ISO NTERNATIONAL STANDARD 3572 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION MEKAYHAPOAHA OPIAHW3ALIMA IO CTAHJIAPTH3ALIMN.ORGANISATION INTERNATIONALE DE NORMALISATION Textiles -- Weaves - Definitions of general terms and basic weaves Textiles -Armures -Definitions des termes genéraux etdes armures de base First edition-1976-02-15 UDC 677.024:001.4 Ref.No. ISO 3572-1976 (E) Descriptors : textiles, woven fabrics, weave, vocabulary. Price based on 2 pages zation for Standardizatio No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale FOREWORD iso (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards institutes (isO Member Bodies). The work of developing International Standards is carried out through IsO Technical Committees. Every Member Body interested in a subject for which a Technical Committee has been set up has the right to be represented on that Committee. International organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with IsO, also take part in the work. Draft International Standards adopted by the Technical Committees are circulated to the Member Bodies for approval before their acceptance as International Standardsby theIso Council. International Standard IsO 3572 was drawn up by Technical Committee ISO/TC 38, Textiles, and circulated to the Member Bodies in January 1975. It has been approved by the Member Bodies of the following countries : Belgium India Romania Bulgaria Iran South Africa, Rep. of Chile Ireland Sweden Czechoslovakia Israel Switzerland Denmark Italy Turkey Finland Japan United Kingdom France Netherlands U.S.A. Germany New Zealand U.S.S.R. Hungary Poland Yugoslavia No Member Body expressed disapproval of the document. @InternationalOrganizationforStandardization,1976 Printed in Switzerland Ccopyrightliteatinal Organizatin for Standarizaion No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO 3572-1976 (E) INTERNATIONAL STANDARD Textiles -- Weaves -- Definitions of general terms and basic weaves 1 SCOPEANDFIELDOFAPPLICATION 2.9 weave repeat : The smallest number of warp and weft threads required for the pattern of a weave. This Internationat Standard gives definitions of general terms for describing weaves, and defines the three basic weaves. 2.10 first warp thread : The first warp thread on the left in a weave repeat. 2 GENERAL TERMS 2.11 first weft thread : The bottom weft thread in a weave 2.1 woven fabric : A fabric produced by interlacing (by repeat. weaving on a loom or a weaving machine) a set of warp threads and a set of weft threads normally at right angles to 2.12 float: A length of thread between adjacent each other. interlacings. 2.2 warp : Threads running in the direction of the length NOTE -- The length of a float is defined by the number of warp of a fabric as produced. threads over which a weft thread goes, or the number of weft threads over which a warp thread goes, as relevant. NOTE -- An individual warp thread is known in English as an "end". 2.13 stitch; binder; binding point : An interlacing whose 2.3 weft; filling : Threads running in the direction of the purpose is : width of a fabric as produced. a) to bind long floats in a single structure, or b) to bind together different layers, or 2.4 pick : A weft thread or a group of weft threads inserted in a fabric by one traverse,of the picking c) to bind backing threads to the face weave in a mechanism between two consecutive beat-ups, i.e. during multiple structure. one cycle of weaving. NOTE -- The terms end and pick are often connected with a 2.14 twill line : A diagonal line formed by the weave. reference length, for example 15 picks per centimetre, 15 ends per centimetre. NOTE - The letter.S or Z (as appropriate) may be used to designate the direction of the slope of the twill line. 2.5 face : The surface of a fabric that is intended to be seen. 2.15 design paper : Paper having vertical and horizontal NOTE -- If bot