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BS EN 16315:2014

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Textiles. Silk woven fabrics for womenswear, silk squares, scarves and ties. Requirements and test methods

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BSI 2014 22
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This European Standard specifies requirements for 100 % silk woven fabrics for womenswear, and for silk squares, scarves and ties for men and women, with the test methods for their evaluation.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
5 Foreword
6 1 Scope
2 Normative references
7 3 Terms and definitions
8 4 Sampling
5 Requirements and test methods for silk fabrics
5.1 General
9 5.2 Structural characteristics
5.2.1 Fabric construction
5.2.2 Mass per unit area
Table 1 — Mass per unit area
5.2.3 Width and length of piece
5.2.3.1 Length of piece
5.2.3.2 Fabric width and usable fabric width
5.2.3.3 Pattern size regularity
10 5.2.4 Threads per unit length
5.2.5 Linear density and twist of yarn removed from fabric
Table 2 — Twist tolerances
5.3 Physical characteristics
5.3.1 Tensile properties – maximum force (strip method)
11 Table 3 — Tensile properties
5.3.2 Tear properties for womenswear fabrics – Tear force (ballistic pendulum method)
Table 4 — Tear properties
5.3.3 Seam slippage resistance
Table 5 — Seam slippage resistance
5.3.4 Skew distortion (angular displacement of weft yarns)
12 Table 6 — Skew distortion
5.3.5 Dimensional change following steaming on pressing machines for womenswear fabrics
Table 7 — Dimensional change for fabric following steaming
5.3.6 Dimensional change because of cleaning treatments
Table 8 — Dimensional change because of cleaning treatments
13 5.4 Colour fastness
Table 9 — Colour fastness minimum requirements
5.5 Colour conformity
5.5.1 Colour reproducibility
14 5.5.2 Colour uniformity
6 Specifications for made up articles: silk square, scarves and ties
6.1 Size measurements
Table 10 — Tolerances in the size measurements of made up article
6.2 Edging
7 Information provided by the silk fabric producer
15 Annex A (informative) Denominations
A.1 Fabrics
Table A.1 — Fabric denominations
A.2 Yarns
Table A.2 — Yarn denominations
16 Annex B (normative) Determination of dimensional change of textile fabrics due to relaxation when steamed on steam pressing machines
B.1 General
B.2 Principle
B.3 Apparatus
18 B.4 Conditioning atmosphere
B.5 Test specimens
B.5.1 Cut-out specimens
B.5.2 Pieces and fabrics
B.5.3 Preparation
B.6 Test procedure
19 B.7 Calculation and expression of results
B.8 Test report
20 Bibliography
BS EN 16315:2014
$102.76