Clothtech: Clothing and Footwear Components
The technical parts of a garment or shoe rather than its face fabric: what holds it together, shapes it, fastens it, insulates it and labels it.
- 6 articles
- 44 standards
- 10 calculators
What it covers
- interlinings
- sewing threads
- zips and hook-and-loop fasteners
- elastic and narrow fabrics
- woven labels
- insulating waddings
- shoe laces and footwear components
Made from
Polyester and nylon filament, core-spun threads, nonwoven bases coated with polyamide or polyester adhesive dots, and elastane.
Market size India: Rs 8,205 crore (US$1.26 billion) in 2019-20, 6.7% of India’s technical-textiles market. World: US$11.7 billion. Ministry of Textiles, Baseline Study 2020, Tables 9.1 and 9.2
Articles
Test methods and specifications
Grouped by the subject in each standard’s official title. Each entry links to the register record, which names the current edition and its equivalents.
ASTM methods and specifications20
- ASTM D204 Standard Test Methods for Sewing Threads
- ASTM D2051 Standard Test Method for Durability of Finish of Zippers to Laundering
- ASTM D2052 Standard Test Method for Colorfastness of Zippers to Drycleaning
- ASTM D2053 Standard Test Method for Colorfastness of Zippers to Light
- ASTM D2054 Standard Test Method for Colorfastness of Zipper Tapes to Crocking
- ASTM D2057 Standard Test Method for Colorfastness of Zippers to Laundering
- ASTM D2058 Standard Test Method for Durability of Finish of Zippers to Drycleaning
- ASTM D2059/D2059M Standard Test Method for Resistance of Zippers to Salt Spray (Fog)
- ASTM D2060 Standard Test Methods for Measuring Zipper Dimensions
- ASTM D2061 Standard Test Methods for Strength Tests for Zippers
- ASTM D2062 Standard Test Methods for Operability of Zippers
- ASTM D3657 Standard Specification for Zipper Dimensions
- ASTM D3692 Standard Practice for Selection of Zippers for Care-Labeled Apparel and Household Furnishings
- ASTM D3693 Standard Specification for Labeled Length per Holder of Sewing Thread
- ASTM D3823 Standard Practice for Determining Ticket Numbers for Sewing Threads
- ASTM D4030/D4030M Standard Specification for Glass Fiber Cord and Sewing Thread
- ASTM D4465 Standard Performance Specification for Zippers for Dungarees, Jeans, and Work Trousers
- ASTM D5169 Standard Test Method for Shear Strength (Dynamic Method) of Hook and Loop Touch Fasteners
- ASTM D5170 Standard Test Method for Peel Strength (“T” Method) of Hook and Loop Touch Fasteners
- ASTM D5446 Standard Practice for Determining Physical Properties of Fabrics, Yarns, and Sewing Thread Used in Inflatable Restraints
Footwear10
- ISO 10717 Footwear — Test method for slide fasteners — Burst strength
- ISO 10734 Footwear — Test method for slide fasteners — Strength of slide fastener pullers
- ISO 10748 Footwear — Test method for slide fasteners — Slider locking strength
- ISO 10750 Footwear — Test method for slide fasteners — Attachment strength of end stops
- ISO 10751 Footwear — Test methods for slide fasteners — Resistance to repeated opening and closing
- ISO 10764 Footwear — Test methods for slide fasteners — Lateral strength
- ISO 18403 Footwear — Test methods for slide fasteners — Resistance to damage during closure under a lateral…
- ISO 22774 Footwear — Test methods for accessories: shoe laces — Abrasion resistance
- ISO 22776 Footwear — Test methods for accessories: Touch and close fasteners — Shear strength before and after…
- ISO 22777 Footwear — Test methods for accessories: Touch and close fasteners — Peel strength before and after…
Aerospace series3
- BS EN 4415 Aerospace series. Non-metallic materials. Textiles. Narrow woven fabrics. Technical specification
- BS EN 4429 Aerospace series. Textiles. Testing of narrow woven fabrics. Determination of warp bow
- BS EN 4504 Aerospace series. Non-metallic materials, Textiles. Test method. Determination of flexibility of narrow fabrics
Touch and close fasteners2
Specification for slide fasteners1
Method for designation of ticket numbers of industrial sewing threads1
Specification for industrial sewing threads made wholly or partly from1
Specification for industrial sewing threads made from linen (flax) or 1
Determination of the elasticity of fabrics, Narrow fabrics1
Determination of the elasticity of fabrics,1
Slide fasteners (zips)1
Determination of elasticity of horsetail hair interlining1
Laws and mandatory certification
Instruments in the regulation register whose obligations name this class’s products. In force first; rescinded and replaced orders stay listed as history.
No law in the register names this class’s products yet.
Upcoming trade fairs
No fair is filed under this class. The general technical-textiles fairs are on the section page.
Machines
No machine in the register is filed under this class yet.
Calculators
- Zipper Lateral Pull Strength Calculator (ASTM D2061)
- Thread Consumption by Stitch Class (ISO 4915) Matrix
- Fusing Press Settings to Interlining Peel Strength
- Down Fill Power to Loft & Thermal Insulation Modeler
- Button Pull-out Force & Attachment Capacity (ASTM D6644)
- Blind Hem Thread Consumption Calculator
- Sewing Thread Consumption Estimator
- Needle Size & Thread Ticket Number Matcher
- Woven Label Pick Density & Defect Rate Predictor
- Elastic Stretch, Recovery & Modulus Calculator
Raw-material prices
Daily and monthly series for the fibres and feedstocks this class is mostly made from.
US import duty headings
The HTS headings these products usually fall under. Classification turns on the exact product, so read the lines under each heading.
India’s official HSN codes
Codes India lists as technical textiles (DGFT, 2019 and 2022) under this page’s HS headings.
| HSN code | Description |
|---|---|
| 56012110 | Textile Materials And Articles Thereof; Textile Fibres, Not Exceeding 5 Mm In Length (Flock), Textile Dust And Mill Neps: Wadding; Other Articles Of Cotton Wadding: Absorbent Cotton Wool |
| 56012190 | Wadding; Other Articles Of Cotton Wadding: Other |
| 56012200 | Wadding Of Textile Materials And Articles Thereof; Textile Fibres, Not Exceeding 5 Mm In Length (Flock), Textile Dust And Mill Neps: Wadding Of Man-Made Fibres |
| 56012900 | Wadding; Other Articles Of Man-Made Fibres Wadding: Other |
| 58062000 | Other Narrow Woven Fabrics Containing By Weight 5% Or More Of Elastomeric Yarn/ Rubber Thread |
| 58063110 | Type Writer Ribbon Cloth: Of Cotton: Woven |
| 58063200 | Narrow Woven Fabrics Of Man-Made Fibres |
| 58063910 | Woven Narrow Goat Hair Puttis Tape |
Where to read more
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Commercial testing and certification of textiles and medical devices, including physical, chemical and PFAS tests.