Standards and directives
The common goal of our product managers and services is to offer reliable, sustainable, high-performance products in compliance with the regulations and/or standards of each territory where they are used.
IRAM 3610 is an Argentine standard specifying safety footwear requirements and testing methods. It covers 42 different types of tests: structural, material, minimum height, etc. The tests concern everything from impacts to the fingers (up to 200 J of energy) to finger compression (up to 1500 kg/3307 lb), and mechanical resistance of the leather, linings, insoles, tongues, outsoles, etc.
The EN511 standard defines the requirements and test methods for cold protection gloves from cold transmitted by convection or conduction down to -30°C (optionally up to -50°C). This cold can be from climatic conditions or industrial activity.
The selection process of a cold protection glove must take into account several parameters such as the ambient temperature, the health of the person, the duration of exposure, and the level of activities...
Standard EN16350 provides additional requirements for protective gloves that are worn in areas where flammable or explosive areas exist or might be present.
Further electrostatic properties can be determined through EN1149-1 (surface electrostatic properties) or EN1149-3 (charge decay), but cannot be used for electrostatic dissipative protective gloves.