TS ISO 633

TS ISO 633 is a vocabulary standard for cork, treating it as an industrial raw material and standardizing the terms used to describe the different forms in which cork appears. Cork is a natural material with a distinct technical language because it is used across a wide range of products, from closures to insulation and other technical applications.

A common language for cork forms, products and processing

The focus of this document is how to name cork not only as a raw material, but also as main products, processed forms and intermediate states found along the supply chain. Vocabulary standards are especially important in materials such as cork because the same substance may be described differently in production, quality control, trade and technical communication. Shared terminology helps manufacturers, laboratories and users refer to the same material with the same meaning.

Anomalies and technical context

The document also indicates terms and definitions for certain operations cork may undergo, as well as anomalies that may be associated with it. In general technical terms, cork’s low density, elasticity and compressibility make it valuable for sealing, vibration damping and thermal insulation. The role of this standard is not to explain those performance properties in detail, but to regulate the language used to describe them and the material’s related conditions.

• Terms for cork as an industrial raw material
• Names used for the different forms of cork
• Terminology for main cork products
• Vocabulary for some cork-processing operations
• Designations for anomalies associated with cork