1 AS/NZS 4492.

3:2000

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

Wool—Fleece testing and measurement

Method 3: Measurement of mean fibre

diameter using Airflow and Sonic A
instruments

PREFACE
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This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia / Standards New Zealand
Committee TX/12, Wool to supersede AS/NZS 4492.3(Int):1997.
This test method covers the fineness measurement of cleaned samples of greasy fleece wool
by Airflow and Sonic A instruments.
The method is based on methods for testing core samples in AS/NZS 1133,
Wool — Determination by the Airflow Method of the mean fibre diameter of core samples of
raw wool and IWTO(E)-7-73(E), Method for sonic fineness testing of raw wool.
The measurements should be regarded as relative, not absolute values, and they should only
be used for within-flock comparisons.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part
of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.

METHOD

1 SCOPE This Standard sets out a procedure for obtaining the mean fibre diameter of a
sample of fleece wool. Included are requirements for drawing subsamples and preparing test
specimens.

2 OBJECTIVE The objective of this Standard is to provide the wool industry with
methods of determining mean fibre diameter by Airflow and Sonic A instruments for the
purposes of ranking sheep or classing fleeces according to mean fibre diameter.

3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS The following documents are referred to in this

Standard:
AS
2001 Methods of test for textiles
2001.1 Part 1: Conditioning procedures
AS/NZS
1133 Wool — Determination by the Airflow Method of the mean fibre diameter of core
samples of raw wool

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AS/NZS 4492.3:2000, Wool - Fleece testing and

measurement Measurement of mean fibre diameter
using Airflow and Sonic A instruments
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