EN ISO 11611:2015

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-december-2015
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SIST EN ISO 11611:2007
Varovalna obleka pri varjenju in sorodnih postopkih (ISO 11611:2015)
Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes (ISO 11611:2015)
Schutzkleidung für das Schweißen und verwandte Verfahren (ISO 11611:2015)
Vêtements de protection utilisés pendant le soudage et les techniques connexes (ISO
11611:2015)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11611:2015
ICS:
13.340.10 Varovalna obleka Protective clothing
25.160.01 Varjenje, trdo in mehko Welding, brazing and
spajkanje na splošno soldering in general
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EUROPEAN STANDARD
EN ISO 11611
NORME EUROPÉENNE
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
July 2015
ICS 13.340.10; 25.160.01 Supersedes EN ISO 11611:2007
English Version
Protective clothing for use in welding and allied processes (ISO
11611:2015)
Vêtements de protection utilisés pendant le soudage et les Schutzkleidung für das Schweißen und verwandte
techniques connexes (ISO 11611:2015) Verfahren (ISO 11611:2015)
This European Standard was approved by CEN on 19 June 2015.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European
Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national
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Contents Page
European foreword .3
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC .4

European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11611:2015) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 94 "Personal safety
- Protective clothing and equipment" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 162 “Protective
clothing including hand and arm protection and lifejackets” the secretariat of which is held by DIN.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an identical
text or by endorsement, at the latest by January 2016, and conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at
the latest by January 2016.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent
rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association, and supports essential requirements of EU Directive(s).
For relationship with EU Directive, see informative Annex ZA, which is an integral part of this document.
This document supersedes EN ISO 11611:2007.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the following
countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece,
Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11611:2015 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11611:2015 without any modification.
Annex ZA
(informative)
Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential
Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC
This European Standard has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission
and the European Free Trade Association to provide one means of conforming to Essential Requirements of
the New Approach Directive 89/686/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to
personal protective equipment.
Once this standard is cited in the Official Journal of the European Union under that Directive and has been
implemented as a national standard in at least one Member State, compliance with the normative clauses of
this International Standard given in Table ZA.1 confers, within the limits of the scope of this International
Standard, a presumption of conformity with the corresponding Essential Requirements of that Directive and
associated EFTA regulations.
Table ZA 1
Clauses/
subclauses of
Basic requirement (EU directive 89/686/EEC, Annex II) Qualifying remarks/notes
this European
Standard
4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.5,
1.2.1 Absence of risks and other inherent nuisance factors
4.6, 4.7, 6.6, 6.10
and 6.11
4.4 1.3.1  Adaptation of PPE to user morphology
5.2, 8 1.4  Information supplied by the manufacturer
5.3 2.4  PPE subject to ageing
6.2, 6.3, 6.4 and 1.3.2  Lightness and design strength
6.5
6.7,6.8,6.9       Protection against heat and/or fire
3.6.1  PPE constituent materials and other components
6.8, 6.9       Protection against heat and/or fire
3.6.2  Complete PPE ready for use
6.1, 6.8, 6.9 1.1.2.2  Classes of protection appropriate to different
levels of risk
7 2.12   PPE bearing identification marks relating to health
and safety
Warning Other requirements and other EU Directives may be applicable to the products falling within the
scope of this International Standard

INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 11611
Second edition
2015-07-01
Protective clothing for use in welding
and allied processes
Vêtements de protection utilisés pendant le soudage et les techniques
connexes
Reference number
ISO 11611:2015(E)
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ISO 11611:2015(E)
Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 2
4 General and design requirements . 4
4.1 General . 4
4.2 Protective clothing . 5
4.3 Size designation and fit . 5
4.4 Additional protective garments . 5
4.5 Pockets and flap closures . 5
4.6 Closures and seams . 6
4.7 Hardware . 6
5 Sampling and pre-treatment . 6
5.1 Sampling . 6
5.2 Pre-treatment of material . 6
5.3 Ageing . 6
5.4 Conditioning . 7
6 General performance requirements . 7
6.1 Classification . 7
6.2 Tensile strength . 7
6.3 Tear strength . 7
6.4 Burst strength of knitted materials and seams . 7
6.5 Seam strength . 7
6.6 Dimensional change of textile materials . 8
6.7 Limited flame spread . 8
6.7.1 General. 8
6.7.2 Testing in accordance with ISO 15025, Procedure A (code letter A1) . 8
6.7.3 Testing in accordance with ISO 15025, Procedure B (code letter A2) . 9
6.8 Impact of spatter (small splashes of molten metal) .10
6.9 Heat transfer (radiation) .10
6.10 Electrical resistance .10
6.11 Fat content of leather .10
6.12 Performance requirements .
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