Standard Terminology Relating to Pile Floor Coverings

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1.1 This terminology covers definitions of technical terms related to pile yarn floor coverings. Terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in other readily available sources are not included.  
1.1.1 Figure 1 is included to show the different elements of a tufted pile yarn floor covering.

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Designation: D 5684 – 00
Standard Terminology
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Relating to Pile Floor Coverings
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5684; 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.
backing fabric is created at the same time the pile yarn is bound to the
1. Scope
backing fabric, but, in tufted pile yarn floor coverings, the backing
1.1 This terminology covers definitions of technical terms
fabric is made prior to the operation in which the pile yarn is fastened
related to pile yarn floor coverings. Terms that are generally
to the backing fabric.
understood or adequately defined in other readily available
binding site, n— for pile yarn floor covering, a point at which
sources are not included.
the pile yarn is, or can be, bound to the backing fabric.
1.1.1 Fig. 1 is included to show the different elements of a
tufted pile yarn floor covering.
DISCUSSION—In any machine-made pile yarn floor covering, the
binding sites occur in an orderly and repetitive array at uniform
2. Referenced Documents
intervals both in the lengthwise and widthwise directions of the pile
yarn floor covering. The nature of the binding sites differs among
2.1 ASTM Standards:
2 woven, knitted, and tufted pile yarn floor coverings. For example, the
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textile Materials
binding site of a woven pile yarn floor covering consists of one or more
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D 1335 Test Method for Tuft Bind of Pile Floor Coverings
filling shots under which the face yarn passes, whereas the binding site
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D 2646 Method of Testing Backing Fabrics
of a tufted pile yarn floor covering consists of a section of backing
D 2859 Test Method for Flammability of Finished Textile
fabric between two adjacent needle holes in the lengthwise direction.
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Floor Covering Materials The number of pile yarn strands that can be fastened at one binding site
can vary from one to several, according to the design.
D 3936 Test Method for Delamination Strength of Second-
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ary Backing of Pile Floor Covering
buried pile yarn, n— for coated pile yarn floor covering, the
part of pile yarn tufts which is in or under the primary
3. Terminology
backing.
3.1 Definitions:
carpet, n—all textile floor coverings not designated as rugs.
carpet module, n—textile floor covering sections usually
attached cushion, n— for pile yarn floor covering, a material,
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having dimensions of less than 1 m .
bonded to the backing fabric side of a pile yarn floor
components, n—for pile yarn floor covering, the individual
covering to provide additional dimensional stability, thick-
yarn or fabric elements into which a pile yarn floor covering
ness, and padding.
can be separated.
DISCUSSION—Such products as foam, rubber, and urethane are used as
constant-rate-of-extension tensile type testing machine
attached cushion.
(CRE), n— a testing machine in which the rate of increase
back coating, n— in textile floor covering, an adhesive
of specimen length is uniform with time.
compound applied for such purpose as locking pile yarn tufts
crush, n—in pile yarn floor coverings, loss of tuft definition
into a carpet backing, bonding a secondary backing to a
due to entanglement and compression of pile fibers.
primary backing, increasing fabric body or stiffness and
cut pile yarn floor covering, n—a pile floor covering in which
increasing dimensional stability.
the pile is composed of adjacent tuft elements that are
backing , n— in pile yarn floor covering, all materials in a pile
separated or cut (see Fig. 1).
floor covering other than the pile yarn.
delamination—See resistance to delamination.
backing fabric, n— in textiles, a fabric into which a pile yarn
dents per unit width, n— for woven pile floor covering, the
is inserted; or a reinforcing layer which is adhered to the
number of binding sites per unit width; dents being the reed
reverse side of a fabric.
spaces through which the warp yarns pass in the loom or the
metal strips in the reed that form these spaces.
DISCUSSION—In woven and knitted pile yarn floor coverings the
extractable matter, n—nonfibrous material in or on a textile
not including water that is removable by a specified solvent
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This terminology is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D-13 on
or solvents, as directed in a specified procedure.
Textiles and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.21 on Pile Floor
finished , adj—in textile floor covering materials, the comple-
Coverings.
Current edition approved March 10, 2000. Published April 2000. Originally
tion of all manufacturing operations.
published as D 5684 – 95. Last previous edition D 5684 – 98.
finished pile yarn floor covering, n—in text
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