What is BS 1771-1 – Wool and wool blends about?
BS 1771-1 is an international standard that focuses on manufacturing quality fabrics for uniforms and workwear.
BS 1771-1 specifies constructional requirements and minimum performance requirements for a range of wool fabrics and fabrics of wool and other fibres, used for the manufacture of uniforms and workwear garments.
BS 1771-1 covers fabric details, fabric references, sampling and testing procedure of fabrics for a range of wool and wool blends.
Who is BS 1771-1 - Specification of wool fabric for?
BS 1771-1 on wool and wool blend is useful for:
- Manufacturing unit of the textile industry
- Fabric designers
- Product development entities
- Quality control entities
- Textile testing laboratories
- Regulatory authorities
Why should you use BS 1771-1 - Specification of wool fabric?
Quality of textiles can be coined as the level of acceptance of clothing products or services. For the textile and apparel industry, product quality is checked in terms of finish and class of the fibres, yarns, fabric construction, colourfastness, designs, and the final product.
BS 1771-1 gives you the details about the technicalities for wool and wool blends, helping users to manufacture the high-quality fabrics, that can be used for preparing the uniforms and workwear. It includes a cross-reference, a table giving the item names and descriptions, the MoD pattern numbers, the NATO stock numbers and fabric widths and additional details.
The aim of BS 1771-1 assisting the non-technical purchaser in making a choice of fabric type for his known end-usage.
BS 1771-1 also helps provide assistance by recommending fabrics for fire service, local authority, constabulary and hospital use, and to give supplementary information for MoD contracts.
BS 1771-1 ensures to improve the quality levels of the fabrics for better performance, dimensional and physical properties of the uniforms and workwear.
