AS 4174:2018 PDF

AS 4174:2018 PDF

Specifies requirements for the performance and labelling of knitted and woven shade fabrics for horticultural and human protection uses.

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee TX-008, Textiles for Horticulture and Agriculture, to supersede AS 4174—1994, Synthetic shadecloth.

After consultation with stakeholders in both countries, Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand decided to develop this Standard as an Australian Standard rather than an Australian/New Zealand Standard.

The objective of this Standard is to provide requirements for the classification, performance and labelling of knitted and woven shade fabrics for horticultural and human protection uses.

Requirements for horticultural and human protection uses, are set out in separate sections of the Standard.

The following two aspects of this Standard were originally developed from a document for the supply of synthetic shade fabric initiated by the Australian shade fabric industry in 1985:

(a) Measurement of the cover factor of a shade fabric using a standard instrument.

(b) Cover factor ranges for different categories of shade fabric.