ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 1144 Second edition 2016-09-15 Textiles Universal system for designating linear density (Tex System) Textiles - Systeme universel de désignation de la masse linéique (systeme Tex) Reference number ISO 1144:2016(E) ISO International Organizatiori,for Standardization @IS02016 ted without license from IHS IS0 1144:2016(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT IS0 2016, Published in Switzerland All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 copyright@iso.org www.iso.org networking permited without license from IHS IS0 1144:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction. 1 Scope. ..1 2 Normative references 3 Characteristics of the system 4 Units. 5 Notation ..2 Annex A (informative) Conversion and rounding Annex B (informative) Implementation of the tex system in trade and industry ..9 Bibliography ..11 iii ed without license from IHS