I.S. EN 1486:2007
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01-01-2007
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Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General requirements
4.1 Clothing ensemble
4.2 Clothing
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Pockets
4.2.3 Size designation
4.3 Head protection
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Screen
4.4 Hand protection
4.5 Overboots
5 Sampling, pre-treatment, ageing
5.1 Sampling
5.2 Pre-treatment
5.2.1 General
5.2.2 Cleaning
5.2.3 Mechanical pre-treatment
5.3 Ageing
6 Thermal requirements
6.1 Limited flame spread
6.2 Heat transfer (radiant heat)
6.3 Heat transfer (convective heat)
6.4 Contact heat
6.5 Heat resistance
7 Mechanical requirements
7.1 Dimensional change
7.2 Tensile strength
7.3 Burst strength
7.4 Tear strength
7.5 Seam strength
8 Other requirements
8.1 Surface wetting
8.2 Whole Garment Testing (optional)
9 Marking
10 Information supplied by the manufacturer
Annex A (normative) Mechanical pre-treatment for metallised
materials
A.1 Principle
A.2 Sampling
A.3 Apparatus
A.4 Procedure
Annex B (informative) Warning - flame engulfment
Annex C (informative) Guidelines for clothing design
Annex D (informative) Checking of basic ergonomic features of
protective clothing - practical performance tests
Annex E (normative) Prediction of burn injury using an instrumented
manikin
Annex F (informative) Significant technical changes between this
document and the previous edition EN 1486:1996
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard
and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC
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