ISO 2078:2022
Textile glass — Yarns — Designation
This document specifies a system of designating textile glass yarns (including single, multiple-wound, folded (plied), cabled and textured yarns, strands, slivers and rovings) based on their linear density expressed in the tex system.
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Designation of a yarn
4.1 Elements of the designation
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Glass used
4.1.3 Type of yarn
4.1.4 Nominal diameter of fibre
4.1.5 Linear density, direction and amount of twist and number of components
4.1.6 Manufacturer's code
4.2 Designation of different types of textile glass yarn
4.2.1 Strands
4.2.2 Slivers
4.2.3 Single yarns
4.2.4 Folded (plied) (doubled) yarns
4.2.5 Cabled yarns
4.2.6 Multiple wound yarns
4.2.7 Rovings
4.2.8 Chopped strands
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Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Designation of a yarn
4.1 Elements of the designation
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Glass used
4.1.3 Type of yarn
4.1.4 Nominal diameter of fibre
4.1.5 Linear density, direction and amount of twist and number of components
4.1.6 Manufacturer's code
4.2 Designation of different types of textile glass yarn
4.2.1 Strands
4.2.2 Slivers
4.2.3 Single yarns
4.2.4 Folded (plied) (doubled) yarns
4.2.5 Cabled yarns
4.2.6 Multiple wound yarns
4.2.7 Rovings
4.2.8 Chopped strands