NF EN ISO 11612

NF EN ISO 11612

May 2009
Standard Cancelled

Protective clothing - Clothing to protect against heat and flame

ISO 11612:2008 specifies performance requirements for garments made from flexible materials, which are designed to protect the wearer's body, except the hands, from heat and/or flame. For protection of the wearer's head and feet, the only items of protective clothing falling within the scope of this International Standard are gaiters, hoods and overboots. However, concerning hoods, requirements for visors and respiratory equipment are not given.The performance requirements set out in ISO 11612:2008 are applicable to garments which could be worn for a wide range of end uses, where there is a need for clothing with limited flame spread properties and where the user can be exposed to radiant or convective or contact heat or to molten metal splashes.

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Publication date

May 2009

Number of pages

41 p.

Reference

NF EN ISO 11612

ICS Codes

13.340.10   Protective clothing

Classification index

S74-522

Print number

1 - 18/06/2009

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European kinship

EN ISO 11612:2008
Sumary
Protective clothing - Clothing to protect against heat and flame

ISO 11612:2008 specifies performance requirements for garments made from flexible materials, which are designed to protect the wearer's body, except the hands, from heat and/or flame. For protection of the wearer's head and feet, the only items of protective clothing falling within the scope of this International Standard are gaiters, hoods and overboots. However, concerning hoods, requirements for visors and respiratory equipment are not given.

The performance requirements set out in ISO 11612:2008 are applicable to garments which could be worn for a wide range of end uses, where there is a need for clothing with limited flame spread properties and where the user can be exposed to radiant or convective or contact heat or to molten metal splashes.

Replaced standards (2)
NF EN 531
April 1995
Standard Cancelled
Protective clothing for industrial workers exposed to heat (excluding firefighters'and welders'clothing).

Le présent document fait partie d'une série de normes européennes établies par le CEN dans le cadre de l'application de la Directive Européenne sur les Équipements de Protection Individuelle (EPI). Il fixe les exigences des vêtements de protection contre la chaleur utilisés dans l'industrie. Les vêtements de protection contre la chaleur utilisés par les sapeurs-pompiers et les soudeurs font l'objet de normes distinctes.

NF EN 531/A1
October 1998
Standard Cancelled
Protective clothing for workers exposed to heat

Le présent document, fait partie d'une série de normes européennes établies par le CEN dans le cadre de l'application de la Directive Européenne sur les Équipements de Protection Individuelle (EPI). Il modifie le titre et le domaine d'application de la norme NF EN 531.

Standard replaced by (1)
NF EN ISO 11612
April 2016
Standard Current
Protective clothing - Clothing to protect against heat and flame - Minimum performance requirements

ISO 11612:2015 specifies performance requirements for protective clothing made from flexible materials, which are designed to protect the wearer's body, except the hands, from heat and/or flame. For protection of the wearer's head and feet, the only items of protective clothing falling within the scope of ISO 11612:2015 are gaiters, hoods, and overboots. However, concerning hoods, requirements for visors and respiratory equipment are not given. The performance requirements set out in ISO 11612:2015 are applicable to protective clothing which could be worn for a wide range of end uses, where there is a need for clothing with limited flame spread properties and where the user can be exposed to radiant or convective or contact heat or to molten metal splashes.

Table of contents
  • Avant-propos
    v
  • Introduction
    vii
  • 1 Domaine d'application
    1
  • 2 Références normatives
    1
  • 3 Termes et définitions
    2
  • 4 Conception d'un vêtement
    4
  • 4.1 Généralités
    4
  • 4.2 Tailles
    5
  • 4.3 Poches
    5
  • 4.4 Accessoires
    5
  • 4.5 Exigences de conception supplémentaires pour les vêtements de protection contre les projections/les éclaboussures de métal en fusion
    6
  • 5 Échantillonnage et prétraitement
    6
  • 5.1 Échantillonnage
    6
  • 5.2 Prétraitement
    6
  • 5.3 Conditionnement
    7
  • 6 Exigences générales
    7
  • 6.1 Généralités
    7
  • 6.2 Résistance à la chaleur
    7
  • 6.3 Propagation de flamme limitée (lettres de codification A1 et/ou A2)
    8
  • 6.4 Variation dimensionnelle due au nettoyage
    9
  • 6.5 Exigences mécaniques
    9
  • 6.6 Exigence facultative - Résistance à la pénétration d'eau (lettre de codification W)
    10
  • 6.7 Exigences ergonomiques
    10
  • 6.8 Teneur en matières grasses de cuir
    10
  • 6.9 Innocuité
    10
  • 7 Exigences de performance de transmission thermique
    11
  • 7.1 Généralités
    11
  • 7.2 Chaleur convective (lettre de codification B)
    11
  • 7.3 Chaleur radiante (lettre de codification C)
    11
  • 7.4 Projections d'aluminium en fusion (lettre de codification D)
    12
  • 7.5 Projections de fonte en fusion (lettre de codification E)
    12
  • 7.6 Chaleur de contact (lettre de codification F)
    13
  • 7.7 Exigence facultative - Protection contre les effets thermiques d'un phénomène d'arc électrique
    13
  • 7.8 Essai facultatif - Essais de l'article d'habillement complet pour la prévention de blessure par brûlure
    13
  • 8 Marquage
    14
  • 9 Informations fournies par le fabricant
    14
  • Annexe A (normative) Prétraitement mécanique pour les matériaux métallisés
    16
  • Annexe B (informative) Lignes directrices pour la conception du vêtement
    18
  • Annexe C (informative) Évaluation des blessures dues aux brûlures à l'aide d'un mannequin instrumenté
    19
  • Annexe D (informative) Vérification des caractéristiques ergonomiques de base des vêtements de protection
    21
  • Annexe E (informative) Évaluation des risques
    24
  • Annexe F (informative) Protection contre les effets thermiques d'un phénomène d'arc électrique
    25
  • Annexe G (informative) Incertitude de mesure
    26
  • Bibliographie
    27
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