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STANDARDIZATION

Standardization is the process of establishing a technical standards which could be

• Standard specification,

• Standard test method,

• Standard definition,

• 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• 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.

• 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.

• 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

• For governments, International Standards provide the technological and scientific

bases underpinning health, safety and environmental legislation.

• 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.

• For developing countries, International Standards that represent an international

consensus on the state of the art are an important source of technological know-

how. 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

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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

NONWOVEN

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Nonwovens have specific characteristics that allow them to deliver high-

performance across a wide range of applications. Specific functions include:

- absorbency, - liquid repellency,

- resilience, - stretch,

- softness, - strength,

- flame retardancy, - washability (selective products),

- cushioning, - filtering,

- bacterial barrier and sterility

The versatility of nonwovens means that they can provide innovative,

cost-effective and sometimes unexpected answers to innumerable

business challenges.

NONWOVEN

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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.

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

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 Absorption  Repellency      Nonwoven Absorption - Absorbency, Absorptive Capacity, Wicking Rate

      Water Resistance: Impact Penetration Test 

      Nonwoven Absorption - Centrifuge Retention Capacity

      Water Resistance: Hydrostatic Pressure Test

      Nonwoven Absorption - Absorption Under Pressure

 Surfaces and Biological

 Abrasion Resistance       Colonies      Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics - Taber Abrasion

      BEE (Bacterial Entrapment Efficiency)

      Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics - Martindale Abrasion (View test)

 Stiffness

 Bursting Strength       Cantilever      Diaphragm Method (Mullen)  Tear Strength      Ball Burst (Constant-Rate-of-Traverse)       Elmendorf      Ball Burst (Constant-Rate-of-Extension)       Trapezoid Chemical Analysis       Tongue      Component Analysis  Tensile Strength      Moisture       Grab      Ash       Seam Strength Image Analysis       Strip       Fiber diameter distribution  Thickness       Porosity, apertures and hole analysis        Nonwovens       Formation Analysis  Weight Permeability       Per Unit Area (Basis Weight)      Air Permeability  Coefficient of Friction      Water Vapor Transmission       Static and Kinetic      Nonwoven Coverstock Liquid Strike-Through – Rate; Simulated Urine

AREAS TARGETED

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• Development of Standards for Nonwoven

Fabric

• Development of Standards for Nonwoven

Products

• Products Specifications

DRAFT FORMULATION

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• 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.

Thank you.

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