1、INCH-POUNDA-A-55312August 25, 1997COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTIONCAP, CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNThe General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial itemdescription as a replacement for MIL-C-1911 for all Federal agencies.1. SCOPE. This commercial item description covers the requirement
2、s for a visor style capthat is intended for wear in a temperate zone environment by military personnel.2. CLASSIFICATION. The cap is available in the following classes and sizes:ClassesClass 1 - Woodland camouflage patternClass 2 - Desert camouflage pattern (3-color)Schedule of sizes6-3/8 7 86-1/2 7
3、-1/8 8-1/86-5/8 7-1/4 8-1/46-3/4 7-3/8 8-3/86-7/8 7-1/2 8-1/27-5/87-3/47-7/83. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS3.1 Description. The cap shall be a visor style, having a circular top crown, two side crownpieces, outside crown band, hinged visor, and retractable ear flap. The cap is lined with selfmaterial exc
4、ept for the flannel lined ear flap (see Figure 1). Crown seam shall be reinforcedwith a bias cut strip of self fabric between inner and outer plies.Beneficial comments, recommendations, additions, deletions, clarifications, etc. and anydata which may improve this document should be sent to: Defense
5、Personnel SupportCenter, Clothing and Textiles Directorate, Attn: DPSC-FNS, 2800 South 20th Street,Philadelphia, PA 19145-5099.AMSC N/A FSC 8415DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted withou
6、t license from IHS-,-,-A-A-553122The visor shall be smooth and free of wrinkles and puckers with a 1/8 inch wide hingebetween the cap and visor lining. The hinge construction shall be evenly formed. The visorinterlining shall not be caught in the stitching which forms the hinge. The crown and sidepi
7、eces of the crown shall be neatly seamed, without puckers or pleats and with the raisedstitching evenly gaged. The outside crown band shall be neatly and smoothly seamed to theside body, with top ends of band evenly matched in closing back seam, and finish uniformly1-1/8 + 1/8 inches in width. Visor
8、 shall be quilted with six rows of evenly spaced parallellockstitching through all plies.The lining pieces shall be neatly joined with joining seams matching the outer crown pieces,and top and side pieces well shaped. The bottom and front curved edge of the ear flap shallbe joined so that it is slig
9、htly cupped to hug the neck and ears. The ear flap lining shall be 1/8to 1/4 inch from bottom of cap at center back and 1/2 to 3/4 inch at front ends, with the endsof the ear flap lapping on the ends of the under side of the visor.3.2 Material.3.2.1 Basic material. The cap material shall be an oxfor
10、d cloth made of cotton warp andnylon filling treated with a water repellent. The warp yarn shall be 2-ply and the filling yarnshall be single ply semi-dull multifilament. For the class 1 cap, the color shall be a WoodlandCamouflage Pattern (Light Green 354, Dark Green 355, Brown 356, and Black 357).
11、 For theclass 2 cap, the color shall be Desert Camouflage Pattern (Light Tan 492, Light Brown 493,and Light Khaki 494).As an alternate to the basic material, the cloth for the inside crown, crown side pieces, and thecrown seam reinforcement strip may be printed seconds of the oxford cloth, dyed seco
12、nds ofthe oxford cloth, or oxford cloth dyed the ground shade prior to printing.All colors of the finished cloth and thread shall match the standard sample when viewedunder filtered tungsten lamps that approximate artificial daylight and that have a correlatedtemperature of 7500 + 200 K, with illumi
13、nation of 100 + 20 foot candles, and shall be a goodmatch to the standard sample under incandescent lamplight at 2300 + 200 K.The cloth shall conform to the requirements specified in Table I.Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-A-A-553123T
14、ABLE I. Basic material physical requirementsCharacteristic Requirement Test methodCloth type Oxford 1/ 2/Weight, oz./sq. yd. 4.8 - 5.8 ASTM-D-3776, Option CYarns per inch (min.)WarpFilling16074ASTM-D-3775ASTM-D-3775Breaking strength, (lbs., min.)WarpFilling150125ASTM-D-5034Water repellency hydrostat
15、ic height, cm.(min.)dynamic absorption, (percent, max.)InitialAfter 25 launderingsSpray rating35252590.90,80ASTM-D-751, Procedure Iwith 3 dropsAATCC 70AATCC 96, Opt. IIIc, A andAATCC 70AATCC 118Air permeability, (ft.3 /min./ft.2), max. 4.0 ASTM-D-737Resistance to organic liquid(n-tetradecane)no wett
16、ing AATCC 118Colorfastness to:LaunderingPerspirationCrockingLight3.4 3/3.43.43.4AATCC 61, 3AAATCC 15AATCC 8AATCC 16, Option ASpectral reflectance, (nanometers) 600 - 860 (class 1)700 - 860 (class 2)3.2.1.13.2.1.2Non-fibrous material, (percentage, max.) 2.0 ASTM-D-629pH 5.0 - 8.5 ASTM-D-2165Dimension
17、al stability(percentage, max.)WarpFilling2.02.0AATCC 96AATCC 96Seam efficiency, (percentage, min.) 70 ASTM-D-16831/ 2 warp ends weaving as one2/ A certificate of compliance shall be submitted and will be acceptable for the statedrequirement.3/ Equal to or better than the specified rating on AATCC Gr
18、ay Scale For Color Changeand/or Staining when compared to the original unexposed specimen.3.2.1.1 Spectral reflectance, (class 1) The spectral reflectance values for each color in theWoodland Camouflage printed cloth shall conform to the requirements specified in Table II.Provided by IHSNot for Resa
19、leNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-A-A-553124TABLE II. Spectral reflectance requirements, Class 1Reflectance values (percent)Wavelength, Light Green 354 Dark Green 355 or a double face 100 percent polyester fleece cloth in a circular knitconstruction of 150 denier
20、 continuous filament polyester yarns and shall conform to therequirements specified in Table V. The color shall be CG 483 for Class 1 caps, and the colorshall be Tan 380 or CG 483 for Class 2 caps. As an alternate, the cloth shall be 100 percentpolyester fleece in accordance with Polartec, Style 764
21、6 series 100M Micro-Fiber. The colorfor Class 1 caps shall be Boxwood 3382 and the color for Class 2 caps shall be Cappoccino7424, Malden Mills Industries, Inc., Lawrence, MA or equivalent. Lining shall not exceed2% shrinkage.TABLE IV. Wool and nylon flannel cloth requirementsCharacteristic Requirem
22、ent Test methodWeave plain 1/Weight, oz./sq. yd. (min.) 12.0 ASTM-D-3776, Option CYarns per inch (min.)WarpFilling3831ASTM-D-3775ASTM-D-3775Breaking strength, (lbs., min.)WarpFilling4232ASTM-D-5034Colorfastness to:LightPerspirationCrocking3-4 3/3-43-4AATCC 16, Opt. AAATCC 15AATCC 8pH 5.0 - 8.5 ASTM-
23、D-2165Shrinkage, percent (max.)WarpFilling6.04.0AATCC 99 2/AATCC 99 2/1/ A certificate of compliance shall be submitted and will be acceptable for the statedrequirement.2/ In Paragraph 7, Test Procedure Relaxation Dimension Change, decrease soaking time to 1hour, and shall be air dried (185oF).3/ Eq
24、ual to or better than the specified rating on AATCC Gray Scale for Color Change and/orStaining when compared to the original unexposed specimen.Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-A-A-553126TABLE V. Double face polyester fleece cloth requ
25、irementsCharacteristic Requirement Test methodWeight, oz. sq. yd. 6.5 - 7.5 ASTM-D-3776, Option CFinished thickness, in. (max.) at 0.1 psi 0.06 ASTM-D-1777 1/Fabric construction (wales and courses) 20 x 26 2/Bursting strength, lbs., min. 125 ASTM-D-3787Shrinkage, percent, max. (wales x courses) 3.0
26、x 3.0 AATCC 96pH 4.5 - 8.5 ASTM-D-2165Colorfastness to:LaunderingCrockingPerspiration3-4 3/3-43-4AATCC 61, 3AAATCC 8AATCC 151/ A thickness gauge of the dead-weight type equipped with a dial graduated to read directlyto .001 inches shall be used. The presser foot shall be circular, with a diameter of
27、 1.129 +0.001 inches and with moving parts weighted to apply a total load of 0.60 + 0.03 poundsper square inch to the specimen. The anvil shall be not less than 1.129 inches in diameter.The presser foot and anvil surface shall be planed to within 0.0001 inches and shall beparallel to each other to w
28、ithin 0.0001 inches.2/ A certificate of compliance shall be submitted and will be acceptable for the statedrequirement.3.2.3 Visor interlining. The visor interlining shall be a non-woven, fibrous materialconforming to the requirements stated in Table VI. As an alternate, the visor interlining maybe
29、a plastic, high density polyethylene material weighing 12.0 to 14.5 grams per visor, havinga thickness of 0.083 to 0.089 inch and 40 percent to 60 percent of stiffness when tested inaccordance with ASTM-D-747.TABLE VI. Visor interlining requirementsCharacteristic Requirement DirectionMachine CrossTe
30、st methodStiffness, (load lb. per in., min.)OriginalAfter laundering (3 cycles)2.4 1.52.4 1.5ASTM-D-747ASTM-D-747Tensile strength, (lb. per in., min.) 156 103 TAPPI 404 1/Stretch (percent, max.) 17 26 TAPPI 404 1/Tearing strength, (grams, min.) 1600 1840 TAPPI 414 1/Weight, lbs./sq. yd. 2.21 + 5% AS
31、TM-D-3776, Opt. CThickness 0.075 + 0.003 in. ASTM-D-1777Water absorption (percent, max.) 30 FED-STD-191/TM 5502Accelerated aging 3.2.3.1 -Shrinkage 3.2.3.2 2/1/ Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry test method2/ Pass or failProvided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking p
32、ermitted without license from IHS-,-,-A-A-5531273.2.3.1 Accelerated aging. The finished material shall show no sign of embrittlement,development of stickiness or delamination.3.2.3.2 Shrinkage. The finished material shall not shrink or warp.3.2.4 Thread. The thread shall be cotton-covered, polyester
33、 core thread 65, 40 and 35 Tex, 2ply, with a breaking strength of 5.0, 3.2, and 2.6 pounds minimum, respectively, and 26percent maximum elongation when tested according to ASTM-D-2256. Unless otherwisespecified, the direction of twist for single ply shall be “S“ and for the plied thread “Z“. Thethre
34、ad shall be dyed Olive Drab S-1, C.A. 66022. The dyed and finished thread shall showfastness to laundering (3 cycles; dried after each cycle), dry heat, light (exposure time shall be40 standard fading hours), and, when specified, wet drycleaning, perspiration, and weathering(exposure time shall be 8
35、0 hours) equal to or better than the standard sample when testedaccording to AATCC 61-3A, 117, 16 (option A), 132, 15, and 111A, respectively. Thethread shall contain only the minimum amount of lubricant to facilitate sewing. The yarnfinish shall be non-staining and non-flame propagating. 1/The thre
36、ad shall be water-repellent treated so that the treated thread shall resist the wicking ofwater for a period of not less than 6 hours when tested as follows: The test specimen shallconsist of 20 strand skein of thread in one continuous 30 yard length made on a 54 inchperiphery skein reel. The skein
37、shall be hung over the movable crossbar of a laboratory standwith the other end hanging over the vessel. The movable crossbar shall rise 28 inches ormore above the base. A non-ferrous 3/4 to 7/8 ounce weight shall be placed in the lowercatenary of the skein to keep it taut and straight. The skein sh
38、all be arranged so that thestrands are touching each other in flat ribbon form. The vessel shall be filled to a depth of atleast 5 inches with distilled water at room temperature which has been mixed with 0.5 percentBasic Blue 9 dye C.I. 52015, salt and wetting agent free. A piece of blotting paper
39、shall beattached by means of a paper clip or similar clamp to one full side (20 strands) of the skein, 3inches above the lower catenary of the skein. The position of the crossbar shall be adjustedthat when the skein is hung freely in the liquid, 2 inches of the skein will be immersed in theliquid an
40、d the lower edge of the blotter is 1 inch above the liquid surface. The skein shallthen be slightly lowered into the dyebath and the time of entry shall be noted. Depending onthe dimensions of the vessel and the length of the crossbar, several specimens can be tested atthe same time in the same dyeb
41、ath by hanging the skeins sufficiently apart on the crossbar.The skein shall be exposed for 6 hours. The blotter shall be examined for wetting or strainingat least every hour. The test shall be terminated whenever staining or wetting of the blotter isobserved within the 6 hour test duration. 1/1/ Ce
42、rtificates of compliance shall be submitted for all requirements and the Governmentreserves the right to inspect such items to determine the validity of the certification.3.3 Labels. The labels shall be nonwoven, Medium Green, Cable No. 70034, 70130, or70131 with black legible marking. Marking shall
43、 show colorfastness to laundering, with aminimum rating of “4“ when tested in accordance with AATCC 61, Test No 4A. Centercombination identification, size, and instruction label on crown lining approximately 1 inchfrom crown seam at back of cap and stitch on all four sides. The label shall contain t
44、heinformation in the following format:Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-A-A-553128CAP, CAMOUFLAGE PATTERN SContract Number INational Stock Number ZFur, Wool, or Fiber Products Act Information as applicable EContractor Name1. If cap is w
45、orn under helmet, helmet head band may require readjustment for proper fitand comfort.2. Machine Wash. Use permanent press cycle. Wash in warm water with milddetergent.3. Hand Wash. Hand wash in warm water using mild detergent. DO NOT WRING ORTWIST. Rinse in clean warm water.4. DO NOT USE CHLORINE B
46、LEACH OR STARCH.5. Dry at low heat (Do not exceed 130oF).DO NOT REMOVE THIS LABEL3.3.1 Label/tag. Each item shall be individually bar-coded with a paper tag for personalclothing items. The paper tag shall be standard bleached sulfate having a basis weight of 100pounds. The paper used for the tags sh
47、all have a smooth finish to accept thermal transfer anddirect printing. The tags shall have a hole and shall be attached to each item by a fastener,clearly legible and readable by a scanner. The bar coding element shall be a 13 digit nationalstock number (NSN). The bar code type shall be a medium to
48、 high code density and shall belocated so that it is completely visible on the item when it is folded and/or packaged asspecified and so that it causes no damage to the item.3.4 Sizes and measurements. The finished caps shall conform to the measurements specifiedin Tables VII and VIII.TABLE VII. Cap
49、 sizes (inches)Size Inside cap circumference (+ 1/4 inch tolerance)6-3/8 20-1/86-1/2 20-1/26-5/8 20-7/86-3/4 21-1/46-7/8 21-5/87 227-1/8 22-3/87-1/4 22-3/47-3/8 23-1/87-1/2 23-1/27-5/8 23-7/87-3/4 24-1/47-7/8 24-5/88 258-1/8 25-3/88-1/4 25-3/48-3/8 26-1/88-1/2 26-1/2Provided by IHSNot for ResaleNo reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS-,-,-A-A-5531293.5 Patterns. Standard patterns to be used to cut working patterns w
