M/BC/CEN/88/5 - PPE: Face (& eye) protection
Order for standardization concerning Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) - face (and eye) protection
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A European Standardization Mandate is a formal request from the European Commission to the European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI) to develop European standards (ENs) in support of EU legislation and policies. Mandates are issued under Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 and help ensure that products and services meet the essential requirements set out in EU directives and regulations.
M/BC/CEN/88/5 is a European Standardization Mandate titled "Order for standardization concerning Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) - face (and eye) protection". Order for standardization concerning Personal Protective Equipment (P.P.E.) - face (and eye) protection There are 6 standards developed under this mandate.
Standards developed in response to a mandate and cited in the Official Journal of the European Union become "harmonized standards". Products manufactured in compliance with harmonized standards benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation, facilitating CE marking and market access across the European Economic Area.
This European standard specifies requirements for automatic welding filters which switch their luminous transmittance to a lower predetermined value when a welding arc is ignited (referred to as welding filters with switchable scale numbers). It also specifies requirements for automatic welding filters which switch their luminous transmittance to a lower value, where the lower value of luminous transmittance is set automatically in dependence on the illuminance generated by the welding arc (referred to as welding filters with automatic scale number setting).
The requirements of this standard apply if such a filter is to be used for continuous viewing of the welding process, (including gas welding and cutting), and if it is to be used only during the period when the arc is being ignited.
These filters are used in welders' eye protectors or are fixed to equipment.
If they are to be used in welders' eye protectors, other applicable requirements for these types of filters are given in EN 166. The requirements for the frames/mountings to which they are intended to be fitted are given in EN 175.
Guidance on the selection and use of these filters is given in annex A.
The specifications for welding filters without switchable luminous transmittance are given in EN 169.
The specifications for welding filters without switchable luminous transmittance are given in prEN 169:2001.
- Standard22 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European standard specifies requirements for automatic welding filters which switch their luminous transmittance to a lower predetermined value when a welding arc is ignited (referred to as welding filters with switchable scale numbers). It also specifies requirements for automatic welding filters which switch their luminous transmittance to a lower value, where the lower value of luminous transmittance is set automatically in dependence on the illuminance generated by the welding arc (referred to as welding filters with automatic scale number setting).
The requirements of this standard apply if such a filter is to be used for continuous viewing of the welding process, (including gas welding and cutting), and if it is to be used only during the period when the arc is being ignited.
These filters are used in welders' eye protectors or are fixed to equipment.
If they are to be used in welders' eye protectors, other applicable requirements for these types of filters are given in EN 166. The requirements for the frames/mountings to which they are intended to be fitted are given in EN 175.
Guidance on the selection and use of these filters is given in annex A.
The specifications for welding filters without switchable luminous transmittance are given in EN 169.
The specifications for welding filters without switchable luminous transmittance are given in prEN 169:2001.
- Standard22 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Amendment4 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements for welding filters which automatically switch their luminous transmittance to a lower value when a welding arc is ignited (referred to as welding filters with switchable scale numbers). The requirements of this standard apply if such a filter is to be used for continuous viewing of the welding process and if it is to be used only during the period when the arc is being ignited. This standards also specifies requirements for welding filters with zones of differing luminous transmittance (referred to as welding filters with dual scale number). These filters are used in welders' eye protectors (as specified in standards in preparation or are fixed to equipment).
- Standard13 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
- Amendment4 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies requirements for welding filters which automatically switch their luminous transmittance to a lower value when a welding arc is ignited (referred to as welding filters with switchable scale numbers). The requirements of this standard apply if such a filter is to be used for continuous viewing of the welding process and if it is to be used only during the period when the arc is being ignited. This standards also specifies requirements for welding filters with zones of differing luminous transmittance (referred to as welding filters with dual scale number). These filters are used in welders' eye protectors (as specified in standards in preparation or are fixed to equipment).
- Standard13 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day