NATIONAL FOREWORD

This Indian Standard which is identical to ISO 10325 : 2018 ‘Fibre ropes - High modulus polyethylene - 8-strand braided ropes, 12-strand braided ropes and covered ropes’ issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards on recommendation of the Cordage Sectional Committee and approval of the Textiles Division Council.

The text of ISO standard has been approved as suitable for publication as 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’ appears referring to this standard, they should be read as ‘Indian Standard’; and

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