BDS 944 : 2014 Bangladesh Standard SPECIFICATION FOR COTTON DOSUTI (PANAMA CANVAS) (First Revision) ICS 59.060.10;59.080.30 BANGLADESH STANDARDS AND TESTING INSTITUTION MAAN BHABAN 116-A, TEJGAON I/A, DHAKA-1208. BANGLADESH BDS 944 : 2014 Constitution of the Textile Products Sectional Committee, JTDC-2 CHAIRMAN REPRESENTING MR. M. A. SAYEEM Bangladesh Association of Textile consultants, Dhaka. MEMBERS MR. MAHABUB HOSSAIN Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, Dhaka. MR. MD. AHSANULLAH Bangladesh Handloom Board, Dhaka. MS. SHILPI AKHTER Bangladesh University of Textiles, Dhaka. MR. MD. ABDUL HAMID Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation, Dhaka. DR. MD. RAFIQUR RASHID Ahsanullah University of Science & Technology, Dhaka. MR. REZAUL KARIM BHUYIAN Prime Asia University, Dhaka. MS. ASFI ARA BEGUM I.G.S & C, Dhaka. MR. M. ABU SADAT SAYEEM Department of Textile, Dhaka. DR. SYED HUMAYUN KABIR Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, Director (Standards) Dhaka. Ex-officio member STAFF MS. NILUFA HOQUE Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, Deputy-Director (J & T). Dhaka. MR. MD.ABUL KALAM AZAD KHAN Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution, Senior Examiner (Tex) Dhaka. BANGLADESH STANDARDS AND TESTING INSTITUTION MAAN BHABAN 116-A, TEJGAON I/A, DHAKA-1208, BANGLADESH BDS 944 : 2014 Bangladesh Standard SPECIFICATION FOR COTTON DOSUTI(PANAMA CANVAS) (First Revision) 1. SCOPE 1.1 This standard prescribes the constructional details and other particulars of cotton dosuti, grey, scoured, bleached or dyed. 1.2 This standard does not specify general appearance, feel shade, etc, of the cloth (see also 4.3). 2. REFERENCES 2.1 The standard listed in Annexure – A are necessary adjuncts to this standard. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. 3. TERMINOLOGY 3.1 Dosuti –– A term for a matt fabric where two warp threads are working in pairs and two weft threads are placed in the same shed. 4. MANUFACTURE 4.1 Yarn –– The cotton yarn used in the manufacture of the cloth shall be satisfactory in evenness and reasonably free from neps and spinning defects. 4.2 Cloth –– The cloth shall be free from dressing and filling materials and from substances liable to cause subsequent tendering. 4.2.1 The cloth shall be dyed with suitable dyes to shades agreed to between the buyer and the seller. In case of olive green shade, the cloth shall be dyed with vat dyes in conjunction with iron and chromium salts (mineral khaki) and for black shades, sulphur and aniline dyes shall not be used. 4.2.2 The bleached cloth should have a full bleach finish and shall be free from blueing or optical whitening agents. 4.2.3 The cloth when visually examined shall be reasonably free from spinning, weaving and processing defects. 5. REQUIREMENTS 5.1 The constructional particulars of the cloth shall conform to those given in Table 1 excepting the count of warp and weft yarn which have been given only for guidance. 5.2 The colour fastness ratings and other requirements of the cloth shall conform to those given in Table 2. 5.3 Sealed Sample –– If, in order to illustrate indeterminable characteristics, such as general appearance, lustre, feel and shade of the cloth, a sample has been agreed upon and sealed, the supply shall be in conformity with the sample in such respects. 5.3.1 The custody of the sealed sample shall be a matter of prior agreement between the buyer and the seller. .