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STANDARDIZATION
Standardization is the process of
a technical standards which could be
establishing
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Standard specification,
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Standard test method,
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Standard definition,
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Standard procedure or practice, etc.
By using standardization, provider and user can easily
communicate through the set guidelines
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FUNCTIONS OF STANDARDS
• Make the development, manufacturing and supply of products and
services more efficient, safer and cleaner
• Facilitate trade between countries and make it fairer
• Provide governments with a technical base for health, safety and
environmental legislation, and conformity assessment
• Share technological advances and good management practice
• Disseminate innovation
• Safeguard consumers, and users in general, of products and services
• Make life simpler by providing solutions to common problems
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BENEFITS OF STANDARDS
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For businesses, the widespread adoption of International Standards means
that suppliers can develop and offer products and services meeting
specifications that have wide international acceptance in their sectors.
Therefore, businesses using International Standards can compete on many
more markets around the world.
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For innovators of new technologies, International Standards on aspects like
terminology, compatibility and safety speed up the dissemination of
innovations and their development into manufacturable and marketable
products.
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For customers, the worldwide compatibility of technology which is achieved
when products and services are based on International Standards gives them
a broad choice of offers. They also benefit from the effects of
competition among suppliers.
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BENEFITS OF STANDARDS
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For governments, International Standards provide the technological and scientific
bases underpinning health, safety and environmental legislation.
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For trade officials, International Standards create guideline for all competitors in
the markets. The existence of divergent national or regional standards can create
technical barriers to trade. International Standards are the technical means by
which political trade agreements can be put into practice.
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For developing countries, International Standards that represent an international
consensus on the state of the art are an important source of technological knowhow. By defining the characteristics that products and services will be expected to
meet on export markets, International Standards give developing countries a basis
for making the right decisions when investing their scarce resources and thus
avoid squandering them.
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NONWOVEN
A nonwoven is a sheet of fibres, continuous
filaments, of any nature or origin, that have
been formed into a web and bonded together
by mechanical, chemical or thermal means
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NONWOVEN
Nonwovens have specific characteristics that allow them to deliver highperformance across a wide range of applications. Specific functions include:
- absorbency,
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liquid repellency,
- resilience,
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stretch,
- softness,
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strength,
- flame retardancy,
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washability
- cushioning,
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filtering,
(selective products),
- bacterial barrier and sterility
The versatility of nonwovens means that they can provide innovative,
cost-effective and sometimes unexpected answers to innumerable
business challenges.
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NONWOVEN
Specific properties can be achieved by selecting raw materials and methods or
by applying finishing treatments to nonwovens, such as printing, embossing,
molding, coating & laminating etc.
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METHODOLOGY
The development of STANDARDS is on going and long term process.
The process will begin and proceed further with following steps:
• Identification of areas / properties to be standardizes:
– The important feed back is from industries which are facing problems
during day to day activity of manufacturing and trading nationally and
internationally. This will directly help to concentrate particular area.
– Comparing International Standards available, for evaluation of nonwoven
fabric and products, of various organisation including INDA and EDANA
with BIS will give detailed idea about absenteeism of standards available.
– Feed back from TRAs, COEs and the organizations involved in research will
give clear concept about requirement of standards for near future.
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PROPERTIES IDENTIFIED
Absorption
Nonwoven Absorption - Absorbency, Absorptive
Capacity, Wicking Rate
Nonwoven Absorption - Centrifuge Retention
Capacity
Nonwoven Absorption - Absorption Under
Pressure
Abrasion Resistance
Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics - Taber
Abrasion
Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics Martindale Abrasion (View test)
Bursting Strength
Diaphragm Method (Mullen)
Ball Burst (Constant-Rate-of-Traverse)
Ball Burst (Constant-Rate-of-Extension)
Chemical Analysis
Component Analysis
Moisture
Ash
Image Analysis
Fiber diameter distribution
Porosity, apertures and hole analysis
Formation Analysis
Permeability
Air Permeability
Water Vapor Transmission
Nonwoven Coverstock Liquid Strike-Through –
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Repellency
Water Resistance: Impact Penetration Test
Water Resistance: Hydrostatic Pressure Test
Surfaces and Biological
Colonies
BEE (Bacterial Entrapment Efficiency)
Stiffness
Cantilever
Tear Strength
Elmendorf
Trapezoid
Tongue
Tensile Strength
Grab
Seam Strength
Strip
Thickness
Nonwovens
Weight
Per Unit Area (Basis Weight)
Coefficient of Friction
Static and Kinetic
AREAS TARGETED
• Development of Standards for Nonwoven
Fabric
• Development of Standards for Nonwoven
Products
• Products Specifications
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DRAFT FORMULATION
• A committee comprising of 15 members with five experts from
each of the following categories
– Academicians, TRAs and COEs
– Nonwovens fabric manufacturing Industry and
– User / Converting industry
• Based on laboratory experimentations, test results, statistical
evaluations, data collected; initial draft will be formulated and
opened to industry, users and research organisation for feed back
• The nonwoven is basic technology used as intermediate product
for various applications. Therefore, we expect the involvement of
other COEs to achieve the targets.
• In due course of time with involvement and consultation /
recommendation of BIS representative draft will be finalized for
publication.
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Thank you.
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