ASTM D5362-03
(Test Method)Standard Test Method for Snagging Resistance of Fabrics (Bean Bag)
Standard Test Method for Snagging Resistance of Fabrics (Bean Bag)
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1.1 This test method determines the snagging resistance of a fabric.
1.2 Studies of fabric snagging have shown that this test method is suitable for a range of woven and knitted fabrics made from textured or untextured filament yarns or spun yarns or combinations of these yarns., This test method is not suitable for (1) open construction fabrics (such as a net) because the pins in the test chamber will snag the bean bag rather than the specimen, (2) heavy or stiff fabrics that cannot be made into a cover for the bean bag, and (3) tufted or nonwoven fabrics because the apparatus is designed for woven and knitted fabrics.
1.3 The values stated in either acceptable metric units or in other units shall be regarded separately as standard. The values stated in each system may not be the exact equivalents; therefore, each system must be used independently of the other, without combining values in any way. In case of referee decisions the metric units will prevail.
1.4 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. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 7.
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Designation: D 5362 – 03
Standard Test Method for
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Snagging Resistance of Fabrics (Bean Bag)
This standard is issued under the fixed designation D 5362; 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 D 1776 Practice for Conditioning and Testing Textiles
D 2724 Test Methods for Bonded, Fused, and Laminated
1.1 This test method determines the snagging resistance of a
Apparel Fabrics
fabric.
D 3136 Terminology Relating to Care Labeling for Apparel,
1.2 Studies of fabric snagging have shown that this test
Textile, Home Furnishing, and Leather Products
method is suitable for a range of woven and knitted fabrics
D 3939 Test Method for Snagging Resistance of Fabrics
made from textured or untextured filament yarns or spun yarns
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(Mace)
or combinations of these yarns. This test method is not
D 4467 Practice for Interlaboratory Testing of a Textile Test
suitable for (1) open construction fabrics (such as a net)
Method That Produces Non-Normally Distributed Data
because the pins in the test chamber will snag the bean bag
D 4850 Terminology Relating to Fabrics
rather than the specimen, (2) heavy or stiff fabrics that cannot
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2.2 AATCC Standards:
be made into a cover for the bean bag, and (3) tufted or
65 Test Method for Snag Resistance of Women’s Nylon
nonwoven fabrics because the apparatus is designed for woven
Hosiery (see Note 1)
and knitted fabrics.
135 Test Method for Dimensional Changes in Automatic
1.3 The values stated in either acceptable metric units or in
Home Laundering of Woven and Knit Fabrics
other units shall be regarded separately as standard. The values
stated in each system may not be the exact equivalents;
NOTE 1—In 1988 the AATCC voted to withdraw this test method from
therefore, each system must be used independently of the other, their technical manual; however, the ASTM task group on fabric snagging
decided it should be listed as an alternative for testing open construction
without combining values in any way. In case of referee
fabrics.
decisions the metric units will prevail.
1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the
3. Terminology
safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the
3.1 Definitions:
responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appro-
3.1.1 For definitions of textile terms used in this test
priate safety and health practices and determine the applica-
method: color contrast, in textiles; distortion in fabrics; protru-
bility of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precau-
sion, in fabrics; snag, in fabrics; snagging resistance, in fabrics;
tionary statements are given in Section 7.
refer to Terminology D 4850.
2. Referenced Documents 3.1.2 For definitions of other textile terms used in this test
4 method, refer to Terminology D 123.
2.1 ASTM Standards:
D 123 Terminology Relating to Textiles
4. Summary of Test Method
D 1335 Test Method for Tuft Bind of Pile Floor Coverings
4.1 A fabric specimen is made into a cover for a bean bag.
Then the specimen and bean bag unit is tumbled for 100
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revolutions in a cylindrical test chamber fitted on its inner
This test method is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee D13 on Textiles
and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee D13.59 on Fabric Test Methods,
surface with rows of pins. The degree of fabric snagging is
General.
evaluated by (1) comparison of the tested specimens with
Current edition approved Oct. 1, 2003. Published October 2003. Originally
visual rating standards that may be either snagged fabrics or
approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 1997 as D 5362 – 97a.
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photographs of snagged fabrics, or (2) using a point system.
Stuckey, W. C., and El Shiekh, A., “Snags in Snag Testing of Knits”, in Sense
and Nonsense in Knit Testing, American Association of Textile Chemists and
The resistance to snagging is rated on a numerical scale
Colorists, 1975, pp. 45–53.
ranging from 5 (no or insignificant snagging) to 1 (very severe
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Cary, R. T., “Bean Bag Snag Tester: A System of Evaluation”, Textile Research
snagging).
Journal, Vol 51, No. 2, 1981, pp. 61–63.
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