Designation:D581/D581M−12StandardSpecificationforGlassFiberGreigeBraidedTubularSleeving1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD581/D581M;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Thisspecificationcoverstherequirementsforcontinu-ousglassfilamentgreigebraidedtubularsleevingandissuitableforuseaselectricalinsulationandforstructuralandmechanicalapplications.1.2Thisspecificationisintendedtoassistultimateusersbydesignatingthetypesoftheseproductsthataretypicalintheindustry.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD350TestMethodsforFlexibleTreatedSleevingUsedforElectricalInsulationD578SpecificationforGlassFiberStrandsD579SpecificationforGreigeWovenGlassFabricsD1059TestMethodforYarnNumberBasedonShort-LengthSpecimens(Withdrawn2010)3D1423TestMethodforTwistinYarnsbyDirect-CountingD1776PracticeforConditioningandTestingTextilesD1907TestMethodforLinearDensityofYarn(YarnNum-ber)bytheSkeinMethodD3773TestMethodsforLengthofWovenFabricD3775TestMethodforWarp(End)andFilling(Pick)CountofWovenFabricsD4963TestMethodforIgnitionLossofGlassStrandsandFabricsD7018TerminologyRelatingtoGlassFiberandItsProducts2.2ANSIStandard:ANSI/ASQCZ1.4SamplingProceduresforInspectionbyAttributes43.Terminology3.1ForallterminologyrelatedtoD13.18,GlassFibe...
