1、BRITISH STANDARDBS EN 14697:2005Textiles Terry towels and terry towel fabrics Specification and methods of testThe European Standard EN 14697:2005 has the status of a British StandardICS 97.160g49g50g3g38g50g51g60g44g49g42g3g58g44g55g43g50g56g55g3g37g54g44g3g51g40g53g48g44g54g54g44g50g49g3g40g59g38g
2、40g51g55g3g36g54g3g51g40g53g48g44g55g55g40g39g3g37g60g3g38g50g51g60g53g44g42g43g55g3g47g36g58BS EN 14697:2005This British Standard was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 29 September 2005 BSI 29 September 2005ISBN 0 580 46580 2National forewordThis Britis
3、h Standard is the official English language version of EN 14697:2005. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee TCI/66, Apparel and indoor textiles, which has the responsibility to:A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to
4、its secretary.Cross-referencesThe British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic
5、 Catalogue or of British Standards Online.This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application.Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understa
6、nd the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK.Summary of pagesThis document comprises a front
7、 cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 14, an inside back cover and a back cover.The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued.Amendments issued since publicationAmd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEAN STANDARDNORME EUROPENNEEUROPISCHE N
8、ORMEN 14697May 2005ICS 97.160English versionTextiles - Terry towels and terry towel fabrics - Specification andmethods of testTextiles - Serviettes ponges et tissus ponges -Spcifications et mthodes dessaiTextilien - Frottierhandtcher und Frottiergewebe -Anforderungen und PrfverfahrenThis European St
9、andard was approved by CEN on 24 March 2005.CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this EuropeanStandard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning s
10、uch nationalstandards may be obtained on application to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translationunder the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language a
11、nd notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as the officialversions.CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Net
12、herlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia,Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom.EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATIONCOMIT EUROPEN DE NORMALISATIONEUROPISCHES KOMITEE FR NORMUNGManagement Centre: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels 2005 CEN All rights of exploitation in any for
13、m and by any means reservedworldwide for CEN national Members.Ref. No. EN 14697:2005: EEN 14697:2005 (E) 2 Contents Page Foreword 3 1 Scope .4 2 Normative references .4 3 Terms and definitions.5 4 Minimum requirements.5 5 Marking 10 Annex A (normative) Determination of the total mass.11 Annex B (nor
14、mative) Determination of the time of absorption .12 Annex C (informative) Terry ratio or pile to ground ratio 13 Bibliography.14 EN 14697:2005 (E) 3 Foreword This document (EN 14697:2005) has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 248 “Textiles and textile products”, the secretariat of which is
15、 held by BSI. This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by November 2005, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by November 2005. According to the CEN/CENELEC Inte
16、rnal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Nethe
17、rlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. EN 14697:2005 (E) 4 1 Scope This document specifies minimum requirements for properties and test methods for the evaluation of new ready-made terry towels and to new terry fabrics, for contract and d
18、omestic use. This document covers woven terry structures only. This document does not cover towels used in the health care sector (see ENV 14237) or cabinet roller towels (see EN 13569). 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document.
19、 For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. EN 1773, Textiles - Fabrics - Determination of width and length EN 12127, Textiles - Fabrics - Determination of mass per unit area using sm
20、all samples EN 20139, Textiles - Standard atmospheres for conditioning and testing (ISO 139:2005) EN 25077, Textiles - Determination of dimensional change in washing and drying (ISO 5077:1984) EN ISO 105-B02, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part B02: Colour fastness to artificial light: Xenon
21、 arc fading lamp test (ISO105-B02:1994) EN ISO 105-C06, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part C06: Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering (ISO105-C06:1994) EN ISO 105-C09, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part C09: Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering - Ox
22、idative bleach response using a non-phosphate reference detergent incorporating a low temperature bleach activator (ISO105-C09:2001) EN ISO 105-E01, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part E01: Colour fastness to water (ISO105-E01:1994) EN ISO 105-E03, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part
23、 E03: Colour fastness to chlorinated water (swimming-pool water) (ISO105-E03:1994) EN ISO 105-N01, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part N01: Colour fastness to bleaching: Hypochlorite EN ISO 105-N02, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part N02: Colour fastness to bleaching: Peroxide (ISO1
24、05-N02:1993) EN ISO 105-X12, Textiles - Tests for colour fastness - Part X12: Colour fastness to rubbing (ISO105-X12:2001) EN ISO 3696, Water for analytical laboratory use - Specification and test methods (ISO 3696:1987) EN ISO 6330, Textiles - Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile test
25、ing (ISO 6330:2000) EN ISO 13934-1, Textiles - Tensile properties of fabrics - Part 1: Determination of maximum force and elongation at maximum force using the strip method (ISO 13934-1:1999) EN ISO 13936-2, Textiles - Determination of the slippage resistance of yarns at a seam in woven fabrics - Pa
26、rt 2: Fixed load method (ISO 13936-2:2004) EN 14697:2005 (E) 5 EN ISO 13938-1, Textiles - Bursting properties of fabrics - Part 1: Hydraulic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension (ISO 13938-1:1999) EN ISO 13938-2, Textiles - Bursting properties of fabrics - Part 2: Pn
27、eumatic method for determination of bursting strength and bursting distension (ISO 13938-2:1999) ISO 3758, Textiles - Care labelling code using symbols ISO 5351, Pulps - Determination of limiting viscosity number in cupri-ethylenediamine (CED) solution ISO 7211-3, Textiles - Woven fabrics - Construc
28、tion - Methods of analysis - Part 3: Determination of crimp of yarn in fabric 3 Terms and definitions For the purposes of this European Standard, the following terms and definitions apply. 3.1 domestic use use of terry towels or other items made from terry fabrics in private homes 3.2 contract use u
29、ses other than domestic, e.g. in hotels, restaurants, schools, etc. 3.3 terry fabric (woven) warp-pile fabric in which loops are created, without positive assistance, by varying the relative positions of the fell and the reed. A high tension is applied to the ground warp and a very low tension to th
30、e pile warp 3.4 total mass mass of one ready-made terry towel (i.e. the average of five towels) 3.5 terry ratio length of the pile yarn removed divided by the length of the sample (see ISO 7211-3) 4 Minimum requirements 4.1 General All items shall be tested as received, i.e. new and not used or laun
31、dered, unless stated otherwise in this document. 4.2 Minimum requirements for terry towels and terry towel fabrics When tested in accordance with the corresponding test methods, ready-made terry towels and terry towel fabrics shall meet the requirements specified in this document. Requirements marke
32、d with “x” in the column “towels” apply to terry towels; requirements marked with “x” in the column “fabrics” apply to terry towel fabrics. Table 1 contains the requirements for contract use, whereas Table 2 contains the requirements for domestic use. EN 14697:2005 (E) 6 Table 1 Terry towels and ter
33、ry towel fabrics for contract use Minimum requirements and test methods Property Test method Towels Fabrics Minimum requirement or maximum tolerance on specifications Remarks dimensions (length and width of towel) EN 1773 X Tolerances: 4 % on stated length and width (with a minimum of 10 mm) Dimensi
34、ons to be determined in the middle of the largest terry part, as the average of two measurements dimensions (length and width of roll) EN 1773 X Tolerances: 4 % on total length and width dimensional stability EN 25077X X maximum allowed shrinkage( for each individual direction): - fabrics: 8 % (5 %
35、if the fabric is used for bathrobes) - towels: 8 % To be determined after one washing and drying cycle, in accordance with the manufacturers care instructions total mass See Annex A X tolerance: 5 % on stated mass mass per unit area (of the terry part) EN 12127 X tolerance: 5 % of stated mass per un
36、it area To be determined on the homogeneous terry part terry ratio (pile to ground ratio) ISO 7211-3 X X Tolerance: 5 % on the stated terry ratio See Annex Ccolour fastness to light EN ISO 105-B02 (method 2) X X 3-4 for white towels and fabrics 4 for other colours colour fastness to wet rubbing EN I
37、SO 105-X12 X X 3 (before washing) 4 (after one washing and drying procedure) colour fastness to dry rubbing EN ISO 105-X12 X X 3-4 (before washing) 4 (after one washing and drying procedure) EN 14697:2005 (E) 7 Table 1 (concluded) colour fastness to water EN ISO 105-E01 X X 4 To be determined after
38、1 washing/drying cycle (use of multifibre adjacent fabric). colour fastness to 60 C washing EN ISO 105-C061(method 2S) X X 4 (for colour change) 3/4 (for staining) Use of multifibre adjacent fabric or adjacent cotton fabric colour fastness to laundering oxidative bleach response EN ISO 105-C09 x X 3
39、-4 colour fastness to chlorine (optional)EN ISO 105-E03 (20 mg/l Cl) X X 3-4Only to be determined if recommended for use in chlorine enriched water, e.g. in swimming pools colour fastness to bleaching (optional) EN ISO 105-N01 (chlorine) or EN ISO 105-N02 (peroxide) X X 4-5 Only to be determined if
40、bleaching is recommended. Test method to be selected in function of the recommended bleaching agent tensile strengthEN ISO 13934-1 X X 300 N bursting strength (optional)EN ISO 13938-1 or EN ISO 13938-2 X X 600 kPa Bursting strength may be used as an alternative to tensile strength - test area 10 cm
41、absorption time See Annex B X X 15 s limiting viscosity number (dP) (optional) ISO 5351 X 1 500 To be used only on ground yarns to evaluate damage caused by laundering pile loop extraction (optional) X X See bibliography seam slippage (optional) EN ISO 13936-2 (with a load of 60 N) X 6 mm Only for f
42、abrics used in the production of bathrobes 1EN ISO 105-C08 is a more recent method to evaluate colour fastness to washing and may be used instead of EN ISO 105-C06 EN 14697:2005 (E) 8 Table 2 Terry towels and terry towel fabrics for domestic use Minimum requirements and test methods Property Test me
43、thod Towels Fabrics Minimum requirement or maximum tolerance on specifications Remarks dimensions (length and width of towel) EN 1773 X Tolerances: 4 % on stated length and width (with a minimum of 10 mm). Dimensions to be determined in the middle of the largest terry part, as the average of two mea
44、surements dimensions (length and width of roll) EN 1773 X Tolerances: 4 % on total length and width dimensional stability EN 25077X X maximum allowed shrinkage: (for each individual direction) - fabrics: 8 % (5 % if the fabric is used for bathrobes) - towels: 8 % To be determined after one washing a
45、nd drying cycle, in accordance with the manufacturers care instructions, to be selected from EN ISO 6330 total mass See Annex A X tolerance: 5 % on stated mass mass per unit area (of the terry part) EN 12127 X tolerance: 5 % of stated mass per unit area To be determined on the homogeneous terry part
46、terry ratio (pile to ground ratio) ISO 7211-3 X X Tolerance: 5 % on the stated terry ratio see Annex Ccolour fastness to light EN ISO 105-B02 (method 2) X X 3-4 for white items 4 for other colours colour fastness to wet rubbing EN ISO 105-X12 X X 3 colour fastness to dry rubbing EN ISO 105-X12 X X 3
47、-4 colour fastness to water EN ISO 105-E01 X X 4 To be determined after 1 washing/drying cycle (use of multifibre adjacent fabric) colour fastness to 60 C washing EN ISO 105-C062(method 2S) X X 3-4 (for colour change) 3/4 (for staining) Use of multifibre adjacent fabric or adjacent cotton fabric 2EN
48、 ISO 105-C08 is a more recent method to evaluate colour fastness to washing and may be used instead of EN ISO 105-C06 EN 14697:2005 (E) 9 Table 2 (concluded) colour fastness to laundering oxidative bleach response EN ISO 105-C09 X X 3-4 colour fastness to chlorine (optional) EN ISO 105-E03 (20 mg/l
49、Cl) X X 3-4Only to be determined if recommended for use in chlorine enriched water, e.g. in swimming pools colour fastness to bleaching (optional) EN ISO 105-N01 (chlorine) or EN ISO 105-N02 (peroxide) X X 3-4 Only to be determined if bleaching is recommended. Test method to be selected in function of the recommended bleaching agent tensile strengthEN ISO 13934-1 X X 250 N bursting strength (optional)EN ISO 13938-1 or EN ISO 13938-2 X X 350 kPa Bursting strength may be use
