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The European Standard EN 13003-1:1999 has the status of a |
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ICS 59.100.30 |
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BS EN 13003-1:1999

National foreword
This British Standard is the English language version of EN 13003-1:1999.
The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee
PRI/42, Fibre reinforced thermosetting plastics and prepregs, which has the
responsibility to:

Ð aid enquirers to understand the text;

Ð present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the
interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed;
Ð monitor related international and European developments and promulgate
them in the UK.

A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to

its secretary.
Cross-references
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Summary of pages
This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page,
pages 2 to 6, an inside back cover and a back cover
The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document
was last issued.

This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication

been prepared under the
direction of the Sector Amd. No. Date Comments
Committee for Materials and
Chemicals, was published under
the authority of the Standards
Committee and comes into effect
on 15 September 1999

 BSI 09-1999

ISBN 0 580 32548 2

EUROPEAN STANDARD EN 13003-1
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM April 1999
ICS 59.100.30

English version

Para-aramid fibre filament yarns — Part 1: Designation

Fils en fibres de para-aramide — Para-Aramidfaser-Filamentgarne —

Partie 1: Désignation Teil 1: Bezeichnung

This European Standard was approved by CEN on 4 March 1999.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the
conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date
lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the
Central Secretariat or to any CEN member.

This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other
language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to
the Central Secretariat has the same status as the official versions.

CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and United Kingdom.

CEN
European Committee for Standardization
Comité Européen de Normalisation
Europäisches Komitee für Normung

Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050 Brussels

© 1999 CEN All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CEN national
Members Ref. No. EN 13003-1:1999 E
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EN 13003-1:1999
Foreword

This European Standard has been prepared by Technical Committee CEN/TC 249, Plastics, the Secretariat of
which is held by IBN.

This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical text
or by endorsement, at the latest by October 1999, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the
latest by October 1999.

According to the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain,
Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

EN 13003 consists of the following parts, under the general title Para-aramid fibre filament yarns:

— Part 1: Designation
— Part 2: Methods of test and general specifications
— Part 3: Technical specifications

Contents

Foreword 2
1 Scope 3
2 Normative references 3
3 Designation system 3
3.1 Data block 1 4
3.2 Data block 2 4
3.3 Data block 3 5
4 Example 5
5 Bibliography 6

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1 Scope
1.1 This European Standard establishes a method of designation for para-aramid fibre filament yarns which may
be used as the basis for specifications.

1.2 This designations system is for para-aramid fibre filament yarns used for the reinforcement of polymer
composites to reinforce in mechanical properties. It does not apply to discontinuous fibres and para-aramid fibre
products made in the form of staple yarns, woven fabrics, braids, knits, mats, etc.

1.3 It is not intended to imply that the fibres having the same designation give the same performances. This
EN 13003-1 does not provide engineering data, performance data or data on processing conditions which may
be required to specify a fibre for a particular application and/or method of processing.

2 Normative references
This European Standard incorporates by dated or undated reference, provisions from other publications. These
normative references are cited at the appropriate places in the text and the publications are listed hereafter. For
dated references, subsequent amendments to or revisions of any of these publications apply to this European
Standard only when incorporated in it by amendment or revision. For undated references the latest edition of the
publication referred to applies.

EN 13003-3:1999, Para-aramid fibre filament yarns — Technical specifications.

3 Designation system

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The designation for para-aramid fibre filament yarns is based on the following standardized pattern:

Designation

Identity block

European Standard Individual item block

number block Data block 1 Data block 2 Data block 3

The designation consists of an identity block comprising the European Standard number and an individual item
block. For unambiguous coding the individual item block is subdivided into data blocks comprising the
following information:

Data block No. 1 Identification of para-aramid fibre filament yarns;

Data block No. 2 Designatory properties;
Data block No. 3 Manufacturer’s code.

To ensure legibility:

— the description block shall be separated from the standard number block by a comma;
— a space shall be inserted between blocks;
— the first character in the first individual item block shall be a dash;
— individual item blocks shall be separated from each other by a comma;
— if a data block is not used, this shall be indicated by two inverted commas (”).

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3.1 Data block 1

In this data para-aramid fibre filament yarns are identified by the letter A, followed by the letter C signifying
continuous filament yarns.

3.2 Data block 2

In this data block the designatory properties are defined as follows:

Position 1: The para-aramid fibre filament yarns are classified according to their type of tensile modulus in the
following way:

Designation Type of para-aramid fibre filament yarn Typical level of tensile modulus
(GPa)
HM High modulus type 120
TM Tailor-made modulus type a) 60
a) Tailor-made modulus type includes all those yarns that are produced under the designation “Low modulus type” and “Intermediate modulus
type”.

Position 2: Tensile modulus of elasticity represented by a typical value or mean value by a number of three
figures which corresponds to the tensile modulus of elasticity in GPa. The number shall be rounded to 0 or 5 in
the first place.

For example:

Number Typical level of tensile modulus of elasticity

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(GPa)
80 80
100 98
115 117
120 120

Position 3: Tensile strength represented by a typical value or mean value by a number of two figures which
corresponds to the thousands and hundreds digits of the tensile strength in MPa. Possible tens digits of the
tensile strength shall be rounded off first.

For example:

Number Tensile strength

26 2 600 MPa
28 2 840 MPa
32 3 150 MPa

Position 4: Linear density represented by the first three figures of the linear density in dtex which is given in
Table 1 of prEN 13003-3:1998. This value represents the class of linear density.

For example:

Number Linear density class

124 1 240 dtex
797 7 970 dtex

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3.3 Data block 3

In this data block the manufacturer’s code is given. If desired, the designation may be completed with the
manufacturer’s code permitting the incorporation of any complementary information that does not appear
among the previous elements as pointed out below:

— number of single filaments per yarn;

— diameter of single filament;
— twist number and direction;
— finish content of the yarn and designation of finish.

4 Example
An example is given as follows.

For a para-aramid fibre filament yarn:

— continuous filament yarn;

— high modulus type;
— tensile modulus of elasticity 121 GPa;
— tensile strength of 3 150 MPa;
— linear density of 1 600 dtex;
— manufacturer X.

The designation is:

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5 Bibliography
EN 13003-2, Para-aramid fibre filament yarns — Methods of test and general specifications.

prEN 12562, Textiles — Para-aramid multifilament yarns — Methods of test.

EN ISO 1889, Reinforcement yarns — Determination of the linear density (ISO 1889:1997).

EN ISO 1890, Reinforcement yarns — Determination of twist (ISO 1890:1997).

EN ISO 3344, Reinforcement yarns — Determination of moisture content (ISO 3344:1997).

EN ISO 2062, Textiles — Yarns from packages — Determination of single-end breaking force and elongation at
break (ISO 2062:1993).

EN ISO 10548, Carbon fibre — Determination of size content (ISO 10548:1994).

prEN ISO 10618, Carbon fibre — Determination of tensile properties of resin-impregnated yarns
(ISO/DIS 10618:1994).

ISO 10119, Carbon fibre — Determination of density.

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