Designation:D3882−08(Reapproved2012)´1StandardTestMethodforBowandSkewinWovenandKnittedFabrics1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationD3882;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.ε1NOTE—Thelanguagein9.5.2and9.5.5wascorrectededitoriallytomatchFig.2inJuly2012.1.Scope1.1Thistestmethodcoversthedeterminationofbowandskewoffillingyarnsinwovenfabricsandthecoursesinknittedfabrics.1.2Thistestmethodcanalsobeusedtomeasurethebowandskewofprintedgeometricdesigns.1.3ThevaluesstatedineitherSIunitsorinch-poundunitsaretoberegardedseparatelyasstandard.Thevaluesstatedineachsystemmaynotbeexactequivalents;therefore,eachsystemshallbeusedindependentlyoftheother.Combiningvaluesfromthetwosystemsmayresultinnon-conformancewiththestandard.1.4Thisstandarddoesnotpurporttoaddressallofthesafetyconcerns,ifany,associatedwithitsuse.Itistheresponsibilityoftheuserofthisstandardtoestablishappro-priatesafetyandhealthpracticesanddeterminetheapplica-bilityofregulatorylimitationspriortouse.2.ReferencedDocuments2.1ASTMStandards:2D123TerminologyRelatingtoTextilesD1776PracticeforConditioningandTestingTextilesD2904PracticeforInterlaboratoryTestingofaTextileTestMethodthatProducesNormallyDistributedData(With-drawn2008)3D2906PracticeforStatementsonPrecisionandBiasforTextiles(Withdrawn2008)3D3990TerminologyRelatingtoFabricDefects3.Terminology3.1ForallterminologyrelatedtoFabricDefectsseeTermi-nologyD3990.3.2Thefollowingtermsarerelevanttothisstandard:bow,doublebow,doublehookedbow,doublereversebow,hookedbow,knittedfabric,skew,standardatmospherefortestingtextiles.3.3FordefinitionsofallothertextiletermsseeTerminologyD123.4.SummaryofTestMethod4.1Bow—Astraightedgeisplacedacrossthefabricbetweentwopointsatwhichamarkedfillingyarn,knittingcourse,designatedprintedline,ordesignateddesignmeetsthetwoselvag...
