Indian Standard: Specification FOR Test Sieves
Indian Standard: Specification FOR Test Sieves
( Reaffirmed 1990 1
Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
TEST SIEVES
PART 1 WIRE CLOTH TEST SIEVLS
( Third Revision )
UDC 621.928.2.028.3:620.168.32
@ CopVright 1985
Gr 4 October 1985
I§ : 460 ( Part 1 ) - 1985
Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
TEST SIEVES
PART 1 WIRE CLOTH TEST SIEVES
( Third Revision )
Sieves, Sieving and Other Sizing Methods Sectional
Committee, BDC 19
Chairman
DR M. PAWXtOLY
A-15123, Vasant Vihar,
New Delhi 110057
Me&rS Hepresenting
SHRI S. N. ARORA Shalimar Wires & Industries Ltd, Hooghly
SERI S. KUMAR ( ALlnna6e )
SnRI M. M. BAHAL Tata-Robins-Fraser Ltd, Jamshedpur
LT-COL C. A. R~D~ICWES ( Alternate )
SEW S. K. BANLRJEE National Test House, Calcutta
SHRI P. R. Dns ( Alternate )
SHRI R. K. CHOURAHIA Jeetmull Jaichandlall Pvt Ltd, Calcutta
Snnr C. E. CHO-JRARIA ( Alternate )
DIRECTOR Central Soil & Materials Research Sta:ion,
New Delhi
+DR P. 6. JAIN National Physical Laboratory ( CSIR j,
New Delhi
DR J. N. BOHRA ( Alternate )
DR P. T. JOJXN In personal capacity ( Pulinfrrlit Kotakrd,
Chcppad 690 507, Keraln )
SHRI CHANDRAEANT L. KHA~~AM All India Wire Netting Manufacturers Aksecia-
tion, Bombay
SHRK N. K. KOTEARI The rkociatrd Cement Companies Ltd. hornbay
SHRI A. R. A. KRISENAN Ministry of Defence ( DGI )
SHRI B. K. Sr~aa ( Alternate)
SHRI M. V. RA,*~c+ARAO Cement Research Institute of India, New Delhi
DR S. C. AIILUWALIA ( Alternate )
lDr p. C. Jain WBBChairman of the meeting sheo this standard was flnalizetl.
( CGakwi on pge 2 )
Members Rtfirescnting
SHRI A, V. S. R. SASTRI Associated Instrument Manufacturers ( India
New Delhi
SHRI M. N. BALIQA ( Altmatc )
SHRI HAS.MIJKHC. SHALH Standard Wire Products, Bombay
SHRI C. S S HARMA Cement Corooration of India Ltd. New Delhi
SHRI C. M. P. SINHA Directorate ‘General of Technical Developme
New Delhi
SHR1.C. P. SOOD All India Instrument Manufacturers & Deal
Association, Bombay
Sunr J. MANDONSA( Altttnatc )
SHRI G. V. SU~RAMLNYA National Mineral Developm&t Corporatic
New Delhi
SBRI G. S. RAXAKRISENA RAO
( Alternntt )
SHRI G. RAMAN, Director General, IS1 ( Ex-o$icio Mtmbtr )
Director ( Civ Engg )
Sccrttary
SH~I C. K. BEBARTA
Joint Director ( Civ Engg ), ISI
co:m?lltr
DK P. C. JAIN National Physical Laboratory ( CSIR
New Delhi
Metn b8rs
Sum B. B. BI~ALLA Hindustan Scientific Co, Jaipur
Sitar A. K. B~IATTA~HA~ZYA Geologist Syndicate Pvt Ltd, Calcutta
SUI:I H. K. GIJIXA( Altcrnatt )
CHIIGY ENQINEER(TRAINING 1 Central Public Works Department, New Delhi
SU~ERI~VTENDINO ENQINEEE
( TRAININQ) ( Alternatt )
SIILH R. K. CEOUBA~IA Jeetmull Jaichandlall Pvt Ltd, Calcutta
SIII~IC. L. CH~URAEIA ( Alternate 1
1)~ R. K. DUTTA Central Buildiog Research Institute ( CSIR
Roorkee
Sur:r S. P. MErInOTEA ( Alternate )
SHRI A. D. GIJPTA Fertilizer ( Planning and Development ) Inc
Ltd. Sindri
Snr:~ N. S. DANI ( Alftrnotc )
Sam A. K. JAIN Graphite India Ltd, Calcutta
SUEI NAVIN MARWAII Sieves India, Bombay
Sum MANU MAEWAH ( Alternatt )
SHEI .J. MENDONSA Lawrence Mayo ( India) Pvt Ltd, New Delhi
SUI:I R. R. RAJAQOPALAN( Alttrnat~ )
Suni C. M. NA~PAUL National Fertilizers Ltd, New Delhi
Sum M. V. RANQA RAO Cement Research Institute of rnA;a
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Indian Standard
SPECIFICATION FOR
TEST SIEVES
PART f WIRE CLOTH TEST SIEVES
f Third Revision )
0. FOREWORD
0.1 This Indian Standard ( Part 1 ) ( Third Revision ) was adopted by
the Indian Standards Institution on 20 February 1985, after the draft fina-
lized by the Sieves, Sieving and Other Sizing Methods Sectional
Committee had been approved by the Civil Engineering Division Council.
0.2 This standard was first issued in 1953 and revised in 1962 and 1978.
The 1978 revision of this standard was published in three parts, namely,
Part 1 dealing with wire cloth test sieves; Part 2 dealing with perforated
plate test sieves and Part 3 dealing with methods of examination of test
sieves whether made from wire cloth or perforated plates for determining
their compliance with Part 1 and Part 2 of this standard. The revision of
this standard (Part 1) has been taken up in view of the experiences gained
during the course of implementation of this standard and also to bring it
in conformity with the foIlowing International Standards published by
the International Organization for Standardization ( IS0 ):
IS0 565-1983 Test sieves--Woven metal wire cloth, perforated plate
and electroformed sheet-Nominal sizes of openings.
IS0 33 1O/l-l 982 Test sieves-Technical requirements and testing-
Part 1 Test sieves of metal wire cloth.
0.3 In this revision the number of aperture sizes have been considerably
increased. The Committee while revising the standard felt that the change
in the sieve sizes above 5*6 mm from R 20 seriesin 1962 version to R 4013
in 1978 has created difficulties in the implementation, as was evident from
the various comments received from the users, since no time period was
given for change-over for modifying the test procedure and specification
followed at various Ievels for over 15 years. The sieve sizes specified in
1962 version are still in vogue. The Committee, therefore, decided to prr-
mit these sieve sizes given in 1962 version temporarily for a period of
about 5 years with suitable precautionary note in the standard so that
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users could get acquainted with the new sizes along with the old sizes and
take appropriate steps to switch over to the R 40/3 sizes in course of their
use. It is intended to withdraw the additional sizes in the next revision of
the standard because the international standard IS0 565-1983 recom-
mends that t!re principal sizes should be used where possible, but where
a closer series is required, it should be drawn from one of Ithe supplemen-
tary series only that is R 20 or R 40/3, and not from both. The Committee
also felt the need for discouraging the use of non-IS0 sizes. The British
standard, ASTM and other overseas specifications have recommended
IS0 sizes to facilitate international coordination. Therefore, there is grea-
ter need for the adoption of the preferred sizes given in this standard.
0.3.1 Further, in this revision the material requirements for wire cloth
as well as frames have been clearly specified. The thickness of covers and
receivers have been modified. Mild steel has been deleted from the mate-
rials for wire cloth and frame and the requirement for effective sieving
surface also modified. The lOO-mm sieve frames have not been recommen-
ded now for wire cloth sieves.
0.4 This standard contains 9.1 under which the purchaser is required to
supply certaim information with enquiry and order for procurement of test
sieves to suit his requirements.
0.5 For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this
standard is complied with, the final value, observed or calculated, express-
ing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance with
IS : 2-1960*. The number of significant places retained in the rounded off
VaIue should be the same as that of the specified value in this standard.
1. SCOPE
1.1 This standard ( Part 1 ) covers test sieves, with screening. medium of
lvoven-wire cloth, for use in testing in the classrfication of materials
according to particle size.
1.2 It applies to test sieves having aperture sizes from 125 mm down to
0.032 mm ( 32 pm j.
2. DESIGNATION
2.1 Test sieves of metal wire cloth are designated by the nominal size of
aperture of the wire cloth, followed by the inscription ‘ IS Sieve ‘.
Ewmgles:
a) 5.GO-mm IS Sieve
b) 425-pm IS Sieve
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3.2 Wire Diameter - After the cloth is mounted in the sieve the avtr-
age wire diameter it different positions across the sieving surface shall bc
uniform in order that the limits on ‘aperture size can be obeyed. The
preferred wire diameters d ( see Fig. 1 ) and the permissible range of
choice of wire diameters d,, and dbl,, arc given in co1 5, 6 and 7 of
Table 2.
3.3 Weave - Wire cloth slail be woven to produce uniform square aper-
tures within the tolerances given in 3.4. All aperture sizes apply for plain
weave, but for aperture sizes of 63 pm and smaller, twilled weave is
permissible for aperture sizes of 4.00 mm and greater the wire shall be
crimped before weaving.
3.3.1 Perpendicularity of Wires - If the purchaser requires a tolerance on
perpendicularity, this shall be included in the order. No tolerance on per-
pendicularity of warp and weft wires is specified in this standard since
users’ requirements may differ according to the material to be tcstcd. A
tolerance of f 3’ from perpendicularity may be acceptable in mally cases
and a visual inspection of gcncral appearance of perpendicularity is accep-
table in other cases. It should be recognized that a test should apply to
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the: general directions of the warp and weft wires over several apertures
and mt to a single apertiirc.
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+x +r +5 d ‘d max d mln
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) P-5) (7)
mm mm mm mm mm mm
+ 4.00 0.37 0’13 0’25 1’4 1.7 1.2
3’35 0.32 0’11 0’22 1’25 1’5 I.06
l 2’60 0% 0’09 0’19 1’12 1.3 0’95
2’36 0’25 0’08 0’17 1 1’15 0.85
‘208 0.23 0’07 0.15 0.9 1’04 0.77
1’70 0’20 0’06 0’13 8’8 0’92 668
+ 1’40 0’18 0’05 0’11 0’71 0’82 0.6
1.18 0’16 0’04 0’10 0’63 0.72 o-54
* 1’00 0’ 14 0’03 0’09 0.56 0.64 0’48
um pm pm I.rm
:5: 127 29 78 G &: 430
+ 710 112 25 69 450 520 380
600 101 21 61 400 460 340
l500 89 18 54 315 360 270
425 81 16 48 280 320 240
355 72 13 43 224 260 190
360 65 12 38 200 230 170
l 250 58 9’9 34 160 190 130
212 52 8.7 30 146 170 120
’ 180 47 7.6 27 125 150 106
150 43 66 25 100 115 85
l 125 38 5.8 22 90 104 77
106 35 5.2 20 71 82 60
098 32 4’6 18 63 72 54
75 29 4’1 17 50 58 43
+ 63 26 3’7 15 45 52 38
53 24 3’4 14 36 41 31
l 45 22 3’1 13 32 37 27
38 20 2.9 11 30 35 24
..
32 19 2.7 11 28 33 23
NOTE 1 - Sizes indicated by ‘ f ’ have been permitted temporarily only. It in
intended to withdraw these sizes in the next revision of the standard. The users are,
therefore, advised to switch-over to other sizes permitted in table in due course of
their use.
Nol*x 2 - Sizes indicated by ‘ l ’ are the principal sizes of IS0 565-1983.
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w= width of aperture
d= diameter of wire
3.4.2 No aperture size shall exceed the nominal size by more than X.
3.4.3 The average aperture size shall not depart from the nominal size
by more than rf Y.
3.4.4 Not more than 6 percent of the total number of apertures shall
have sizes between ‘nominal + X’ and ‘nominal + r.
3.4.5 When a sieve has less than 50 apertures, not more than 3 aper-
tures shall fall within the limits of ‘nominal + X’ and ‘nominal + 5’.
4. TEST SIEVE FRAME
4.1 Material - The frames of test sieves shall be manufactured from
any of the materials given in Table 3.
NOTE - The grades ofthe materials usrd shall bcdeclared by the manufacturer,
ifso desired by the purchaser.
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*Specification for cold rolled brass sheet, strip and foil ( third r&ion ).
*Specification for stainless steel sheets and strips.
$Specification for galvanized steel sheets ( plain and corrugated ).
SSpecification for cold rolled carbon steel sheets ( second revision).
4.2 Shapes and Sizes - The commonly used shapes and sizes are given
in Table 4 ( see Fig, 2 ).
NOTE - The use of special size and shape frames, however, are to be discoura-
ged where the standard frames can be used.
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4.4 Cover and Receiver - When specified by the purchaser a cover
and receiver shall be provided for sieves, of the same metal and thickness
as the sieve frame ( see Fig. 3 ). The cover of the sieve shall be double
walled. The depth of the receiver shali be equal to the dimension ( C )
specified in Table 4.
RECEIVER 1
5. FINISH
5.1 The sieving surface, frame rec,eivers, and covers, shall be smoothly
finished. Seal between frame and sieving medium shall be so formed as to
prevent lodging of the material to be sieved. There shall be no lacquer
on surfaces which come into contact with a sample.
6. NESTING
6.1 The test sieves shall nest snu$y with each other and with the lid and
receiver of the same shape and size.
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TABLE 4 RECOMMENDED SHAPES AND SIZES OF TEST SIEVE FRAMES
( Clauses 4.2 and 4.4 )
SHAPE NOMINAL TOP INTER- I~OWTOM Es- MINIXUM DIAXETER OR DEPTHFROY DEPTH
ix SIZE NAL DIA- TERNAL Tn~cs- LESQTHOF TOP EDGE FRO31
METER,! DIAXETER/ dESS EFEECTIVE TO SIEVING BOTTOBl
LEKQTH LESGTH SlEVIXG SURFACE EDGETO
SCRFACE SIEVINQ
SURFACE
A’ B* I E c D
r--- A,_-_-
Min Max
NOTES- When floe wire mesh is used in large sieves, it may be supported by a spider or other mc am.
(_ *-5” *A and B shall be such as to make the sieves nestable as required in 6.1.
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7. MOUNTING
7.1 T11c: wire cloth shall be so mounted in the frame.as to be held firmly
and eq~~nlly taut in all directions lvithout any distortion of the mesh.
8. TESTING
8.1 Each of the wire cloth test sieves shall bc tested to meet the require-
ments of
this stnndartl. The apertures of the test sieves s!iall bc examined
in accordance with IS : 460 ( Part 3 )-1985*. If calibration test is requi-
red to 1~ performctl, it shall be clearly stated in the enquiry and order.
9. INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED BY THE PURCHASER
9.1 The purchaser should state the following with any enquiry and order:
1 l>csignatiotl of the sieve;
i) Sieving medium : Material;
C! Frame shape, size and material;
4 Whether a receiver is required;
e> Whether a cover is required;
f) Whether calibration test is to be performed; and
9) Whether statement on wire diameter is required.
10. MARKING
10.1 h label shall be fixed to the frame of each sieve complying with this
standard, legibly marked with the foIlowing information ( see Fig. 4 for an
example of the label ).
I
I
STAINLESS STEEL WIRE
75 I BRASS FRAME
mm I No 12365
I IS SIEVE
XV2 & co.
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lo,+3 The use of the Standard Mark is governed by the provisions of Bureau of
Indian Standards Act, 1986 and the Rules and Regulations made thereunder.
The details of conditions under which the Iicence for the use of Standard Mark
may be granted to manufacturers or producers may be obtained from the Bureau
of Indian Standards.
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