Standard Specification for Greige Woven Glass Fabrics

ABSTRACT
This specification covers the general and physical requirements for greige fabrics woven from “E” electrical glass fiber yarns. The yarn shall be a continuous filament, free of any free alkali metal salts, such as soda or potash, and foreign particles, dirt, and other impurities. The fabric shall be furnished in rolls and shall be wound in spiral tubes. The materials shall be tested and shall conform to the following requirements: fabric count; yarn numbers for both the warp and filling yarns; filament diameter; strand construction; twist direction wherein the primary twist in the singles strands shall be “Z” twist and the final twist in the plied yarns shall be “S” twist; twist level; fabric weave type which shall include crowfoot, leno, mock leno, plain, eight-harness satin, and twelve-harness satin; mass per unit area; thickness; breaking strength; width including both selvages but excluding any feathered edges; fabric roll length, length between splices, and number of splices per roll; and ignition loss. The fabrics shall also be examined for defects such as bias or bowed filling; baggy, ridged, or wavy cloth; cut or tear; hole; spots, streaks, or stains; foreign inclusions; tender or weak spot; smash; broken, missing ends or picks; floats and skips; light and heavy marks; crease; waste; weave separation; brittle or fused area; selvage defects; selvage leno ends out; and feather edges.
SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers greige fabrics woven from "E" electrical glass fiber yarns. This specification can also be applied to fabrics made of other glass fiber types as agreed upon between the purchaser and the supplier.
1.2 This specification specifies the terminology, definitions, general requirements and physical requirements for greige glass fiber fabrics. This specification permits the application of organic materials to the glass fiber yarn during manufacture that helps facilitate weaving.
1.3 This specification shows the values in both SI units and in inch-pound units. "SI units" is the technically correct name for the system of metric units known as the International System of Units. "Inch-pound units" is the technically correct name for the customary units used in the United States. The values in SI units are provided as information only; the values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard.
1.4 This specification is one of a series to provide a substitute for Military Specifications: MIL-Y-1140 Yarn, Cord, Sleeving, Cloth, and Tape-Glass; and MIL-C-9084 Cloth, Glass Finished for Resin Laminates.
1.5 Additional ASTM specifications in this series have been drafted and appear in current editions of the Annual Book of ASTM Standards. These include finished glass fabrics, unfinished glass fabrics, glass tapes, glass sleevings, glass cords, glass sewing threads, and finished laminates made from finished glass fabrics.
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.

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Designation: D 579 – 04
Standard Specification for
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Greige Woven Glass Fabrics
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 579; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
This standard has been approved for use by agencies of the Department of Defense.
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1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
1.1 This specification covers greige fabrics woven from “E” 2.1 ASTM Standards:
electrical glass fiber yarns. This specification can also be D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
applied to fabrics made of other glass fiber types as agreed D 578 Specification for Glass Fiber Strands
upon between the purchaser and the supplier. D 1059 Test Method for Yarn Number Based on Short-
1.2 This specification specifies the terminology, definitions, Length Specimens
general requirements and physical requirements for greige D 1423 Test Method for Twist in Yarns by the Direct-
glass fiber fabrics. This specification permits the application of Counting Method
organic materials to the glass fiber yarn during manufacture D 1776 Practice for Conditioning Textiles for Testing
that helps facilitate weaving. D 1777 Method for Measuring Thickness of Textile Mate-
1.3 This specification shows the values in both SI units and rials
in inch-pound units. “SI units” is the technically correct name D 3773 Test Methods for Length of Woven Fabric
for the system of metric units known as the International D 3774 Test Methods for Width of Textile Fabric
System of Units. “Inch-pound units” is the technically correct D 3775 Test Method for Warp End Count and Filling Pick
name for the customary units used in the United States. The Count of Woven Fabric
values in SI units are provided as information only; the values D 3776 Test Methods for Mass Per Unit Area (Weight) of
stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as standard. Fabric
1.4 This specification is one of a series to provide a D 4029 Specification for Finished Woven Glass Fabrics
substitute for Military Specifications: MIL-Y-1140Yarn, Cord, D 4963 Test Method for Ignition Loss of Glass Strands and
Sleeving, Cloth, and Tape-Glass; and MIL-C-9084 Cloth, Fabrics
Glass Finished for Resin Laminates. D 5035 Test Method for Breaking Force and Elongation of
1.5 AdditionalASTM specifications in this series have been Textile Fabrics (Strip Method)
drafted and appear in current editions of the Annual Book of 2.2 ANSI Standards:
ASTM Standards. These include finished glass fabrics, unfin- ANSI/ASQC Z1.4 Sampling Procedures for Inspection by
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ished glass fabrics, glass tapes, glass sleevings, glass cords, Attributes
glass sewing threads, and finished laminates made from fin- 2.3 Military Standard and Specifications:
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ished glass fabrics. MIL-Y-1140H Yarn, Cord, Sleeving, Cloth and Tape-Glass
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1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the MIL-C-9084C Cloth, Glass Finished for Resin Laminates
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the 2.4 Textile Institute Documents:
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responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro- Textile Terms and Definitions
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priate safety and health practices and determine the applica- Woven Cloth Construction
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
the ASTM website.
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Available fromAmerican National Standards Institute (ANSI), 25 W. 43rd St.,
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This specification is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on 4th Floor, New York, NY 10036.
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Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.18 on Glass Fiber and AvailablefromStandardizationDocumentsOrderDesk,Bldg.4SectionD,700
its Products. Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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Current edition approved March 1, 2004. Published April 2004. Originally Available from the Textile Institute, 10 Blackfriars St., Manchester, M3 5DR
approved in 1940. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as D 579 – 97. England.
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2.4 Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Circuits the face of the fabric eleven out of twelve adjacent yarns and
Standard: infilling-facedfabricsfillingyarnsshowonthefaceelevenout
IPC-4412 Specification for Finished Fabric Woven from E of twelve adjacent yarns.
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