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EN353-2 MOBILE FALL ARRESTER ON FLEXIBLE ANCHORAGE LINE

Equipment consisting of a mobile fall arrester with self-locking, integral with its flexible anchorage line (rope, cable…). An energy reducer (absorber) can be built-in in the equipment.

EN ISO 374-1 AGAINST THE RISKS OF MICROORGANISMS & CHEMICAL RISKS

Standard EN ISO374-1, protective gloves against chemicals and micro-organisms, specifies the performance requirements required for gloves for protecting users against chemical products and/ or micro organisms and defines the terms to be used:

• Penetration (tested as per standard EN374-2): Diffusion of water or air, to check the impermeability, on a non-molecular level, of a chemical product and/or micro-organism through the porosities, seams, micro-holes or other imperfections present in the material of the protective glove.

• Degradation (tested as per standard EN374-4): Determination of the physical resistance of materials to degradation after continuous contact with hazardous chemicals.

• Permeation (tested as per standard EN374-3 or EN16523): Process by which a chemical product diffuses through the material of a protective glove, by continuous contact, on a molecular level. The EN ISO version of standard 374-1, introduces the concept of three types of protection against the permeation of chemicals:

- Type A: The glove gives a performance index to permeation at least equal to 2 for 6 chemical test substances taken from the list of chemicals specified in the standard.

- Type B : The glove gives a performance index to permeation at least equal to 2 for 3 chemical test substances taken from the list of chemicals specified in the standard.

- Type C : The glove gives a performance index to permeation at least equal to 1 for 1 chemical test substances taken from the list of chemicals specified in the standard.

 

LETTER

CODE

 CHEMICAL PRODUCT N°CAS
A Methanol 67-56-1
B Acetone 67-64-1
C Acetonitrile 75-05-8
D Dichloromethane 75-09-2
E Carbon disulfide 75-15-0
F Toluene 108-88-3
G Diethylamine 109-89-7
H Tetrahydrofurane 109-99-9
I Ethyl acetate 141-78-6
J n-Heptane 142-82-5
K Caustic soda 40 % (NaOH or sodium hydroxide) 1310-73-2
L Sulphuric acid 96 % 7664-93-9
M Nitric acid 65% 7697-37-2
N Acetic acid 99% 64-19-7
O Ammonium hydroxide 25% 1336-21-6
P Hydrogen peroxide 30% 7722-84-1
S Hydrofluoric acid 40% 7664-39-3
T Formaldehyde 37% 50-00-0

 

PASSAGE TIME MEASURED (MN) PERFORMANCE INDEX TO
PERMEATION
> 10 mn 1
> 30 mn 2
> 60 mn 3
> 120 mn 4
> 240 mn 5
> 480 mn 6

 

ANSI ISEA (US American National Standards Institute) 105

Classification and specifications for the protection of the hand. Part 5.11. cut resistance Weight necessary for a straight blade to cut the sample in a single movement.

 

Weight (g)

 ≥ 200 ≥ 500 ≥ 1000 ≥ 1500 ≥ 2200 ≥ 3000 ≥ 4000 ≥ 5000 ≥ 6000
2011 version -
levels		 1 2 3 4 5 - - - -
2016 version -
levels		 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 A9

 

EN407 HEAT AND FIRE RISK

The EN407 standard specifies the test methods, the general requirements, the thermal performance and the labelling of gloves and cuffs to protect from heat and fire. It applies to all gloves which must protect hands from heat and/or flames in any one or several of the following forms: fire, contact heat, convective heat, radiating heat, small spray of molten metal or large spray of melting metal.

 

If the product claims flammability resistance, the pictogram will be  


If the product does not claim any resistance to flammability (0 or X), the pictogram will be      

 

PERFORMANCE LEVEL CONTACT
TEMPERATURE °C		 THRESHOLD TIME
(second)
1 100° C  ≥ 15 s
2 250° C  ≥ 15 s
3 350° C  ≥ 15 s
4 500° C  ≥ 15 s

* the performance of all test points will be limited to 2 instead of 4.