What is BS EN 16812 – Electrically conductive textiles about?
BS EN 16812 is an international standard that focuses on the determination of the linear electrical resistance of conductive tracks. BS EN 16812 describes a test method for the determination of the linear electric resistance of conductive tracks for textile structures or intended for application in/ to textiles, e.g. yarns, printed or coated tracks, ropes, ribbons and webbing.
Who is BS EN 16812 - Electrically conductive textiles for?
BS EN 16812 on the determination of the linear electrical resistance of conductive tracks is useful for:
- Quality assurance team who are involved in testing electrically conductive textiles
- Textile manufacturing unit
- Textiles and textile products suppliers
Why should you use BS EN 16812 - Electrically conductive textiles?
BS EN 16812 is designed for conductive tracks where electrical contact between the measurement electrodes and the conductive track is possible. BS EN 16812 describes a procedure to measure the linear electrical resistance of textile-based electrically conductive tracks using the measurement principle of the four-wire (four-points) Kelvin method and a DC source.
BS EN 16812 informs that good contacting is important to reduce the contact resistance between the conductive track and the measurement electrode, which influences the effectively measured resistance of the circuit and therefore, falsifies the test result. Most important is the stability of the contact resistance.
