British Standards Institution

Source:: ISO
Committee:: TCI/100 - Co-ordination of activities in textiles and clothing
Categories:: Yarns
Comment period start date:: 10/04/2025
Comment period end date:: 03/06/2025
Number of comments:: 0

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3rd Jun

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This document specifies two methods of indicating the composition of yarns, whether single, folded, cabled or multiple wound. The notation comprises linear density indicated in the Text System, number of filaments in filament yarns, direction and amount of twist, and number of folds.

This document is not applicable to some special kinds of yarns, for example to fancy yarns, textured or bulked yarns or yarns produced by wrapping a textile or non-textile material round a core; nor is it applicable to yarns with other features such as constituent fibres, after treatment and type of package.

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BS ISO 1139 ISO 1139 Textiles. Designation of yarns

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