IS 8570 : 1977 Specification for Presspaper for Electrical Purposes

UDC 621.315.614.6 : 676.254 ETD 2
Reaffirmed 2021

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers presspaper either dyed or of naturalcolour of four different types, each up to 0.5 mm thick, suppliedeither in roll form or as sheets cut from the roll, and with asmooth calendered finish.

Note - Presspaper is available in thickness greater than 0.5 mmand with other types of finish. For such presspaper, limits shouldbe the subject of agreement between the purchaser and themanufacturer.

2 References

IS 2 :1960 Rules for rounding offnumerical values

IS 335 : 1972Specification for new insulating oils for transformersand switchgear

IS 1576 : 1967Specification for solid pressboard for electricalpurposes

IS 2967 : 1964Specification for external micrometer