1、Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIBRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13819-1:2002 Hearing protectors Testing Part 1: Physical test methods The European Standard EN 13819-1:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.340.20 Lic
2、ensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIBS EN 13819-1:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Health and Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of
3、the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 7 January 2003 BSI 7 January 2003 ISBN 0 580 41085 4 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13819-1:2002. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PH/7, Hearing protecto
4、rs, which has the responsibility to: A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under t
5、he section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index”, or by using the “Search” facility of the BSI Electronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct applica
6、tion. Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; moni
7、tor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 43 and a back cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last
8、issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date Comments Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN138191 December2002 ICS13.340.20 Englishversion HearingprotectorsTest
9、ingPart1:Physicaltestmethods ProtecteursindividuelscontrelebruitEssaisPartie1: Mthodesdessaiphysique GehrschtzerPrfungTeil1:Physikalische Prfverfahren ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon9September2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgi
10、vingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninany
11、otherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,
12、Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnational
13、Members. Ref.No.EN138191:2002E Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN138191:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions . 5 4 Earmuffs. .6 4.1 Specimens,condit
14、ioningandschemeoftesting. 6 4.2 Adjustability .8 4.3 Cuprotation .12 4.4 Headbandforce .14 4.5 Cushionpressure 15 4.6 Resistancetodamagewhendropped. 17 4.7 Resistancetodamagewhendroppedatlowtemperature(optional) . 18 4.8 Headbandflexing 20 4.9 Standbymechanismdurabilitytest(helmetmountedearmuffsonly
15、) .20 4.10 Waterimmersion .21 4.11 WaterImmersionheadbandunderstress(optional). 21 4.12 Resistancetoleakage(fluidfilledcushionsonly). .22 4.13 Ignitability.22 5 Earplugs . .23 5.1 Specimens,conditioningandschemeoftesting. 23 5.2 Assessmentofnominaldiameterdesignation 24 5.3 Rangeoffittingofheadbande
16、arplugs .25 5.4 Resistancetodamagewhendropped. 26 5.5 Resistancetodamagewhendroppedatlowtemperature(optional) . 27 5.6 Ignitability 27 AnnexA (informative)Uncertaintyofmeasurementandinterpretationoftestresults40 AnnexZA (informative)ClausesofthisEuropeanstandardaddressingessentialrequirements orothe
17、rprovisionsofEUDirectives. 42 Bibliography 43 Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN138191:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN138191:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC159,“Hearingprotectors“, thesecretariatofwh
18、ichisheldbySIS. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby June2003. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandt
19、heEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ForrelationshipwithEUDirective(s),seeinformativeannexZA,whichisanintegralpartofthisstandard. InthisEuropeanStandardtheannexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationso
20、fthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom. Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards I
21、nformation Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN138191:2002(E) 4 Introduction Thisstandardfor”HearingProtectorsTesting:Part1Physicaltestmethods”,specifiesproceduresforthe testingofpersonalhearingprotectiondevicesinrelationtoDirective89/686/EECPersonalProtectiveEquipment. EN3521dealswit
22、hrequirementsforearmuffs,EN3522withearplugs,EN3523withearmuffsattachedto industrialsafetyhelmets.EN13819dealswithtestingplanscommontoalltypesofhearingprotectorsand consistsoftwoParts: Part1:Physicaltestmethods Part2:Acoustictestmethods. Additionalsafetyrequirementsandtheassociatedtestproceduresforle
23、veldependentearmuffsarecontainedin EN3524,forearmuffswithactivenoisereductioninEN3525,forearmuffswithaudiocommunicationsin EN3526andforleveldependentearplugsinEN3527. AnassociatedstandardEN458,coversselection,use,careandmaintenanceofhearingprotectors. Thisstandardisintendedasasupplementtothespecific
24、productstandardsforhearingprotectors. Theperformancerequirementsaregiveninthehearingprotectorproductstandard. Ifdeviationsfromtheproceduresspecifiedinthisstandardarenecessary,thesedeviationsarespecifiedinthe hearingprotectionstandard. Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information
25、 Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN138191:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardEN138191specifiesphysicaltestmethodsforhearingprotectors.Thepurposeofthese testsistoenableassessmentoftheperformanceofthehearingprotectorasspecifiedintheappropriateproduct standard. 2 Normativereferences
26、ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonly
27、whenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN3521:2002 ,HearingprotectorsGeneralrequirementsPart1:Earmuffs EN3522:2002 ,HearingprotectorsGeneralrequirementsPart2:Earplugs EN3523:2002,HearingprotectorsGeneralr
28、equirementsPart3:Earmuffsattachedtoanindustrialsafety helmet EN960:1994 ,Headformsforuseinthetestingofprotectivehelmets EN138192:2002 ,HearingprotectorsTestingPart2:Acoustictestmethods 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply,inadditiontothosegi
29、venin EN352parts1,2and3 3.1 headbandearmuffs earmuffssatisfyingtherequirementsofEN3521. 3.2 helmetmountedearmuffs earmuffsfittedtoahelmetsuchthatthecombinationsatisfiestherequirementsofEN3523. 3.3 testheight 1) verticaldistancebetweentheaxisthroughthecentresofthemountingholesofthepinnasimulatorsinth
30、e mountingfixtureortestheadformshowninFigures3or4respectively,andthetopoftheheadbandsupportpador headform. Licensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN138191:2002(E) 6 3.4 testwidth 1) horizontaldistancebetweentheverticalaxesth
31、roughthecentresofthemountingholesforthepinnasimulatorsin themountingfixtureortestheadformshowninFigure3or4respectively. 3.5 testdepth 1) verticaldistancebetweentheaxisthroughthecentresofthemountingholesofthepinnasimulatorsandthetopof theheadbandsupport,withthepinnasimulatorsattachedwiththeirshortera
32、xesverticalshowninFigure3. 3.6 wearingheight verticaldistancefromtheloweredgeoftheheadbandofthehelmettothehighestpointofthetestheadformon whichthehelmetismounted. NOTE TheheadbandofthehelmetisdefinedinEN397as“Thepartoftheharnesscompletelyorpartlysurrounding theheadabovetheeyesatapproximatelythelarge
33、sthorizontalcircumferenceofthehead“. 4Earmuffs 4.1 Specimens,conditioningandschemeoftesting 4.1.1Specimens Headbandearmuffsandhelmetmountedearmuffsshallbesubmittedfortestingintheconditioninwhichtheyare offeredforsale. Forheadbandearmuffs,10specimensshallbesubmittedandtheyshallbenumbered1to10. Forhel
34、metmountedearmuffs,10basiccombinationspecimens(earmuffsandhelmets)shallbesubmittedand theyshallbenumbered1to10(basic). Ifthesamemodelofhelmetmountedearmuffsistobetestedwithanothermodelorsizeofhelmet,6further supplementarycombinationspecimens(earmuffsandhelmets)foreachmodelorsizeofhelmetshallbe submi
35、tted.Theseshallbenumbered(insets)1to6(supplementary). 4.1.2 Conditioningandtestingatmosphere Allspecimensshallbeconditionedandtestedinanatmospherehavingatemperatureof(225)Candarelative humidityofnotmorethan85%,unlessrequiredotherwisebythetestprocedure. 4.1.3 Schemeoftesting 4.1.3.1The10headbandearmu
36、ffsshallbeconditionedandtestedinaccordancewith4.1.3.2to4.1.3.9and Figure1. Forhelmetmountedearmuffs,exceptasspecifiedinthefollowingparagraph,theschemeoftestingforthe10 basiccombinationspecimensand,ifapplicable,thesetsof6supplementarycombinationspecimens,shallbeas givenin4.1.3.2to4.1.3.9andFigure2. L
37、icensed Copy: Wang Bin, ISO/Exchange China Standards Information Centre, 25 April 2003, Uncontrolled Copy, (c) BSIEN138191:2002(E) 7 Inthecaseofhelmetssuppliedinmorethanonesize,oneselectedsizeshallbeusedfortestinginabasic combination(exceptforsoundattenuationtesting).Allotherhelmetsizesshallbetested
38、inasupplementary combination(exceptforsoundattenuationtesting).Soundattenuationtestingshallbeperformedusingthe completerangeofavailablehelmetsizes(seeEN138192).Ifthehelmetmountedearmuffincorporatesameans toadjusttheheadbandforce,theforceshallbeadjustedtoitsminimumsettingforallstagesofconditioningand
39、 testing,unlessotherwisespecified. NOTE Testingmaybediscontinuedintheeventofaspecimenfailingtosatisfytherespectiverequirement. 4.1.3.2 Unpackallearmuffscompletely. 4.1.3.3 Forhelmetmountedearmuffs,eachspecimenshallbeweighedandthemeanmassofthe10specimens shallbereportedtothenearestgram. 4.1.3.4 Inthe
40、caseofhelmetmountedearmuffs,theearmuffsshallbeattachedtothehelmetsinaccordancewith theearmuffsmanufacturersinstructions.Thecups/supportarmsshallbesettothemidpointoftherangeoftheir adjustmentandsetintheposition(inuse,standby,parkingetc)asreceivedfromthemanufacturer. 4.1.3.5 Allspecimensshallbeconditi
41、onedfornotlessthan4hintheatmospherespecifiedin4.1.2. 4.1.3.6 Forheadbandearmuffs,eachspecimenshallbeweighedandthemeanmassofthe10specimensshall bereportedtothenearestgram. 4.1.3.7 Theschemeoftestingforspecimens1to6(headbandearmuffsandhelmetmountedearmuffs,basicand supplementarysets)shallbeasfollows:
42、a) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.2,4.3,4.4and4.5; b) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.6,unless(optional)4.7istobeperformed; c) Optionally,testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.7; d) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.8or,ifthespecimenishelmetmountedearmuffswhichincorporate astandbyposition,testinacc
43、ordancewith4.9(includessupportarmflexing); e) Removethecups(ifpossible)orthecushionsandlinersfromeachofthecupsofeachspecimen,identifying thecupsorlinerstoenablesubsequentidenticalreassembly.Ifthecupsarenotremovableandcushionsor linersarenotremovableand/orreplaceable,thecushionsandlinersshallbeprotectedfromthewater immersionduringthetesting; f) Testeachspecimeninacc
