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PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
GENERAL INFORMATION
Protective clothing is an interesting, and enhancing
market. Whilst in the past the protective properties were
the main issue, modern functional textiles have to fulfil
perfect protective functions as well as wearing comfort
and further properties.
Thanks to modern textile technology and innovative
development, formerly used materials like leather, metal
cloths etc. are being replaced by high-tech textiles with
pleasant wearing properties and better protection.
• weather protection
• high-visibility warning
• welding protection
• heat protection
• protective clothing for the metal industry
• protection from chemicals
• multi-functional clothing for fire brigades, rescue
service or military, general outdoor working like
forestry, building etc.
• flame retardancy
• protection against electrostatic charge
• medical application
CHEMICAL REPELLENT AND WATER
REPELLENT PROTECTIVE CLOTHING
Protection against water, oil and chemicals is also an
important issue. The user requires wash-permanent
finishes which incorporate repellent properties against
different kinds of liquids.
Workwear is treated with a special product based on
fluorocarbon which is offered under the name of
®
TUBIGUARD PROTECT.
While water and oil repellency are standard properties,
chemical protection is a special challenge considering
that protection against concentrated and sometimes
oxidising acids is requested.
FLAME PROTECTION CLOTHING
Flame protection clothing is an important issue in many
different industries.
People working in the chemical industry or in various
technical or electro-technical fields have to wear flame
retardant clothing. Cotton is well proven in this field
because the pleasant physiological wearing comfort of
a natural fibre is preserved despite flame retardant
treatment. The flame retardancy in APYROL CEP
ECO achieved through special finishing processes
remains after 50 industrial machine washings at high
temperatures.
PROTECTIVE CLOTHING FOR METAL
PRODUCING AND METAL PROCESSING
PROFESSIONS
Protection against liquid or igneous metals is a special
challenge in the field of protective clothing. For this
application field CHT offers intelligent coating solutions
based on a nano-scaled ceramic coating with the name
TUBICOAT MEA.
This special coating is not only effective on fibres
commonly found on the market such as aramids, flame
retardant wool blends or other fibres with flame
retardant properties. It is possible to coat cotton which
has been effectively finished with TUBICOAT MEA.
The result is protective clothing which is pleasant to
wear, has a very high stability to washing and fulfils the
highest safety requirements. CHT offers with
TUBICOAT MEA an economically interesting variant.
SAFETY AND COMFORT
BREATHABLE WEATHER PROTECTION
CLOTHING
STANDARDS FOR PROTECTIVE
CLOTHING
Wearing comfort and breathability are very closely
connected with one another in weather protection
clothing.
All officially used protective clothing has to fulfil many
European standards.
Breathability of functional clothing normally means
water impermeability and at the same time water
vapour permeability.
This means that water (rain) cannot penetrate into the
textile from the outside while perspiration (water
steam) is transported from the body to the outside.
Apart from the head standard DIN EN ISO 11612
(Protective clothing – Clothing to protect against heat
and flame) there are a number of relevant
substandards applied in different sectors, e.g.:
• EN 343: Weather protection clothing against rain
• EN 471: Protection via high visibility
This moisture transport can be achieved by
microporous stable foam coatings (TUBICOAT MP)
• EN 470-1: Protective clothing for use in welding and
allied processes
There is also the possibility of a lamination with the
LAMETHAN system, consisting of LAMETHAN ADH1 as adhesive component and LAMETHAN LB 15-T
film as breathable membrane.
• EN 533: Protection against heat and flame
Foam laminations with LAMETHAN can impart
excellent flame retardancy besides weather protection
on suitable base fabrics because the flame retarding
agent can be incorporated into the adhesive and
applied onto the entire surface as microporous foam.
• EN 14058: Protective clothing against cool
environments
• EN 1149-X: Protective clothing: Electrostatic
properties
• EN 13034:2005: Protective clothing against liquid
chemicals
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