ASTM D3597-95a(2001)

Standard Specification for Woven Upholstery Fabrics-Plain, Tufted, or Flocked

SCOPE
1.1 This specification covers the performance requirements for plain, tufted, or flocked woven upholstery fabrics as used in the manufacture of new indoor furniture. These requirements apply to both the warp and filling directions for those factors where each fabric direction is pertinent.
1.2 This specification is not applicable to fabrics used in porch, deck, or lawn furniture; nor for knitted fabrics, bonded or laminated fabrics, or surface-coated fabrics (such as vinyls and urethanes).
1.3 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.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Dec-1995
• ICS: 59.080.30 - Textile fabrics
• ICS: 97.140 - Furniture
• Technical Committee: D13 - Textiles
• Drafting Committee: D13.63 - Home Furnishings

Relations

• Replaces: ASTM D3597-95a - Standard Specification for Woven Upholstery Fabrics-Plain, Tufted, or Flocked
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-1995
• Replaced By: ASTM D3597-02 - Standard Specification for Woven Upholstery Fabrics-Plain, Tufted, or Flocked
• Effective Date: 10-Apr-2002
• Referred By: ASTM D4852-18 - Standard Practice for Evaluation of Attached Upholstery Fabrics
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-1995
• Referred By: ASTM D7023-06(2018) - Standard Terminology Relating to Home Furnishings
• Effective Date: 10-Dec-1995

Standards Content (Sample)

Designation: D 3597 – 95a (Reapproved 2001)
Standard Specification for
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Woven Upholstery Fabrics—Plain, Tufted, or Flocked
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 3597; 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.
1. Scope Crockmeter Method
16 Colorfastness to Light
1.1 This specification covers the performance requirements
23 Colorfastness to Burnt Gas Fumes
for plain, tufted, or flocked woven upholstery fabrics as used in
107 Colorfastness to Water
the manufacture of new indoor furniture. These requirements
116 Colorfastness to Crocking:
apply to both the warp and filling directions for those factors
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Rotary Vertical Crockmeter Method
where each fabric direction is pertinent.
129 Colorfastness to Ozone in the Atmosphere Under High
1.2 This specification is not applicable to fabrics used in
Humidities
porch, deck, or lawn furniture; nor for knitted fabrics, bonded
Gray Scale for Color Change, Evaluation Procedure 1
or laminated fabrics, or surface-coated fabrics (such as vinyls
Chromatic Transference Scale, Evaluation Procedure 3
and urethanes).
Specifications Standards Test Procedures for Upholstered
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the
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Furniture Fabrics
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
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Guides for the Household Furniture Industry
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
2.3 Federal Standard:
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
16CFR, Chapter II-Consumer Product Safety Commission,
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
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Subchapter D-Flammable Fabrics Act Regulation
2. Referenced Documents
2.4 Military Standard:
MIL-STD-105D Sampling Procedures and Tables for In-
2.1 ASTM Standards:
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spection by Attributes
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
D 434 Test Method for Resistance to Slippage of Yarns in
NOTE 1—Reference to test methods in this standard give only the
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Woven Fabrics Using a Standard Seam
permanent part of the designation of ASTM, AATCC, or other test
methods. The current editions of each test method cited shall prevail.
D 1175 Method of Abrasion Resistance of Textile Fabrics
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(Oscillatory Cylinder and Uniform Abrasion)
3. Terminology
D 1424 Test Method for Tear Resistance of Woven Fabrics
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3.1 For definitions of textile terms used in this specification,
by Falling-Pendulum (Elmendorf) Apparatus
refer to Terminology D 123. Definitions found in a dictionary
D 2262 Test Method for Tearing Strength of Woven Fabrics
of common terms are suitable for terms used in this specifica-
by the Tongue (Single Rip) Method (Constant-Rate-of-
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tion.
Traverse Tensile Testing Machine)
D 2905 Practice for Statements on Number of Specimens
4. Significance and Use
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for Textiles
4.1 Upon mutual agreement between the purchaser and the
D 5034 Test Method for Breaking Force and Elongation of
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supplier, woven fabrics intended for this end use should meet
Textile Fabrics (Grab Test)
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all of the requirements listed in Table 1 of this specification.
2.2 AATCC Test Methods:
4.2 Itisrecognizedthatforpurposesoffashionoraesthetics
8 Colorfastness to Crocking:
the ultimate consumer of articles made from these fabrics may
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ThisspecificationisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeD13onTextiles
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and is the direct responsibility of Subcomittee D13.63 on Home Furnishings. Issued in 1969 by the NationalAssociation of Furniture Manufacturers and the
Current edition approved Dec. 10, 1995. Published March 1996. Originally National Retail FurnitureAssociation.Available from Home Furniture Manufactur-
published as D 3597 – 77. Last previous edition D 3597 – 95. ers Assn., P. O. Box HP-7, High Point, NC 27261.
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.01. Available from the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commis-
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Discontinued—Replaced by D 4157 and D 4158 in Annual Book of ASTM sion, Washington, DC 20580.
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Standards, Vol 07.01. Available from Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing
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Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol 07.02. Office, Washington, DC 20402.
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AATCC Technical Manual, available from theAmericanAssociation of Textile AvailablefromStandardizationDocumentsOrderDesk,Bldg.4SectionD,700
Chemists and Colorists, P. O. Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. Robbins Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094, Attn: NPODS.
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D 3597 – 95a (2001)
TABLE 1 Specification Requirements
Characteristics Requirements Section
Breaking strength (load) 222 N (50 lbf), min 7.1
Tongue tear strength 27 N (6 lbf), min 7.2
Resistance to yarn slippage 111 N (25 lbf), min 7.3
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Surface abr
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