IS 12637 : 2024 Woven Upholstery Fabrics - Plain, Tufted or Flocked - Specification

ICS 59.080.30

TXD 31

1 SCOPE

1.1 This standard prescribes the performance requirements for plain, tufted or flocked woven upholstery fabrics made of man-made fibres or their blends with other fibres used in the manufacture of new indoor furniture.

1.2 It does not cover the knitted, bonded, laminated or surface-coated fabrics and is not applicable to fabrics used in porch, deck, or lawn furniture.

2 REFERENCES

The standards listed in Annex A contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subjected to revision, and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of these standards.

IS No.	Title
IS 1299 : 1984	Method for determination of dimensional changes on washing of fabrics woven from rayon and synthetic fibres (second revision)
IS 1954 : 1990	Determination of length and width of woven fabrics - Methods (second revision)
IS 1963 : 1981	Methods for determination of threads per unit length in woven fabrics (second revision)
IS 1964 : 2001	Textiles - Methods for determination of mass per unit length and mass per unit area of fabrics (second revision)
IS 1969 (Part 1) : 2018	Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics: Part 1 Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method (fourth revision)
IS 2005 : 1988	Methods for quantitative chemical analysis of binary mixtures of nylon 6 or nylon 6.6 fibres and certain other fibres (first revision)
IS 2194 : 1963	Code for seaworthy packaging of man-made fibre fabrics
IS 2195 : 1964	Code for inland packaging of man-made fibre fabrics and man-made fibre yarns
IS 3442 : 2023	Textiles - Method for determination of crimp and linear density of yarn removed from fabrics (second revision)
IS 4905 : 2015	Random sampling and randomization procedures (first revision)
IS 5463 : 2022	Methods for sampling of cotton fabrics for chemical tests first revision of IS 5463
IS 6489 (Part 1) : 2011	Textiles - Tear properties of fabrics: Part 1 Determination of tear force using ballistic pendulum method (Elmendorf) (second revision)
IS 10971 (Part 1) : 2011	Textiles - Determination of fabric propensity to surface fuzzing and to pilling: Part 1 Pilling box method (first revision)
IS 11813 : 1986	Method for determination of soil resistance and soil release efficiency of finished textile fabrics
IS 12467	Textiles - Assessment of the ignitability of upholstered furniture:
(Part 1) : 2006	Ignition source: smouldering cigarette (first revision)
(Part 2) : 2006	Ignition source: match flame equivalent (first revision)
IS/ISO 105-X05 : 1994	Textiles - Tests for colour fastness: Part X05 Colour fastness to organic solvents
IS/ISO 105-X12 : 2016	Textiles - Tests for colour fastness: Part X12 Colour fastness to rubbing (first revision)
IS/ISO 105-E01 : 2013	Textiles - Tests for colour fastness: Part E01 Colour fastness to water (first revision)
IS/ISO 105-B02 : 2014	Textiles - Tests for colour fastness: Part B02 Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon arc fading lamp test