What is ISO 2076 about?

ISO 2076 discusses textiles. A textile is a flexible material made by creating an interlocking bundle of yarns or threads, which are produced by spinning raw fibres into long and twisted lengths.

ISO 2076 defines the generic names used to designate the various categories of man-made fibres, based on the main polymer, currently manufactured on an industrial scale for textile and other purposes, together with the distinguishing attributes that characterize them. The term “man-made fibres” has been adopted for those fibres obtained by a manufacturing process, as distinct from materials that occur naturally in fibrous form.

ISO 2076 gives recommendations of rules for the creation of the generic name.

Who is ISO 2076 for?

ISO 2076 on Man-made fibres generic names is useful for:

Textile manufacturing industry
Quality control personnel

Why should you use ISO 2076?

Generic names are assigned by the Federal Trade Commission and are used to classify fibres according to their organic composition. The generic or official name is the keyword you need to know and understand. The Identification Act also stipulates that the product must be labelled. ISO 2076 defines the generic names used to designate the various categories of man-made fibres.

The objective of ISO 2076 is to propose a generic name of fibre (a generic name is unique by nature) within the framework of the ISO standardization for textile products. It has been elaborated to present a compilation of generic names and the rules to create a new generic name for new fibres.

ISO 2076 can be used as a reference within the framework of globalization since the compilation of the generic names of man-made fibres is important for the global distribution of textile products due to national regulations for the declaration of fibre content and care labelling. It can be an answer to a universal need for the standardization of generic names that would foster the easy movement of textiles across borders to facilitate trade, for example, for companies that might have plants in multiple countries and have innovations and business activities covering research and development in fibre-producing. Using ISO 2076 you can define the generic names used to designate the various categories of man-made fibres.

What is changed since the last update?

BS EN ISO 2076:2021 supersedes ISO 2076:2013. BS EN ISO 2076:2021 includes some technical changes with respect to ISO 2076:2013. These include:

Normative reference has been added and subsequent clauses have been renumbered
The definition of protein (5.28) has been modified, chitosan (5.36), polyacrylate (5.37),
Poly benzoxazole (5.38) and polyacrylate (5.39) as well as their respective definition have been added
Chitosan, polyacrylate, Poly benzoxazole and polyacrylate have been added
In the Alphabetical index of generic name abbreviated terms, Poly benzoxazole and polyacrylate have been added

BS EN ISO 2076:2021

Textiles. Man-made fibres. Generic names

Current, Under Review

Published:

31 Dec 2021