INCH-POUND
A-A-50199A July 31, 2006
SUPERSEDING A-A-50199
June 30, 1989
COMMERCIAL ITEM DESCRIPTION
THREAD, POLYESTER CORE, COTTON OR POLYESTER-COVERED
The General Services Administration has authorized the use of this Commercial Item Description as a replacement for MIL-T-43548 by all federal agencies.
1. SCOPE. Commercial sized thread for machine sewing of clothing and other light-medium weight textile assembly applications.
2. CLASSIFICATION.
Type I - Cotton-covered
Type II - Polyester-covered
3. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS. Each ply of the thread shall consist of a continuous, multifilament polyester end, spun with one or more ends of cotton, or high tenacity staple polyester roving to cover the multifilament polyester end. The direction of the final twist shall be "Z", unless otherwise specified. The thread shall be as specified below in Table I.
Comments, suggestions, or questions on this document should be addressed to: Defense Supply Center Philadelphia, Clothing and Textiles Directorate, Attn: DSCP Standardization Team, 700 Robbins Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19111-5096. Since contact information can change, you may want to verify the currency of this address information using Acquisition Streamlining and Standardization Information System (ASSIST) online database at https://assist.daps.dla.mil.
AMSC N/A FSC 8310
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