Nylon & Polyester Continuous Filament

Nylon & Polyester Filament Thread Comparison Chart

		Tex Size	Standard Ticket	US Gov. Ticket V-T-295	Avg. Strength*
Nylon Twisted Multifilament	Light Weight	T-14			1.2
		T-16		00	1.7
		T-18			2.5
		T-21		A	2.8
		T-30	33	AA	4.7
	Medium Weight	T-45	46	B/2	7.3
		T-70	69	E	11
	Heavy Weight	T-90	92	F	14
		T-105			21
		T-135	138	FF	24
	Extra Heavy Weight	T-210	207	#3	31
		T-270	277	#4	43
		T-350	346	#5	58
		T-400	415	#6	73
		T-500	462	#7	77
		T-600	554	#8	83
		T-700	693	#10	92
Nylon Monocord	Light Weight	T-16			1.7
		T-18		00	2.5
		T-27		A	3.4
		T-30			4.7
		T-35		AA	4.5
	Medium Weight	T-45	46	B	7.5
		T-60
		T-70	63	E	12
	Heavy Weight	T-90		F	14
		T-105			19
		T-135			27
	Extra Heavy Weight	T-150			29
		Tex Size	Standard Ticket	US Gov. Ticket Mil-DTL-32072 (Supersedes V-T-285)	Avg. Strength*
Polyester Twisted Multifilament	Light Weight	T-16		00	1.8
		T-18
		T-21		A	3.4
		T-30	33	AA	4.7
		T-35	33		5.2
	Medium Weight	T-45	46	B/2	6.7
		T-50		B/3	6.0
		T-70	69	E	10.4
	Heavy Weight	T-90	92	F	13.6
		T-105
		T-135	138	FF	21
	Extra Heavy Weight	T-180
		T-210	207	#3	31
		T-270	277	#4	42
		T-300
		T-350	346	#5	48
		T-400	415	#6	65
		T-500	462	#7
		T-600	554	#8	89
		T-700	693	#10	92

Federal Specifications

Upon request the John Howard Company supplies Nylon thread to meet Federal Specification V-T-295 and Polyester thread to Federal Specification Mil-DTL-32072 (supersedes V-T-285). Federally approved to supply this material to the U.S. Government and all government contractors and sub-contractors.

	Application	Tex Size	Standard Ticket	Avg. Strength*
Textured Poly	Light Weight	T-18	T-18	1.7
		T-24	T-24	2.1
	Medium Weight	T-35	T-35	3.3
		T-50	T-50	4.5
	Heavy Weight	T-70	T-70	6.8
		T-105	T-105	7.8
Spun Poly	Ex-Light Weight	T-18		1.4
		T-21		1.8
		T-21	100/2	1.7
	Light Weight	T-27	70/2	2.1
		T-27		2.2
		T-27	50/3	2.1
	Medium Weight	T-40	50/2	3.3
		T-45	40/3	3.6
		T-60		4.7
		T-60	30/3	4.8
	Heavy Weight	T-70	24/3	6.3
		T-90	20/3	7.6
		T-105	16/3	9.6
	Ex-Heavy Weight	T-120		10.6
		T-135		11.1
		T-270
Poly Wrapped Poly Core	Ex-Light Weight	T-18	XXF-140	2.1
	Light Weight	T-24	XF-100	2.7
		T-30	MF-70	3.5
	Medium Weight	T-40	M-50	4.5
		T-50	H-30	6.6
	Heavy Weight	T-60	T-60	7.7
		T-80	T-80H	8.9
		T-105	T-100	10.6
	Ex-Heavy Weight	T-120	T-120	13.5
		T-135		16.0
		T-150		18.0
Cotton Wrapped Poly Core	Light Weight	T-24	XF-100	2.3
		T-35	MF-70	3.1
	Medium Weight	T-40	M-50	3.6
		T-50	MH-40	4.6
	Heavy Weight	T-60	T-60	7.3
		T-80	T-80H	7.5
		T-105	T-100	8.6
	Ex-Heavy Weight	T-120		11.4
		T-135	XH-16	11.7
		T-150	XXH-12	15.1

*SEB-Single End Break (lbs.) All strengths are for comparative purposes and should not be used as minimum requirements.