IS 10321 : Part 1 to 3 : 1982 : 50-kg Tent

FOREWORD

0.1 This Indian Standard (Parts I to III) was adopted by the Indian Standards Institution on 9 August 1982, after the draft finalized by the Made-up Textile Items Sectional Committee had been approved by the Textile Division Council.

0.2 A 50-kg tent means that the gross mass of the complete assembly of this tent inclusive of all its components and accessories is 50 kg. Such nomenclature is given to a tent towards aiding in estimation of frieght charges and its load allocation in carriages.

0.3 Parts I, II and III are based on IND/TC/2207, and IND/TC2207 (f) Specification for tent 50 k g i s s u e d by the Chief Inspectorate of Textiles & Clothing, Ministry of Defence, Government of India. Indents are often made separately for inner and outer flies in addition to those for complete tents. Part I gives general requirements, manufacturing details, pitching plan, etc, while Part II and Part III cover the requirements o f Outer fly and Inner fly respectively.

0.4 Standards of Weights and Measures Act, 1976 stipulate the use of International System of Units in the country; in order to familiarize the industry with this system, the recommended SI units for use in the textile industry are given in Appendix A ( Part III).

0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with IS : 2-1960*. The number of significant places retained in the rounded off value should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.