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1、 INCH-POUND A-A-59511 October 21, 1999 SUPERSEDING MIL-C-43708 30 September, 1986 COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION CLOTH, COATED OR CLOTH, LAMINATED, REFLECTIVE The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this commercial item description as a replacement for types I and II of MIL-C-4370
2、8 for all federal agencies. 1. Scope. This document covers two types of retroreflective cloth. The retroreflective cloths are intended for use in the manufacture of safety clothing, high visibility. 2. Classification. Type I - Cloth, coated, reflectorized coating Class 1 Gray color, heavyweight, wov
3、en fabric backing Class 2 Silver color, lightweight, woven fabric backing Class 3 Fluorescent, lime-yellow color, knit fabric backing Type II - Cloth, bonded, reflectorized film Class 1 White color Class 2 Fluorescent, lime-yellow color 3. Salient characteristics. 3.1 Description. 3.1.1 Type I cloth
4、s. The base cloth for all classes shall be woven or knitted cloth of cotton nylon or polyester or blends thereof. The binder shall be a resin composition that will securely bind retroreflective glass beads to the base cloth. The finished cloth shall conform to the physical requirements specified in
5、Table I and shall meet the applicable reflectivity requirements specified in Table II. Beneficial comments (recommendations, additions, deletions) and any pertinent data which may be of use in improving this document should be addressed to: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Clothing and Textiles D
6、irectorate, Attn: DSCP-COCT, 700Robbins AVE, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5092. AMSC N/A FSC 8305 A-A-59511 2 3.1.2 Type II cloths. The backing cloth shall be a polyvinylchloride coated or laminated cloth. The reflectorized film shall be a polyvinylchloride film, 0.012 inch nominal thickness, of color sel
7、ected to meet the color requirements. The finish on the face side of the film shall be smooth and polished. The back side of the reflectorized film shall be bonded to the face side of the backing cloth by means of continuous thermal or dielectric bonds, 1/16 + 1/32 inch wide, parallel and perpendicu
8、lar to the warp direction of the cloth. Each edge of the cloth shall be continuously bonded with a bond 3/16 + 1/16 inch wide. The number and location of the bonds shall be such that the reflectorized film is securely fastened to the backing cloth. When the cloth is cut into tape or strip form, the
9、bonding shall be such that the edges of the tape shall be continuously bonded with a bond 3/16 + 1/16 inch and that the other bonds parallel to the warp direction of the tape shall be located symmetrically about the center warpwise line of the tape. The finished cloth shall conform to the physical r
10、equirements specified in Table I and shall meet the applicable reflectivity requirements specified in Table III. 3.2 Physical requirements. The cloth shall conform to the requirements specified in Table I. TABLE I. Physical Requirements Characteristic Requirements Type IType II Class 1Class 2 Class
11、3Classes 1 Any blister or delamination; Any lump; Any crease or wrinkle resulting in fold, pleat or doubling or adhesion of surfaces that cannot be corrected by manual pressure; Any film or coating missing to expose the base cloth; Any spot, stain or streak more than 1 inch in combined directions, c
12、learly visible at normal inspection distance (3 feet); Any objectionable odor (odors of chemicals commonly used in coating compounds shall not be regarded as objectionable); Width specified not within a tolerance of + 1/2 inch; Broken or missing yarn clearly visible at normal inspection distance (3
13、feet) by either direct viewing or through-lighting; 3 or more contiguous broken or missing yarns of any length; Crease or wrinkle of single ply film or coating or any crease wrinkle or bunching of base cloth that cannot be corrected by manual pressure; Any embedded foreign matter clearly visible at
14、normal inspection distance (3 feet); by either direct viewing or through-lighting; Color not as specified; Color not uniform or is mottled, blotchy or spotted; Selvages not removed on the type I coated cloth, edges not cut straight, folded or rolled; Bonded edges of the type II bonded cloth, strip o
15、r tape less than 1/8 inch or more than 1/4 inch in width; Face side of reflectorized film bonded to face side of backing cloth (Type II only); Back side of reflectorized film bonded to back side of backing cloth (Type II only); Reflectorized film not securely fastened to backing cloth (Type II only)
16、; Uneven thickness of film or coating clearly noticeable. Any tackiness (film or coating shall not block so as to cause surfaces A-A-59511 9 to adhere and not unroll readily); Edges rolled, folded, scalloped, or corded; Not evenly laminated or coated; Any roll not having the coated side of the cloth
17、 facing the inside of the roll. 5.7 Length examination. Each individual roll in the sample shall be examined for the defects listed below. If the total number of defects in the sample roll exceeds the maximum number of defects specified below, the lot shall be rejected. Any roll containing more than
18、 two pieces. Any piece in roll less than 25 yards. Any roll with a total length of less than 80 yards or more than 125 yards. Any roll with a total length more than two yards less than that marked on ticket. End of pieces in roll not overlapped. End of pieces in roll joined by a seam. 5.8 Acceptance
19、 criteria. Acceptance criteria shall be as specified in the contract or purchase order. 6. PACKAGING 6.1 Preservation, packing and marking. The preservation, putup, packing and marking shall be as specified in the contract or order. 7. NOTES 7.1 Source of Government Documents. Copies of Military and
20、 Federal documents are available from: Standardization Documents Order Desk Bldg. 4D 700 Robbins Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19111-5094 FED-STD-191 - Federal Standard for Textile Test Methods 7.2 Sources of Nongovernment Documents. AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS ASTM-D-751-Standard Test Meth
21、ods for Coated Fabrics ASTM-D-1424-Tear Resistance of Woven Fabrics by Falling Pendulum (Elmendorf) Apparatus ASTM-D-1776-Practice for Conditioning Textiles for Testing A-A-59511 10 ASTM-D-3776-Mass Per Unit Area (Weight) of Fabric ASTM-D-5034-Breaking Force, and Elongation of Textile Fabrics ASTM-D
22、-5035-Breaking Force, and Elongation of Textile Fabrics (Strip Test) (Applications for copies should be addressed to the American Society for Testing and Materials, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, West Conshohocken, PA 19426-2959.) AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF TEXTILE CHEMISTS AND COLORISTS (AATCC) TECHNICAL MANU
23、AL AATCC Gray Scale For Color Change AATCC Chromatic Transference Scale AATCC-16-Colorfastness to Light of Textile Materials AATCC-61-Colorfastness to Laundering, Home and Commercial: Accelerated AATCC-111-Weather Resistance: Sunshine Arc Lamp Exposure With Wetting (Applications for copies of refere
24、nced documents should be addressed to the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists, PO Box 12215, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-2215.) NATIONAL FIRE PROTECTION ASSOCIATION (NFPA) NFPA 701 - Fire Tests for Flame Resistant Textiles and Films (Applications for copies should be addresse
25、d to the National Fire Protection Association, Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02269) TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY (TAPPI) TAPPI Method T-451-Flexure Properties of Paper (Clark Stiffness) A-A-59511 11 (Application for copies should be addressed to TAPPI Press, Technology Park/A
26、tlanta, P.O. Box 105113, Atlanta, GA 30348-5113.) 7.3 Ordering Data Acquisition documents should specify the following: a. Title, Number, and date of this document. b. Type and class required (see 2) c. Acceptance criteria (see 5.8) d. Selection of packaging, preservation, put-up, and marking (see 6
27、.1) 7.4 Standard sample. Standard color samples of the reflectorized cloth may be obtained from the contracting activity. For coated cloth, roll number 1439 may be used as a reference standard for calibration. Roll number 1439 has the following readings when measured with the equipment referenced. E
28、ntrance angle degree 0.5o 2.0o -422521 +1018230 +2018221 +3017521 +4016014 +50 130 11 Reflectivity values. The values contained in 3.3 were obtained by measurement of retroreflective materials conforming to this document using the following equipment: Illumination meter Huygen Corp., Model 615 Sampl
29、e holder 18 inch by 18 inch frame on turntable calibrated in angles of incidence in accordance with receiver positions controlled by extended arm graduated in angles of divergence as given in 3.3. Conversion from light level readings to foot lamberts. The conversion from light readings on the Pentax
30、 meter to foot lamberts was in accordance with the following table: Light level Foot lamberts 30.25 40.50 50.97 61.9 74.0 87.8 915.7 1031.4 11 62.8 12125 A-A-59511 12 Light level Foot lamberts 13251 14502 151004 162009 174019 18 8038 . 7.5 Sources of Supply. Manufactures Whose Products are know to m
31、eet the requirements of this CID are listed below, but these manufactures may not produce all types; however, competition is not limited to these companies. Durcote Corporation 350 N. Diamond Street Ravenna OH 44266-2155 Bond Cote Corp Pulaski County Corp. Center 4090 Pepperell Way Dublin, VA 24084 Protective Plastics INC 1200 Woodruff RD. Suite f-15 Greenville,SC 29607 CIVIL AGENCY COORDINATING ACTIVITY: GSA - FSS Custodians:Preparing activity Army - GLDLA-CT Air Force 99Project No. 8305-0728 Review activities: Army - MD Air Force 45, 82 A-A-59511 13
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