Protective gloves against mechanical risks. Equivalence with EN388:2016+A1:2018.
This standard specifies the methods and requirements of protective gloves against mechanical hazards, including abrasion, knife cutting, tearing, puncture and impact. The methods may also be applicable to arm guards.
This standard is intended to be used in conjunction with EN ISO 21420 (meeting all applicable requirements).
A mechanical risk protection glove shall have a performance level of 1 or higher for at least one of the tests for: abrasion, knife cutting, tearing and puncture or at least level A of the EN ISO 13997:1999 TDM cut resistance test; Ranked according to the minimum requirements for each level shown in the requirements table.
For those materials that in the knife cut resistance test (point 6.2) in the first sequence the number of Cn+1 cycles is greater than 3 in one of the samples tested, the TDM method of cutting resistance (point 6.3) will be used to evaluate the protection against the risk of cutting.
Conditioning: minimum 24 h at 23 ± 2 ºC and a relative humidity of 50 ± 5%. Perform the test within 5 min after conditioning (except for those tests that last more than 15 min).
| TEST METHOD | TEST STANDARD | DESCRIPTION | REQUIREMENTS | |||||
| ABRASION RESISTANCE | UNE-EN 388
(Point 6.1) (EN ISO 12947-1 9.0 ± 0.2 kPa) |
Original Fabric
It is measured by the number of rubs necessary for penetration to occur. Evaluation: Openwork fabric: 2 separate threads broken Knitted fabric: 1 thread broken |
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Level 4 | Level 5 | |
| 100 | 500 | 2000 | 8000 | – | ||||
| RESISTANCE TO KNIFE CUTTING | UNE-EN 388
(Point 6.2) |
Original Fabric
Circular knife cutting in horizontal movement 50 mm long and 360 ºC rotation, 8 ± 2 cm/s and 5 ± 0.5 N force |
1,2 | 2,5 | 5,0 | 10,0 | 20,0 | |
| TEAR RESISTANCE | UNE-EN 388
(Point 6.4) |
Original Fabric
Rectangular specimen cut half its length at a speed of 100 ± 10 mm/min. |
10 | 25 | 50 | 75 | – | |
| PUNCTURE RESISTANCE | UNE-EN 388
(Item 6.5) |
Original Fabric
Move the probe down over the sample at 100 mm/min until 50 mm displacement is reached |
20 | 60 | 100 | 150 | – | |
| CUT RESISTANCE BY SHARP OBJECTS TDM | UNE-EN 388
(Point 6.3) EN ISO 13997 |
Original Fabric | Level A | Level B | Level C | Level D | Level E | Level F |
| 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 30 | |||
| IMPACT TEST
(optional) |
UNE-EN 388
(Point 6.6) EN 13549 |
Back, hand and palm
5 J impact energy is applied |
Level 1 | |||||
For gloves with a mechanical tear strength of at least level 1, they must carry a warning not to use in case of risk of entanglement in the moving parts of the machines.
Example: 3 4 4 3 E P
Number of each level reached in the following order:
abrasion, knife cut resistance, tearing, puncture resistance and cut resistance
X= not analyzed
O= not reached the minimum
P if it meets impact test
