prEN ISO 9092

Nonwovens - Vocabulary (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)

This document establishes a definition for the term nonwovens and provides auxiliary terminology to distinguish nonwovens from other materials.

Vliesstoffe - Wörterbuch (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)

Nontissés - Vocabulaire (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)

Le présent document établit une définition du terme « nontissés » et fournit une terminologie complémentaire, afin de faire la distinction entre les nontissés et les autres matériaux.

Vlaknovine - Slovar (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 03-Feb-2027
• ICS: 01.040.59 - Textile and leather technology (Vocabularies)
• Technical Committee: CEN/TC 248 - Textiles and textile products
• Drafting Committee: CEN/TC 248 - Textiles and textile products
• Current Stage: 4060 - Closure of enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 03-Oct-2025
• Completion Date: 03-Oct-2025
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN ISO 9092:2025 - Nonwovens - Vocabulary (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)

Relations

• Revises: EN ISO 9092:2019 - Nonwovens - Vocabulary (ISO 9092:2019)
• Effective Date: 16-Oct-2024

Overview

The prEN ISO 9092:2025 is an upcoming international standard developed by CEN in collaboration with ISO/TC 38, Textile technology. This standard specifically addresses the vocabulary of nonwovens, establishing clear and harmonized definitions. Its primary aim is to precisely define the term nonwovens and provide supporting terminology that differentiates nonwovens from other textile and fibrous materials such as paper or woven fabrics.

As a draft international standard scheduled for publication in 2025, it builds upon the previous 2019 edition with editorial clarifications ensuring consistent, accurate language in the nonwoven materials domain. The document is critical for manufacturers, technologists, researchers, and regulatory bodies involved with textiles, nonwoven technology, and composite materials.

Key Topics

• Definition of Nonwovens: Nonwovens are described as engineered fibrous assemblies, primarily planar, that achieve a specific level of structural integrity through physical and/or chemical bonding methods-not involving weaving, knitting, or papermaking.

• Fibrous Assembly: This term refers to a predetermined arrangement of natural or manufactured fibers including continuous filaments, chopped yarns, or other fibrous forms. Such assemblies may be two- or three-dimensional.

• Structural Integrity: Defined as a measurable enhancement in tensile strength achieved through bonding technologies.

• Bonding Methods: Includes mechanisms such as fiber entanglement (frictional forces) or adhesive bonding (with or without binders), distinguishing nonwovens from materials bonded by hydrogen bonding, such as paper.

• Distinguishing from Paper: Paper making is defined separately as a process involving refined cellulose fibers bonded mainly by hydrogen bonding, which loses strength upon re-wetting. The standard clarifies wet laid processes that are not paper making when physical/chemical bonding other than hydrogen bonding is applied.

• Auxiliary Terms: The vocabulary includes specialized terms such as:

  • Wet laid nonwovens: Bonded by physical or chemical methods excluding papermaking.
  • Films: Polymer films that become fibrous assemblies with specific fiber length-to-diameter ratios.
  • Stitchbond: Nonwoven materials further bonded by knit stitching.
  • Wadding: High-loft fibrous assemblies serving as high-loft nonwovens when bonded.
  • Nonwoven composites: Hybrid or multi-component structures involving nonwovens combined with other materials.

Applications

Understanding and applying ISO/DIS 9092:2025 vocabulary is essential for sectors relying on nonwoven materials, enabling:

• Textile and Nonwoven Manufacturing: Standardized terminology supports clear communication and specification of materials from raw fiber assemblies to finished products.

• Quality Assurance and Testing: Consistent definitions help in evaluating product integrity, bonding methods, and structural performance.

• Research and Development: Precise terms guide innovation in engineered fibrous structures, composite materials, and new bonding technologies.

• Regulatory Compliance: Recognizing nonwoven vocabulary is crucial for complying with national and international textile regulations and standards.

• Cross-Industry Collaboration: Facilitates dialogue between different industrial sectors such as healthcare, filtration, automotive, and construction using nonwoven components.

Related Standards

This vocabulary standard complements and references other key documents in textile and paper terminology:

• ISO 4046-3: Vocabulary related to papermaking terminology, vital for distinguishing paper products from nonwovens.

• NWSP 001.0.R1 (24): Nonwoven industry standard terminology, providing additional common language.

• American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) Paper-making Terminology: Further defining manufacturing processes for cellulose-based materials.

Adopting prEN ISO 9092:2025 ensures harmonized, internationally recognized language supporting clarity, innovation, and regulatory alignment within the nonwovens sector.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-september-2025
Vlaknovine - Slovar (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)
Nonwovens - Vocabulary (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)
Vliesstoffe - Wörterbuch (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)
Nontissés - Vocabulaire (ISO/DIS 9092:2025)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 9092
ICS:
01.040.59 Tekstilna in usnjarska Textile and leather
tehnologija (Slovarji) technology (Vocabularies)
59.080.30 Tkanine Textile fabrics
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Foreword .iv
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 General .1
3.2 Auxiliary terminology to distinguish nonwovens from other materials .2
Bibliography . 3

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