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Cotton Stretch Bandage

Cotton Stretch Bandage consists of characteristic fabric of plain weave. The warp threads are of singles cotton threads with a count not finer than 59 tex and of twofold cotton threads with a count, after crepe twisting, not finer than 59 tex, each containing not less than 21 folding turns per cm. The weft threads are of singles cotton thread with a count not finer than 29 tex. The warp threads are arranged one twofold thread S-twist, one singles thread, one twofold thread Z-twist, one singles thread, repeated, together with two twofold binding threads at each cut edge. The fabric is clean and reasonably free from weaving defects and contains not more than traces of leaf residue, seed coat and other impurities.
Cotton Stretch Bandage may be dyed. It is in one continuous length with no joins and has fast edges.
For the purpose of this monograph the width is that portion between and including the last edges of the unstretched bandage.

Fibre identification: Complies with the tests for cotton.

Elasticity: The fully-stretched length is not less than twice the unstretched length; the regain length is not more than two-thirds the fully-stretched length.

Threads per 10 cm Warp: singles 55 to 65, twofold 55 to 65

Weight per unit area: Not less than 105 g m-2