How shall PPE be tested/certified?
The new European PPE regulation (Regulation (EU) 2016/425 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2016 on personal protective equipment and repealing Council Directive 89/686/EEC) states that if a manufacturer introduces a garment on the market ensuring to withstand more than 200 bar it must be tested.
As an example of how it should be tested, DIN certification is being carried out in Germany now with the parameters as seen below:
- The nozzle distance from the test sample shall be 75 mm
- The travel speed of the nozzle shall be 0,5 m/sec
- The report to be done after the test shall have the following content:
- Description of the samples
- Description of test procedure
- Result of all the tests
Furthermore, in regard to the labelling, the symbols that shall be used on the garments are “XXXX BAR” and “XXXX N”.
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