IS 12673 : Part 1 : 2014/ISO 12947-1 : 1998 : Textiles -Determination of the Abrasion Resistance of Fabrics by the Martindale Method Part 1 Martindale Abrasion Testing Apparatus

Reaffirmed 2023

NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard (Part 1) (First Revision) which is identical with ISO 12947-1 : 1998 ‘Textiles — Determination of the abrasion resistance of fabrics by the Martindale method — Part 1: Martindale abrasion testing apparatus’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on the recommendation of the Physical Methods of Test Sectional Committee and approval of the Textile Division Council.

This standard was first published in 1989 and now revise to align it with the latest version of ISO 12947-1 : 1998 which has been published in four parts. Similarly this standard has also been published in four parts. The other parts in this series are:

Part 2 Determination of specimen breakdown

Part 3 Determination of mass loss

Part 4 Assessment of appearance change

Technical corrigendum 1 published in 2002 to the above International Standard has been given at the end of this publication.

The text of ISO Standard has been approved as suitable for publication as an Indian Standard without deviations. Certain conventions are, however, not identical to those used in Indian Standards. Attention is particularly drawn to the following:

a) Wherever the words ‘International Standard’ appear, referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’.

b) Comma (,) has been used as a decimal marker while in Indian Standards the current practice is to use a point (.) as the decimal marker.