PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. GARMENTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COLD ENVIRONMENTS
EN ISO 14058 – This standard specifies the requirements and test methods for the features of garments for protection of the body against cold environments with temperatures above -5 ºC.
EN ISO 14058 CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
TEST METHOD
DESCRIPTION
MINIMUM COMPLIANCE VALUES
EN 31092 o EN ISO 5085-1
Thermal resistance (RCT): RCT is tested for all layers of the garment according the EN 31092 or EN ISO 5085-1 standard, depending on the sample thickness. The value obtained is determined according to the type of minimum compliance values.
RTC (m² · K/W)
Performance level | Min | Max |
Class 1 | 0.06 | > 0.12 |
Clase 2 | 0.12 | > 0.18 |
Clase 3 | 0.18 | > 0.25 |
EN ISO 15831
- Resulting effective thermal insulation (Icler) (optional): moving manikin.
- Requirement: Icler ≥ 0.17 m² · K/W.
- Simple garments: tested with reference clothing R.
- Groups: tested with reference clothing B (polar type).
- Test parameters are: HR 50%.
- Air velocity: 0.3 – 0.5 m/s.
- Walking velocity: 1 m/s.
Insulation Icler m²·K/W | Activity while wearer is moving | |||
Light 115 W/m² | Medium 170 115 W/m² | |||
8h | 1h | 8h | 1h | |
0.170 | 11 | 2 | 0 | -9 |
0.230 | 5 | -5 | -8 | -19 |
0.310 | -1 | -15 | -19 | -32 |
EN ISO 9237
- Air permeability (AP): must be measured for the entire group.
- If, due to technical reasons, the group of materials cannot be tested as one piece, components must be tested individually and are measured based on the component with the lowest value.
- Tests are performed at a differential pressure of 100 Pa on a surface of 20 cm².
- There are three types of classes according to air permeability.
Air permeability (mm/s)
Performance level | Min | Max |
Class 1 | 100 | – |
Class 2 | 5 | ≤ 100 |
Class 3 | – | ≤ 5 |
EN 20811
- Water penetration resistance (WP) (optional): measured from the exterior layer, along with all impermeable layers and their seams.
- There are two levels of classification: class 1 and class 2.
- Test parameters are as follows: water pressure increase rate of 980 ± 50 Pa/min.
- Number of samples: 5 for seam testing and 5 for material testing.
- Sample size must have a minimum diameter of 130 mm.
WP (Pa)
Performance level | Min | Max |
Class 1 | 8000 | ≤ 13000 |
Class 2 | > 13000 | – |
EN 31092
Water vapour resistance (RET): measured if water penetration resistance is required.
The group of all layers (excluding underwear) must be less than 55 m² · Pa/W.
ISO 13688
MARKING: Pictogram
EN 14058 Y: class of thermal resistance
Y: class according to air permeability (optional)
Y: class according to water penetration (optional)
Y: Icler (optional)