personal protective equipment


Testing of the Personal Protective Equipments

Head protection

	Protective helmet for the sport activities (Cycling, canoeing, skateboarding, downhill skiing, ice hockey, riding)
	Protective industry helmet against falling objects
	The helmet for the firemen

Testing - choice characteristics

	Field of view tests
	Strength of the rim band
	Efficiency of the rim bands gripping
	Resistance against the crash and breakdown
	Resistance against the mechanic deformation
	Resistance against the radiant heat
	Resistance against fire
	Electrical insulating resistance
	Resistance against radiant heat
	Resistance against the artificial ageing (xenon lamp, raised temperature)

Eyes protection

	Protective goggles with edges
	Closed protective goggles
	Protective screens and screens for welders
	Protective cowls

against:

	mechanic crashes
	optical radiation (ultraviolet, infrared, welding)
	melt metals
	iquid straws (chemicals) and sprays
	dust

Testing - choice characteristics

	spherical effect, astigmatism, prismatic effect
	factor of passage
	light dispersion
	minimum and increased strength of the visuals
	resistance against artificial ageing (xenon lamp, raised temperature)
	resistance against corrosion and combustion
	resistance against fast particle flying elements
	resistance against liquid sprays

Body protection

Protective clothes against:

	mechanic risks
	excessive dirty
	thermal risks (welders, firemen, workers in the heat industry)
	low tension
	distance
	contrary climate
	chemical risks

Danger clothes with high visibility
Protective clothes with electrostatic characteristics

Testing - choice characteristics

	size control
	ergonomic characteristics
	changes of the formats after the service (washing, chemical cleaning, drying in the drum dryer, ironing)
	compressive properties (tenacity, cutting, puncture)
	resistance against the attrition (abrasions, cyclic bend, cyclic compression and wrench)
	physiological characteristics (parapermeability and permeability)
	fire characteristics (flame spread, resistance against combustion, heat passage)
	resistance against the melt metal
	resistance against the liquid penetration (by the water compression, penetration and chemical permeation)
	surficial and turnstile electric contradiction
	resistance against the breakdown of the clectric current
	thermal permeability
	retroflexion of the materials with the high visibility
	measure of the colours
	fastness of the colours (in the abrasion, sweat, water, washing, chemical cleaning, UV radiation etc.)

Hand protection

Protective gloves against:

	mechanical risks
	thermal risks (welders, firemen, workers in the thermal industry)
	cold
	chemical risks

Protective gloves with electrostatical characteristics
Protective antivibration gloves
Protective gloves with high visibility

Testing - choice characteristics

	Size control
	Ergonomic characteristics
	Grasping ability
	Physiological characteristics (water vaper permeability, water, permeability)
	Resistance against the abrasion, section, another cutting, puncture
	Surficial and turnstile electic contradiction
	Resistance against the vibrations
	Fire characteristics (behavior in the fire, heat contact passage, convection, ratiation)
	Resistance against the spray of the molten metal
	Resistance against the liquid penetration (by the water compression, penetration and chemical permeation)
	Retroflexion of the materials with the high visibility
	Measure of the colours
	Fastness of the colours (in the abrasion, sweat, water, washing, chemical cleaning, UV radiation etc.)

Foot and feet protection

	Working boots
	Safety boots
	protective safety boots

Testing - choice characteristics

	Construction parameters control (vamp, sole, frond, lining, flap)
	Resistance against blast, compression
	Strenght characteristics (tenacity, another tearing, puncture, coherence of the plies)
	Resistance against attrition (abrasion, cyclic bend)
	Physiological characteristics (water vaper permeability, water)
	Heat contact passage
	Thermal resistance
	Resistance against the chamicals, corrosion
	Electric trough resistance

OFFER OF SERVICES

Tests wich are presentated by the test report forms of the accredited laboraty service like the foundation for:

	Assessment of conformity according to Government order 172/1997 Coll. as AB 224 (Authorized Body) or NB 1023
	Assessment of the characteristics of the personal protective equipment in framework