1、A N S I / I S E A 207-2011 American National Standard for High-Visibility Public Safety Vests ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 Revision of ANSI/ISEA 207-2006 American National Standard for High-Visibility Public Safety Vests Secretariat International Safety Equipment Association Approved October 17, 2011 American
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8、Foreword (This Foreword is not part of American National Standard ANSI/ISEA 207 -2011) ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 represents the second iteration of the consensus industry standard on high-visibility public safety vests. The document was first published in 2006 and developed with the understanding that comp
9、eting hazards exist for public safety employees who also need to be seen by vehicle operators. The need for such a document to address visibility as a hazard was identified by the National Traffic Incident Management Coalition (NTIMC), whose members represent the public safety industry and with whom
10、 ISEA worked closely to ensure that features important to the public safety sector are established. The 2009 revision to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) mandated that workers in any roadway right-of-way wear high-visibility apparel, and allowed emergency/incident response and l
11、aw enforcement personnel in traffic control areas to wear ANSI/ISEA 207 compliant vests in lieu of garments compliant with and labeled to ANSI/ISEA 107, American National Standard for High-Visibility Safety Apparel and Headwear. This new edition of ANSI/ISEA 207 includes clarification and improvemen
12、ts related to designs incorporating identification panels, logos and lettering, which are important to the public service community. The revised standard also provides useful service life guidelines for high-visibility garments by incorporating those that have been established by the Federal Highway
13、 Administration. This revision was prepared by members of the High Visibility Products Group of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA). The following companies were members of the group at the time of the approval of the standard: 5.11 Tactical Apparel Avery Dennison Blauer Manufactur
14、ing ERB Industries Ergodyne Honeywell Safety Products Kimberly-Clark Corporation M.L. Kishigo Manufacturing Lakeland Industries 3M Company MCR Safety MSA NASCO Industries OccuNomix International OK-1 Manufacturing Pacific Safety Supply Radians Inc. Reflexite North America Safe Reflections I. Spiewak
15、 Staining: Grade 3.0 Modified AATCC 61-2004-2A to use 105F Dry-cleaning Color shade change: 4 AATCC 132-2004 Hypochlorite bleaching Domestic Color shade change: 4 AATCC 61-2007-5A Hypochlorite bleaching Commercial Color shade change: 4 AATCC 61-2007-4A Hot-pressing Color change: 4.5 Staining: 3.0 AA
16、TCC 133-2004 Water Color change - AATCC 158-2005, Textiles - Test for dimensional changes - Dimensional Changes on Dry-cleaning in Perchlorethylene: Machine Method - AATCC 96-2004 (IIIc) (A) and/or (E), Textiles - Tests for dimensional changes - Dimensional Changes in Commercial Laundering of Woven
17、and Knitted Fabrics Except Wool 7.4 Mechanical Properties of Background Materials 7.4.1 Bursting Strength of Knitted Materials and other Nonwoven Constructions The minimum bursting strength shall be 267 N (60 lb). Bursting strength shall be tested in accordance with ASTM D3787-07, Standard Test Meth
18、od for Bursting Strength of Knitted Goods - Constant-Rate-of-Traverse (CRT) Ball Burst Test, using sample specimens of 30 mm (1.18 in.) diameter. 7.4.2 Tear Resistance of Woven Materials (Uncoated, Coated or Laminate) Background materials for high-visibility safety apparel shall be tested in accorda
19、nce with ASTM D1424-09, Standard Test Method for Tearing Strength of Fabrics by Falling-Pendulum Type (Elmendorf) Apparatus at a minimum requirement of 13 N (1326 gf; 2.92 lbf) in both directions. 8. Photometric and Physical Performance Requirements for Retroreflective Materials 8.1 Retroreflective
20、Performance Requirements Prior to Test Exposure Retroreflective materials shall comply with the requirements of Table 4, as applicable, before test exposures. Measurements shall be made by the method described in Section 9.3. When measured at the two rotation angles 1 = 0 and 2= 90, retroreflective
21、material shall comply with the minimum requirements for the coefficient of retroreflection stated in Table 4 at one of the two rotation angles; and shall be not less than 75% of the values stated in Table 4, at the other rotation angle. The values for retroreflective material are for any color. Tabl
22、e 4. Minimum coefficient of retroreflection in cd/(lx m2) for retroreflective or combined-performance material Observation angle Entrance angle 5 20 30 40 12 330 290 180 65 20 250 200 170 60 1 25 15 12 10 130 10 7 5 4 8.2 Retroreflective Performance Requirements After Test Exposure The samples teste
23、d in accordance with Section 8.1 shall be exposed as specified in Table 5. After exposure each test specimen shall meet the following photometric requirements: ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 Page 7 The coefficient of retroreflection RA, measured at observation angle 12 and entrance angle 5, shall exceed 100 cd/
24、(lx m2) at one of the two orientations described in Section 9.3 and shall be not less than 75 cd/(lx m2) at the other orientation. Table 5. Test Exposure Test Exposure Retroreflective and Combined-performance Material Abrasion Section 9.4.1 Flexing Section 9.4.2 Folding at cold temperatures Section
25、9.4.3 Temperature variation Section 9.4.4 Washing Section 9.4.5 Dry-cleaning Section 9.4.5 Influence of rainfall Section 9.4.6 9. Test Methods 9.1 Sampling and Conditioning 9.1.1 Specimens Test specimens shall be taken at random from commercially available quantities representative of commercially a
26、vailable quality. 9.1.2 Preparation of specimens The size, shape and quantity, shall be as required for each test procedure. 9.1.3 Number of tests Unless otherwise specified, one specimen of each material shall be tested and shall comply with the minimum requirements. 9.1.4 Conditioning of specimens
27、 The specimens shall be conditioned for at least 24 hours at 20 2C (68 2F) and 65 5 % relative humidity. If the tests are carried out in other conditions, the tests shall be conducted within 5 minutes after withdrawal from the conditioning atmosphere. 9.2 Determination of Color The color shall be me
28、asured in accordance with the procedures defined in ASTM E116409a Colorimetry - Standard Practice for Obtaining Spectrophotometric Data for Object-Color Evaluation and the specimens shall not consist of more than two layers of the same material, with the following conditions: a. Set the spectrophoto
29、meter at a wavelength range of 400-700 nm and at intervals of 10 nm. b. Use illumination D65 and 45/0 or 0/45 geometry with 2standard observer and a black underlay with a reflectance of less than 0.04. 9.3 Method for Determination of Retroreflective Photometric Performance The coefficient of retrore
30、flection RAshall be determined in accordance with the procedure defined in ASTM E808-01 (2009) Standard Practice for Describing Retroreflection and ASTM E809-08, Standard Practice for Measuring Photometric Characteristics of Retroreflectors. Measurements shall be made on square samples of 10 cm x 10
31、 cm (3.94 in. x 3.94 in.) or of the size of the pretested samples. RAfor the sample shall be measured at the specified observation angle and entrance angle for both the 0, and 90positions of the rotation angle . The position 0is determined by one of the following means: A clear datum mark on each sa
32、mple. A clear instruction given by the manufacturer of the material. If no mark or instruction exists, the position = 0can be chosen at random. 9.4 Retroreflection After Test Exposure 9.4.1 Abrasion The test sample shall be abraded in accordance with EN 530:1995, Abrasion resistance of protective cl
33、othing material, Method 2, using a ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 Page 8 woolen fabric abradent. The specimens shall be measured after 5,000 cycles, using a weight of 9kPa. 9.4.2 Flexing The test sample shall be flexed in accordance with ISO 7854:1997, Rubber- or plastics-coated fabrics - Determination of resis
34、tance to damage by flexing (dynamic method), Method A. The specimens shall be measured after 7500 cycles. 9.4.3 Folding at Cold Temperatures The test sample shall be exposed and folded in accordance with ISO 4675:1990, Rubber or plastic coated fabric - Low-temperature bend test at a temperature of -
35、20 1C (-2 1F). Measurements shall be made after reconditioning to the atmosphere in accordance with Section 9.1 for at least 2 hours. 9.4.4 Exposure to Temperature Variation Specimens of the size of 180 mm x 30 mm (7.09 in. x 1.18 in.) shall be exposed continuously to the temperatures defined in the
36、 following procedure: for 12 hours at 50 2C (122 2F) immediately followed by 20 hours at -30 2C (-20 2F) conditioning for at least 2 hours in accordance with Section 9.1. 9.4.5 Washing, Dry-cleaning 9.4.5.1 General. When the care label in the garment indicates that it is suitable for washing, the re
37、troreflective material shall meet the minimum performance requirements of Section 8.2, after a minimum of five washing cycles. The procedure defined in Section 9.5.4.2 shall be applied. When the care label in the garment indicates that it is suitable for dry-cleaning, the procedure defined in Sectio
38、n 9.4.5.3 shall be applied. When the care label indicates that the garment is suitable for both washing and dry-cleaning, the procedures defined in Sections 9.4.5.2 and 9.4.5.3 shall be applied separately on separate test samples. 9.4.5.2 Washing According to Care Label. Three clothing fabric specim
39、ens 300 mm x 250 mm (11.81 in. x 9.84 in.) shall be prepared with two stripes of retroreflective material each 250 mm x 30 mm (9.84 in. x 1.18 in.) with a distance between the two stripes of 30 mm (1.18 in.). The test samples shall be washed in accordance with ISO 6330:2000, Textiles - Domestic wash
40、ing and drying procedures for textile testing, Method 2A. The specified wash cycle shall be applied to the test sample for the number of times stated in the label (See Sections 10 and 11). After the last wash cycle the samples shall be dried, stress free, at 50 5C (122 5F). 9.4.5.3 Dry-cleaning Acco
41、rding to Care Label. Samples shall be prepared in accordance with Section 9.4.6. The test sample shall be dry-cleaned in accordance with ISO 3175:1998, Method 9.1, Textiles - Determination of dimensional change on dry cleaning in perchlorethylene - Machine method. The test sample shall be cleaned fo
42、r the number of cleaning cycles stated in the care label (See Section 10). 9.4.6 Retroreflective Performance in Rainfall Samples shall be tested in accordance with Sections 8.2, 9.1, and 9.3, and Appendix A of this standard. 10. Care Labeling Washing or cleaning instructions shall be indicated in ac
43、cordance with ASTM D5489 - 01a, Standard Guide for Care Symbols for Care Instructions on Textile Products, as relevant. If the manufacturer intends to indicate that the manufacturers instructions have to be consulted, then an i in a square frame shall be placed in front of the care symbols of ASTM D
44、5489 01a. ANSI/ISEA 207-2011 Page 9 11. Marking 11.1 General Marking Vest marking shall be: on the product itself or on labels attached to the product; permanently affixed so as to be visible and legible; durable for the appropriate number of cleaning processes. NOTE: The use of numbers not smaller
45、than 2 mm (0.08 in.) and pictograms not smaller than 10 mm (0.39 in.) is recommended. Numbers and pictograms are recommended to be black on white background. 11.2 Specific Marking The marking shall include the following information: a. Name, trademark or other means of identification of the manufact
46、urer or authorized representative; b. Designation of the product type commercial name or code; c. Size designation; d. Number of this specific ANSI standard (ANSI/ISEA 207-2011) e. The maximum number of cleaning processes for the finished item shall be stated after maximum next to the care labeling
47、(Example: max 25 x). 12. Instructions for Use 12.1 Product Information Vests shall be supplied with information written at least in English. All information shall be unambiguous. The following minimum information shall be given: a. Fitting; how to put on and take off, if relevant; b. Necessary warni
48、ngs of misuse, including a statement that any further modification may invalidate vest compliance; c. Limitations on use; d. Storage; how to store and maintain correctly, with maximum periods between maintenance checks; e. Maintenance and cleaning; how to clean or decontaminate correctly, with compl
49、ete washing or dry cleaning instructions. NOTE: Visibility of background and retroreflective materials will degrade with exposure and use. 12.2 Service Life Guidelines All items do have a limited lifetime that will vary depending of the item and use. Variables may include, but are not limited to: type of item, type of environment, laundering method and length of exposure to environment. It is the responsibility of the issuing entity, authorized on-site person, employer or wearer to periodically evalu
