BS EN 26590-2:1993

Cooperating organizations
National foreword
Foreword
1. Scope
2. General terms
3. Types of sacks
4. Constructional details
5. Materials
6. Description of the parts of a sack
Alphabetical indexes
German
English
French
Table
1. Classification of types of sacks
Figures
1. Open-mouth heat sealed flat sack
2. Open-mouth heat sealed gusseted sack
3. Open-mouth heat sealed gusseted sack with corner
     seals
4. Open-mouth pasted flat hexagonal bottom sack
5. Open-mouth pasted gusseted rectangular bottom scale
6. Valved heat-sealed flat sack
7. Side valved heat sealed flat sack
8. Valved heat sealed gusseted sack
9. Side valved heat sealed gusseted sack
10. Valved pasted flat hexagonal ends sack
11. Valved pasted heat sealed flat sack with one
     hexagonal end
12. Valves in heat sealed sacks
13. Valves in pasted sacks
National annex NA (informative) Committees responsible
National annex NB (informative) Cross-reference

Defines terms used in the manufacture of single- and multi-ply sacks. It does not cover bags for the retail trade.