Protection Classes

Below you will find a summary of the performance requirements of the protective standards of our clothing. Our clothing or personal protective equipment of category II and category III are tested and certified by a European Notified Body according to PPE regulation 2016/425. You can find the certificates for our products on the respective product page.

EN ISO 11612

Protection against Heat and Flames

This protective clothing protects the wearer against heat and/or flame. The performance requirements of the protective clothing is intended for a wide range of end uses and is divided into different classes accordingly. Standard requirements of all fabrics and materials used is limited flame spread and thermal resistance (code letter A), combined with one of the following options:

Convective heat (code letter B)
Radiant heat (code letter C)
Liquid aluminum splash (code letter D)
Liquid iron splash (code letter E)
Contact heat (code letter F)

The higher the level, the higher the protection provided.

EN ISO 11611

Protection for Welding and Allied Processes

Protective clothing according to EN ISO 11611 protects during welding and related processes with comparable risks. Wearers of this protective clothing are protected against welding spatter (small splashes of molten metal), brief contact with flames, radiant heat from an electric arc, and provides limited electrical insulation from electrical conductors under standard welding conditions under DC voltage up to approximately 100V.

Standard requirements are limited flame spread, number of impinging weld spatter, heat transmission, and electrical resistance. These tests define the protection class of the standard, which is divided into two performance levels, A1 and A2.

EN 61482

Protection against Thermal Hazards of an Electric Arc

This standard specifies the requirements for protective clothing against the thermal hazards of an electric arc. The test to determine the arc protection class of the material and protective clothing is performed using a directed test arc (Box Tex). The standard is divided into two classes:

Class 1: Test arc with 4 kA for 500 ms
Class 2: test arc with 7 kA for 500 ms

The tested protective clothing does not replace electrically insulating protective clothing. For clothing tested with an electric arc of 10 kA over 1000 ms and clothing certified according to EN 50286 (electrically insulating protective clothing for work on low-voltage installations, additionally tested with an arc test of 10 kA over 500 ms) contact us by mail.

EN ISO 20471

High Visibility

This standard specifies the requirements for high-visibility clothing that the wearer's presence is visually signaled. The high-visibility clothing makes the wearer conspicuously visible in all lighting conditions, whether daylight, headlamp illumination, or darkness. The standard specifies performance requirements for color and retroreflectivity, as well as minimum areas and placement of protective clothing materials. The risk rating is divided into three classes. Class 3 has the largest areas of high-visibility fabric and thus provides the greatest protection.

EN 13034

Protection against Liquid Chemicals

This standard specifies the requirements for protective clothing for protection against light chemical sprays, liquid aerosols or low pressure impinging splashes. However, protection at the molecular level is not provided. The protective clothing consists of a fabric with a liquid repellent finish that provides resistance to liquid penetration.

EN 1149

Protection against Electrostatic Properties

his standard specifies the requirements for electrostatic dissipative protective clothing that is a component of a grounded system and is intended to prevent ignitable discharge (explosion). For protection against mains voltages or flammable atmospheres enriched with oxygen, the requirements may not be sufficient. The protective clothing prevents electrostatic personal charging and ignitable discharges, but the clothing should be combined with other standards (e.g. EN ISO 11612) and safe grounding is only given by antistatic footwear.

EN 343

Protection against Rain

The weather protective clothing provides protection against precipitation (rain, snowflakes), fog and ground moisture; it is waterproof and breathable. To guarantee this, the water permeation resistance and the water vapor permeation resistance are tested. The parameters are divided into 4 classes each; class 4 offers the greatest protection.