ASTM Textile Standards for Yarns and Sewing Threads

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About the Course

This one-day course will give you a basic understanding of:

• ASTM textile standards for spun and continuous filament yarn and sewing threads
• Testing applications for internal quality control
• Acceptance and certification testing

Learn:

The course will be tailored to meet the needs of your individual organization. You will learn:

• When, why, and how these standards are used by the textile and apparel industry
• About good laboratory practices in the textile industry
• How to develop expertise and practical knowledge in laboratory techniques using selected and accepted fabric and component test methods
• How to calculate the test results and show reporting techniques
• Precision and bias procedures and applications

Topics covered include:

• Conditioning Textiles for Testing
• Mechanical Test Methods
• Development of Product Specifications and Writing Specifications for Textiles
• ASTM Tolerances for Yarns (Multifilament Yarn; Yarn Spun on Cotton or Worsted Systems)

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in the manufacturing, purchasing, testing, and evaluation of textile yarns and sewing threads. This includes laboratory managers and technicians from industry or government textile testing laboratories, as well as those involved with the purchase and use of sewing threads.

Note: An understanding of the application of the test reports and specifications would be useful for purchasing and development personnel, as well as those involved with product certification requirements of ISO/IEC 9002 or QS 9000.

Fee Includes

• Referenced ASTM standards
• Course notes
• Certificate of Attendence with .7 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

Referenced ASTM Standards

Practices

D204 Testing Sewing Threads

D276 Identification of Fibers in Textiles

D629 Quantitative Analysis of Textiles

D861 Tex System for Yarn Density

D1059 Yarn Number by Short Length

D1422 Singles Twist by Untwist Retwist

D1423 Twist in Yarn by Direct Method

D1425 Unevenness of Textile Strands

D1776 Conditioning Textiles for Testing Mechanical Test Methods

D1907 Yarn Number by Skein Method

D2255 Grading Appearance/Spun Yarns

D2256 Tensile Properties/Single Strand

D2257 Extractable Material in Yarn

D2259 Shrinkage of Yarns in Boiling Water or Dry Heat

D2260 Conversion Factor for Equivalent Yarn Numbers

D2497 Man-Made Organic-Base Filament Single Yarns

D2645 Yarns Spun on Cotton or Worsted System

D2654 Moisture Content in Yarn

D5647 Hairiness of Yarn Statistical Methods

ASTM and D13 on Textiles

ASTM is a world leader in the development of voluntary consensus standards. The 82-volume Annual Book of ASTM Standards contain over 13,000 standards written by 140 ASTM technical committees. The standards referenced in this course were developed by Committee D13 on Textiles. For information on Committee D13, contact Jennifer Rodgers at (610) 832-9694 or go to our D13 technical committee page.