DIN EN ISO 30023:2012-10

ISO 15797 was developed to assist manufacturers, suppliers and launderers to assess and specify workwear garments for use in the textile rental industry. ISO 15797 also had an application in the emerging personal protective equipment (PPE) clothing market. While ISO 15797 made a significant beneficial impact on the industry, there was still a requirement to supply information in a clear but uncomplicated way down an often extended chain to the launderer. A labelling code using symbols (ISO 3758) has been successfully used for this purpose by the retail textile industry for many years and has, by and large, proved to be a success for textile producers, retailers, detergent suppliers, professional dry and wet cleaners and, of course, the customer who launders the products at home. No such labelling code existed for the professional laundry sector. This International Standard provides an equivalent, but visually distinctly different, code of symbols for the professional industrial laundering of workwear and protective clothing. This International Standard - establishes a system of graphical symbols, intended for use in the marking of workwear articles and protective clothing providing information on the suitability for professional industrial laundering using ISO 15797, and - specifies the use of these symbols in qualifying garments as potentially suitable for industrial laundering. The following professional industrial laundering treatments are covered: washing, bleaching, tunnel finishing and tumble drying after washing. Textile-care treatments in dry and wet cleaning are covered in ISO 3175. This International Standard applies to articles of workwear and protective clothing in the form in which they are supplied to the professional launderer. The committee responsible for this standard is NA 106-01-12 AA "Industrielles Waschen/Biokontamination; SpA zu ISO/TC 38/SC 2/WG 9 und CEN/TC 248/WG 17" ("Industrial washing/Biocontamination; mirror committee to CEN/TC 248/WG 17 and ISO/TC 38/SC 2/WG 9") at DIN.