1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 13819-2:2002 Hearing protectors Testing Part 2: Acoustic test methods The European Standard EN 13819-2:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.340.20 BS EN 13819-2:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Health and Environment Secto
2、r Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 29 November 2002 BSI 29 November 2002 ISBN 0 580 40887 6 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 13819-2:2002. The UK participation in i
3、ts preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee PH/7, Hearing protectors, 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 publicati
4、ons referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the 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 necessa
5、ry provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. 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 interpr
6、etation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor 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 13 and a back cover. The BSI copyr
7、ight date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN138192 November2002 ICS13.340.20 Englishversion HearingprotectorsTestingPart2:Acoustictestmethods Protecteursin
8、dividuelscontrelebruitEssaisPartie2: Mthodesdessaiacoustique GehrschtzerPrfungTeil2:AkustischePrfverfahren ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon9September2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanation
9、alstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresp
10、onsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Swed
11、en,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN138192:2002EEN138192:2002(
12、E) 2 Contents Page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions . 5 4 Testmethods .5 4.1 Insertionloss(earmuffsonly). 5 4.1.1Principle .5 4.1.2Apparatus .6 4.1.3Procedure .6 4.1.4Report . .6 4.2 Soundattenuation . 6 4.2.1Principle .6 4.2.2Apparatus .6 4.2.3Proced
13、ure .6 4.2.4Report . .7 4.3 Soundleveleffectivetotheear(earmuffsonly) . .7 4.3.1 Principle 7 4.3.2 Apparatus8 4.3.3 Procedure .8 4.3.4 Report .8 AnnexA (informative)Uncertaintyofmeasurementandinterpretationoftestresults10 AnnexZA (informative) ClausesofthisEuropeanstandardaddressingessentialrequirem
14、entsor otherprovisionsofEUDirective . 12 Bibliography 13EN138192:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN138192:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC159,“Hearingprotectors“, thesecretariatofwhichisheldbySIS. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanident
15、icaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyMay2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby May2003. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ForrelationshipwithEUDire
16、ctives,seeinformativeAnnexZA,whichisanintegralpartofthisstandard. InthisEuropeanStandardtheAnnexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,
17、 France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN138192:2002(E) 4 Introduction Thisstandardfor”HearingProtectorsTesting:Part2Acoustictestmethods”,specifiesproceduresforthetesting ofpersonalhearingprotectiondevice
18、sinrelationtoDirective89/686/EECPersonalProtectiveEquipment. EN3521dealswithrequirementsforearmuffs,EN3522withearplugs,EN3523withearmuffsattachedto industrialsafetyhelmets.EN13819dealswithtestingplanscommontoalltypesofhearingprotectorsandconsists oftwoParts: Part1:Physicaltestmethods Part2:Acoustict
19、estmethods. Additionalsafetyrequirementsandtheassociatedtestproceduresforleveldependentearmuffsarecontainedin EN3524,forearmuffswithactivenoisereductioninEN3525,forearmuffswithaudiocommunicationsin EN3526andforleveldependentearplugsinEN3527. AnassociatedstandardEN458,coversselection,use,careandmaint
20、enanceofhearingprotectors. Thisstandardisintendedasasupplementtothespecificproductstandardsforhearingprotectors. Theperformancerequirementsaregiveninthehearingprotectorproductstandard. Ifdeviationsfromtheproceduresspecifiedinthisstandardarenecessary,thesedeviationsarespecifiedinthe hearingprotection
21、productstandard. 4.1specifiesamethodofmeasuringtheinsertionlossofearmuffsusinganacoustictestfixture. 4.2specifiesamethodofmeasuringthesoundattenuationofhearingprotectorsusinghumantestsubjects. 4.3specifiesamethodofsoundimmissionmeasurementcarriedoutwithminiaturemicrophonesinsertedintheear canalsofhu
22、mantestsubjects.Thetechniqueisknownasthemicrophoneinrealeartechnique(MIREtechnique).EN138192:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardEN138192specifiesacoustictestmethodsforhearingprotectors.Thepurposeofthese testsistoenableassessmentoftheperformanceofthehearingprotectorasspecifiedintheappropriateproduc
23、t standard. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicatio
24、nsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN248691 ,AcousticsHearingprotectorsPart1:Subjectivemethodforthemeasurementofsoundattenuation (ISO48691:1990) EN248693 ,AcousticsHe
25、aringprotectorsPart3:Simplifiedmethodforthemeasurementofinsertionlossof earmufftypeprotectorsforqualityinspectionpurposes(ISO/TR48693:1989) ENISO48692 ,AcousticsHearingprotectorsPart2:EstimationofeffectiveAweightedsoundpressurelevels whenhearingprotectorsareworn(ISO48692:1994) ENISO119041:2002 ,Acou
26、sticsDeterminationofsoundimmissionsfromsoundsourcesplacedclosetotheears Part1:Techniqueusingamicrophoneinarealear(MIREtechnique)(ISO119041:2002) 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply. 3.1 acoustictestfixture(ATF) devicethatapproximatescertain
27、dimensionsofanaverageadulthumanheadandisusedformeasuringthe insertionlossofearmuffs,asdefinedinEN248693 3.2 insertionloss meanalgebraicdifferenceindecibelsbetweentheonethirdoctavebandsoundpressurelevel,measuredbythe microphoneoftheacoustictestfixtureinaspecifiedsoundfieldunderspecifiedconditions,wit
28、hthehearing protectorabsent,andthesoundpressurelevelwiththehearingprotectoron,withotherconditionsidentical 3.3 soundattenuation foragiventestsignal,themeandifferenceindecibelsbetweenthethresholdofhearingwithandwithoutthe hearingprotectorinplace,forapaneloftestsubjects 4Test methods 4.1 Insertionloss
29、(earmuffsonly) 4.1.1Principle Theinsertionlossofeachcupoftheearmuffsismeasuredatspecifiedonethirdoctavebandcentrefrequencies.EN138192:2002(E) 6 4.1.2Apparatus Therequiredequipment,includingasuitableacoustictestfixtureandtestsite,isdescribedinEN248693.For helmetmountedearmuffs,asupportingpad,asshowni
30、nFigure1,shallbefittedtotheacoustictestfixturein orderadequatelytosupportthecompletehelmetmountedearmuffinposition. 4.1.3Procedure FollowtheproceduregiveninEN248693,subjecttothefollowingmodifications: a) Eithertherandomincidencesoundfieldortheplaneprogressivewaveshallbeused.Whenusingtheplane progres
31、sivewave,iftherequirementforinsertionlossisnotsatisfied,thetestshallberepeatedusingthe randomincidencefield.Iftherequirementforinsertionlossisthensatisfied,thisshallbedeemedtobethe definitiveresult; b) Theinsertionlossshallbemeasuredatallonethirdoctavebandsfrom250Hzto8000Hz; c) Themeanandstandarddev
32、iationofthevaluesreportedin4.1.3b)shallbereportedforallspecifiedcupsat eachfrequency; d) Inthecaseofuniversalearmuffstheinsertionlossshallbemeasuredinonlyonemodeofwearing, preferablyoverthehead; e) Ifmeanstoadjusttheheadbandforceisincorporated,theforceshallbeadjustedtoitsmaximumsetting; f) Inthecase
33、ofhelmetmountedearmuffs,foragivenmodelofearmuffsfittedtomorethanonesizeofthe samemodelofhelmet,insertionlossshallbetestedusingonlyonesizeofhelmet. 4.1.4Report Foreachcentrefrequencyandforeachcup,individualvaluesofinsertionlossshallbereportedinaccordancewith 4.1.3b).Forallcups,themeanvalueandstandard
34、deviation,shallalsobereportedinaccordancewith4.1.3b). 4.2Sound attenuation 4.2.1Principle Theattenuationofthehearingprotectorismeasuredatspecifiedonethirdoctavebandcentrefrequencies. 4.2.2Apparatus Therequiredapparatus,includingtestsitesandsoundfield,isspecifiedinEN248691. 4.2.3Procedure 4.2.3.1Meas
35、ureandpresentthesoundattenuationofdefinedspecimensinaccordancewithEN248691. 4.2.3.2Ifmeanstoadjusttheheadbandforceisincorporated,adjusttheforcetoitsminimumsetting. 4.2.3.3Inthecaseofearplugs,supplyeachsubjectwithaseparatepairofearplugsofappropriatesize. 4.2.3.4Inthecaseofahelmetmountedearmuffswhichd
36、onotfitallsizeranges,askeachtestsubjectifthe specimenfits.Ifitdoesfit,performthetest.Ifitdoesnotfit,rejectthesubjectfromthepanelandprovidea replacementforhim/her. 4.2.3.5Inthecaseofuniversalearmuffs,providesoundattenuationvaluesforeachintendedmodeofwearing. Performthemeasurementinonemode,using16test
37、subjects.Performthemeasurementsintheothertwomodes usinganabbreviatedprocedure,asfollows:EN138192:2002(E) 7 a) Performthemeasurementfirstusingonlytentestsubjects; b) CalculatethevaluesH,MandLinaccordancewithENISO48692with a =1; c) ComparethevaluesofH,MandLcalculatedforthefirstmodeofwearingwiththoseca
38、lculatedin4.2.3.5b); d) IfthevaluesofHandMandLfortheothermodesarewithin3dBofthecorrespondingvalueofthefirst mode,nofurtherattenuationtestingshallbeperformed.Theattenuationdatafortheothermodesshallbe deemedtobeequaltothatofthefirstmodeandtheattenuationdataforthefirstmodeshallbeusedforthe othermodes;
39、e) Iftheconditionsind)arenotmet,thentheattenuationtestshallbecompletedusingthefinalsixtest subjectsandtheattenuationdatafortheothermodesshallbereportedasmeasured. 4.2.3.6 Inthecaseofhelmetmountedearmuffssupplementarycombinationswhichrequiresoundattenuationto bemeasured,performthemeasurementusingthed
40、efinedspecimensbutwiththefollowingamendmentstothe procedure: a) Performthemeasurementfirstusingonlytentestsubjects; b) CalculatethevaluesH,MandLinaccordancewithENISO48692with a =1; c) ComparethevaluesofH,MandLcalculatedforthebasiccombinationwiththosecalculatedin4.2.3.6b); d) IfthevaluesofHandMandLfo
41、rthesupplementarycombinationarewithin3dBofthecorresponding valueofthebasiccombination,nofurtherattenuationtestingshallbeperformed.Theattenuationdataforthe supplementarycombinationshallbedeemedtobeequaltothatofthebasiccombinationandtheattenuation dataforthebasiccombinationshallbeusedforthesupplementa
42、rycombination; e) Iftheconditionsind)arenotmet,thentheattenuationtestshallbecompletedusingthefinalsixtest subjectsandtheattenuationdataforthesupplementarycombinationshallbereportedasmeasured; f) Inthecaseofagivenmodelofearmuffsfittedtomorethanonesizeofthesamemodelofhelmet,test subjectsshallbeaskedto
43、selectthecombinationwhichgivesacorrectfit.Ifacorrectfitispossible,thetest shallbeperformed.Ifitisnot,thesubjectshallberejectedfromthepanelandareplacementprovided.16 testsubjectsshallbeusedatleastfourtestsubjectsforeachsizeofhelmet.Anyonespecimenshallbe testednotmorethanfourtimes; g) Attenuationdatageneratedbythismethodshallbeusedasabasisfortheinformationrequiredtobe supplied,whenallsizeso
