ASTM D5426-12
(Practice)Standard Practices for Visual Inspection and Grading of Fabrics Used for Inflatable Restraints
Standard Practices for Visual Inspection and Grading of Fabrics Used for Inflatable Restraints
SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 These practices are suitable for incorporation in a specification. Any reference to material or cushion specification in these practices shall mean any similar agreement between the purchaser and supplier relating to the inspection and acceptance of fabric intended for inflatable restraint use.
5.2 These practices constitute the terminology, conditions, equipment, and procedures by which rolls of inflatable restraint fabrics or cut parts are inspected and graded.
5.3 A specification incorporating these practices may deviate from them to account for considerations of fabric property, material handling equipment, or inflatable restraint cushion design, or a combination thereof. Whenever such deviations from standard occur, they are recorded in the report.
5.4 These practices acknowledge that, in the normal course of production, acceptable rolls of fabric will be produced containing imperfections; subsequently, pieces will be cut from the rolls and those pieces that contain imperfections restricted in Tables 1-5 will be culled at that time.
5.5 The accuracy in the results from visually inspecting fabric using these practices is affected by the ability of the inspector to detect, identify, and evaluate the severity of an imperfection in a moving fabric or in a cut part. Such ability can be affected by visual acuity, viewing distance, fabric traverse speed, lighting conditions, inspector discipline and training, and the availability and accuracy of suitable visual aids.
5.6 Systematic bias may result from using these practices whenever the precision or scale of the visual aids used to identify and quantify imperfections differs between the purchaser and supplier.
SCOPE
1.1 These practices cover procedures for the inspection and grading of coated and uncoated woven flat and one-piece woven (OPW) fabrics, and for the inspection and culling of cut parts made of such fabrics, all of which are used in the manufacture of inflatable restraint cushions.
1.2 For ease of reference, the scope, summary of practice, significance and use, apparatus, sampling, procedure, and report sections are listed separately for each inspection practice.
Inspection Practice
Section
Fabric Rolls
7
Cut Pieces & OPW
8
1.3 These practices can be used to distinguish those fabric imperfections that may adversely affect inflatable restraint cushion fabrication or performance from those imperfections that will not.
1.4 Procedures and apparatus other than those stated in these practices may be used by agreement of the purchaser and supplier with the specific deviations from these practices acknowledged in the report.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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:D5426 −12
Standard Practices for
Visual Inspection and Grading of Fabrics Used for Inflatable
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Restraints
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5426; 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 (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope D6799 Terminology Relating to Inflatable Restraints
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2.2 ASTM Adjuncts:
1.1 These practices cover procedures for the inspection and
Reference Photographs of Imperfections
grading of coated and uncoated woven flat and one-piece
woven (OPW) fabrics, and for the inspection and culling of cut
3. Terminology
parts made of such fabrics, all of which are used in the
3.1 For all terminology relating to D13.20, Inflatable
manufacture of inflatable restraint cushions.
restraints, refer to Terminology D6799.
1.2 For ease of reference, the scope, summary of practice,
3.1.1 The following terms are relevant to this standard:
significance and use, apparatus, sampling, procedure, and
abrasion,airsplice,bleedthrough,blip,brokenfilament,bruise,
report sections are listed separately for each inspection prac-
coating slub, coating streak, coating transfer, contamination,
tice.
cushion, defect, filling bar, finished, foreign matter, grading,
Inspection Practice Section
hard contamination, heavy coating streak, hole, imperfection,
Fabric Rolls 7 inflatable restraint, inspection, light coating, light coating
Cut Pieces & OPW 8
streak, long float, loop, major imperfection, minor
1.3 These practices can be used to distinguish those fabric
imperfection, missing coating, missing yarn, misweave,
imperfections that may adversely affect inflatable restraint
module, rework, sharp crease, short float, short knot, soft
cushion fabrication or performance from those imperfections
contamination, spit mark, stain, stitching, tight yarn, yarn
that will not.
streak.
1.4 Procedures and apparatus other than those stated in
3.2 For all other terms related to textiles, see Terminology
these practices may be used by agreement of the purchaser and
D123.
supplier with the specific deviations from these practices
acknowledged in the report. 4. Summary of Practices
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the 4.1 Rolls of finished or coated fabric are examined for
standard. The values given in parentheses are for information imperfections as the fabric traverses an inspection station.
only. They are graded per Tables Tables 1-5 .
1.6 This standard does not purport to address all of the
4.2 Cut pieces are inspected individually for imperfections.
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
Cut pieces containing imperfections are culled from use for
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
later review.
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
5. Significance and Use
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use.
5.1 These practices are suitable for incorporation in a
2. Referenced Documents
specification. Any reference to material or cushion specifica-
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
tion in these practices shall mean any similar agreement
D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
between the purchaser and supplier relating to the inspection
and acceptance of fabric intended for inflatable restraint use.
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These practices are under the jurisdiction ofASTM Committee D13 on Textiles
and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.20 on Inflatable Restraints.
5.2 These practices constitute the terminology, conditions,
Current edition approved Dec. 1, 2012. Published January 2013. Originally
equipment,andproceduresbywhichrollsofinflatablerestraint
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approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2008 as D5426 – 08 . DOI:
fabrics or cut parts are inspected and graded.
10.1520/D5426-12.
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contact ASTM Customer Service ast service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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Standardsvolume information, refer to the standrd’s Document Summary page on Available from: ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct No.
the ASTM website. ADJD5426. Original adjunct produced in 1996.
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TABLE 1 Coating Non-Uniformity
Limits
Imperfection Definition
Minimum Maximum
A
Maximum Size
B
Separation Frequency
Soft the presence of materials not specified as part of the coating 15 mm diameter 2; but none within
contamination or fabric within or on the coating layer, such material visibly the line where two
appearing to be of small size, smooth in su
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Designation: D5426 − 08 D5426 − 12
Standard Practices for
Visual Inspection and Grading of Fabrics Used for Inflatable
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Restraints
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D5426; 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 («) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
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εNOTE—In Table 4, the definition for “Missing yarn” was corrected editorially from “a yarn discontinuity.” to “more
than one yarn discontinuity.” in April 2011.
1. Scope
1.1 These practices cover procedures for the inspection and grading of coated and uncoated woven flat and one-piece woven
(OPW) fabrics, and for the inspection and culling of cut parts made of such fabrics, all of which are used in the manufacture of
inflatable restraint cushions.
1.2 For ease of reference, the scope, summary of practice, significance and use, apparatus, sampling, procedure, and report
sections are listed separately for each inspection practice.
Inspection Practice Section
Fabric Rolls 7
Cut Pieces & OPW 8
1.3 These practices can be used to distinguish those fabric imperfections that may adversely affect inflatable restraint cushion
fabrication or performance from those imperfections that will not.
1.4 Procedures and apparatus other than those stated in these practices may be used by agreement of the purchaser and supplier
with the specific deviations from these practices acknowledged in the report.
1.5 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.
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.
2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
D123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
D6799 Terminology Relating to Inflatable Restraints
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2.2 ASTM Adjuncts:
Reference Photographs of Imperfections
3. Terminology
3.1 For all terminology relating to D13.20, Inflatable restraints, refer to Terminology D6799.
3.1.1 The following terms are relevant to this standard: abrasion, air splice, bleedthrough, blip, broken filament, bruise, coating
slub, coating streak, coating transfer, contamination, cushion, defect, filling bar, finished, foreign matter, grading, hard
contamination, heavy coating streak, hole, imperfection, inflatable restraint, inspection, light coating, light coating streak, long
float, loop, major imperfection, minor imperfection, missing coating, missing yarn, misweave, module, rework, sharp crease, short
float, short knot, soft contamination, spit mark, stain, stitching, tight yarn, yarn streak.
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These practices are under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on Textiles and are the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.20 on Inflatable Restraints.
Current edition approved July 1, 2008Dec. 1, 2012. Published August 2008January 2013. Originally approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 20072008 as
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D5426 – 07a.D5426 – 08 . DOI: 10.1520/D5426-08E01.10.1520/D5426-12.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or contact ASTM Customer Service ast service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
Standardsvolume information, refer to the standrd’s Document Summary page on the ASTM website.
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Available from: ASTM International Headquarters. Order Adjunct No. ADJD5426. Original adjunct produced in 1996.
Copyright © ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, PO Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428-2959. United States
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3.2 For all other terms related to textiles, see Terminology D123.
4. Summary of Practices
4.1 Rolls of finished or coated fabric are examined for imperfections as the fabric traverses an inspection station. They are
graded per Tables Tables 1-5 .
4.2 Cut pieces are inspected individually for imperfections. Cut pieces containing imperfections are culled from use for later
review.
5. Significance and Use
5.1 These practices are suitable for incorporation in a specification. Any reference to material or cushion specification in these
practices shall mean any similar agreement between the purchaser and supplier relating to the inspection and acceptance of fabric
intended for inflatable restraint us
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