PM/ 14490/ 1

May 2020

BUREAU OF INDIAN STANDARDS Manak Bhawan, 9, Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg,

New Delhi – 110002 1

PRODUCT MANUAL FOR PLAIN COPIER PAPER - SPECIFICATION

ACCORDING TO IS 14490:2018

This Product Manual shall be used as reference material by all Regional/Branch Offices & licensees to ensure coherence of practice and transparency in operation of certification under Scheme-I of Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018 for various products. The document may also be used by prospective applicants desirous of obtaining BIS certification licence/certificate.

1. Product : IS 14490:2018

Title : Plain Copier Paper - Specification

No. of Amendments : Nil

2. Sampling Guidelines:

a) Raw material : No specific requirement

b) Grouping guidelines :

Sample of any grammage (substance) and size may be tested to cover all varieties being manufactured, subject to availability of manufacturing and testing facilities for the varieties being so covered in the scope of licence. During operation of licence, samples of each variety to be drawn in rotation.

c) Sample Size : 50 sheets

3. List of Test Equipment : Please refer ANNEX –A

4. Scheme of Inspection and Testing

: Please refer ANNEX –B

5. Possible tests in a day :

Sizes , Brightness , Opacity , Thickness , Smoothness, Wax pick

6. Scope of the Licence :

Licence is granted to use Standard Mark as per IS 14490:2018with the following scope:

Name of the product Plain Copier Paper

Nominal Grammage (Substance)

70 GSM / 75 GSM/ 80 GSM

Sizes A4, A3, A5, FS, B4, B5, Legal

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ANNEX A

List of Test Equipment

Major test equipment required to test as per the Indian Standard

S. No. Test Equipment Test used in with clause reference

1. Weighing Balance (0.05% accuracy), Vapour proof lightweight Containers, Oven (105±2°), dessicator

Moisture – Cl 5.2

2. Cutting device, Weighing Balance, Conditioning chamber Grammage (Substance) – Cl 5.3

3. Dead weight micrometer and thickness gauges as per IS 1060 (Part 5/Sec 3)

Thickness – Cl 5.4

4. Vernier calipers, measuring scale or tape Size – Cl 5.6

5. Reflectometer with calibration and working standards as per IS/ISO 2470-1 : 2009

ISO Brightness – Cl 5.5

6. Reflectometer with calibration and working standards as per IS/ISO 2471 : 2008

Opacity – Cl 5.5

7. Smooth Surface, Dennison standard paper testing waxes or equivalent, alcohol or gas flame to test wax pick no. as per 8 of IS 1060 (Pt 3)

Surface Strength, Dennison (Wax Pick) – Cl 5.5

8. Absorptiveness tester as per IS 1060 (Part 5/Sec 4), Metal roller, 1 mg balance, timer, graduated cylinder

One minute Cobb test – Cl 5.5

9. Bendtsen Type instrument as per IS 9894:1981 Smoothness (Bendtsen) – CL 5.5.

10. Weighing balance, crucible, Bunser burner, Muffle furnace ( 800±25°C), dessicator

Ash content – Cl 5.5

11. Stiffness Determination Apparatus as per Annex C of IS 4658:2019

Taber Stiffness – Cl 5.5

12. Elmendorf Type tear tester as per IS 1060 (Part 6/Sec 1), Device for preparing test piece, conditioning chamber

Tear Index – Cl 5.5

13. Tensile Testing Machine as per IS 1060 (Part 5/Sec 6), Device for cutting test pieces, means of measuring work done (e.g. integrator), means of plotting force elongation curve and measuring maximum slope of curve (only if ɛ is required)

Tensile Index – Cl 5.5

The above list is indicative only and may not be treated as exhaustive.

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Annex- B SCHEME OF INSPECTION AND TESTING

1. LABORATORY - A laboratory shall be maintained which shall be suitably equipped (as per the requirement given in column 2 of Table 1) and staffed, where different tests given in the specification shall be carried out in accordance with the methods given in the specification. 1.1The manufacturer shall prepare a calibration plan for the test equipments. 2. TEST RECORDS –The manufacturer shall maintain test records for the tests carried out to establish conformity. 3. PACKING AND MARKING–The Standard Mark, as given in the Schedule of the license shall be stencilled or printed on each ream or reel of white printing or printed on the label applied to it in such a way that the mark is destroyed on opening the ream or reel; provided always that the paper in the ream or reel so marked conforms to all the requirements of the specification. 3.1 Packing and Marking shall be done as per the requirements of the standard. In addition, the following details shall be marked on each package of plain copier paper: i) Licence No. (CM/L……………) ii) BIS website details: ‘For BIS certification details please visit www.bis.gov.in’ . 4. CONTROL UNIT – For the purpose of this scheme the material produced or packed on a particular machine continuously during a day shall constitute a control unit. 5. LEVELS OF CONTROL- The test and inspection as indicated in Table 1 and at the levels of control specified therein, shall be carried out on the whole production of the factory which is covered by this Scheme of testing and appropriate records and charts maintained in accordance with paragraph 2 above. 5.1 All the production which conforms to the Indian Standard and covered by this license shall be marked with the BIS Standard Mark. 5.2 One Ream/hour shall be examined for formation, finish and visual defects, as well as size & shall satisfy the requirements as given in the specification. In case the lot is found defective it shall be segregated and not used for marking 6. REJECTIONS– Disposal of non-conforming product shall be done in such a way so as to ensure that there is no violation of provisions of BIS Act, 2016 and shall be made as per relevant provisions of the extant law for disposal of such products. A separate record shall be maintained giving information on quantity and control unit number, relating to all such rejections/defective/sub-standard material of the production not conforming to the requirements of the Specification and the method of its disposal. Such material shall in no case be stored together with that conforming to the Specification. The Standard Mark (if already applied) on rejected material should be defaced.

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SCHEME OF INSPECTION AND TESTING

TABLE 1 LEVELS OF CONTROL (Cl.5 of Scheme of Inspection and Testing)

(1) (2) (3)

Test Details Test equipment requirement

R: required (or) S: Sub-

contracting permitted

Levels of Control

Cl. Requirement Test Method

Clause Reference

No. of Sample

Frequency Remarks

5.1 General 5.1 -do- R One ream Every hour See 5.2 of SIT

5.2 Moisture IS 1060 (Pt 5/Sec 2) R 6 reams Each control unit Samples shall be selected at regular

intervals 5.3 Grammage (Substance) IS 1060 (Pt 5/Sec 5) R -do- -do- -do- 5.4 Thickness IS 1060 (Pt 5/Sec 3) R -do- -do- -do-

5.5 & Table 1

Requirements -do- -do- -do-

i) ISO Brightness IS/ISO 2470 (Pt 1) R -do- -do- -do- ii) Opacity IS/ISO 2471 R -do- -do- -do- iii) One minute cobb test, both sides IS 1060 (Pt 5/Sec 4) R -do- -do- -do-

iv) Surface strength, Dennison (Wax

Pick) 8 IS 1060 (Pt 3) R One ream -do-

v) Smoothness for both sides (Bendtsen) 3 IS 9894 R One ream -do-

vi) Ash content (at 900°C), 11 IS 1060 (Pt 1) R One ream -do-

vii) Taber Stiffness

a) Machine Direction b) Cross Direction

Appendix D (Now Annex C)

IS 4658 R One ream -do-

viii) Tear Index

a) Machine direction b) Cross Direction

IS 1060 (Pt 6/Sec 1) R 6 reams Each control unit Samples shall be selected at regular

intervals

ix) Tensile Index

a) Machine direction b) Cross Direction

IS 1060 (Pt 5/Sec 6) R -do- -do- -do-

5.6 Size IS 1064 R One ream Every hour See 5.2 of SIT

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Note 1: Whether test equipment is required or sub-contracting is permitted in column 2 shall be decided by the Bureau and shall be mandatory. Sub-contracting is permitted to a laboratory recognized by the Bureau or Government laboratories empaneled by the Bureau Note 2: Levels of control given in column 3 are only recommendatory in nature. The manufacturer may define the control unit/batch/lot and submit his own levels of control in column 3 with proper justification to the Head BO.