japan. SMART, December 15, 2004. Sustainable Textile Standard 2.0 -Promoting Sustainable Textile Achievement, the Institute for Market Transformation to Sustainability, Einal Approved Consensus Ballot Version. 

The eco-certification rales were created with the cooperation of international organizations. In this section, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), International Organisation for Standardisation, ASTM Environmental Standards, Global Organic Textile Standard and NATURTEXTIL BEST are introduced. 

Global Organic Textile standard (GOTS) http //www.global-standard.org X X X Yes Organic material — natural organic textile fibres... 

The technical committee (TC-38) of the ISO handles aU types of textile standards through several subcommittees. Subcommittee SC-11 is concerned with developing standards for care labelling, with the primary objective of developing... 

The composite plates measured approximately 290 x 155 mm in size. The thicknesses were measured before and after thermocompression. For nonconsolidated braids, the textile standard ISO 5084 (pressure is set to 1 kPa) was used for thickness measurements. On composite plates, a calliper was used. Table 16.4 compares... 

International Organization for Standardization, 2005. ISO 139 2005 Textiles—Standard Atmospheres for Conditioning and Testing. International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland. 

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