1、BRITISH 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 BS EN 13819-1:2002 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 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 p
3、reparation 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 publications
4、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 necessary p
5、rovisions 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 interpretat
6、ion, 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 43 and a back cover. The BSI copyright
7、 date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN138191 December2002 ICS13.340.20 Englishversion HearingprotectorsTestingPart1:Physicaltestmethods Protecteursindivi
8、duelscontrelebruitEssaisPartie1: Mthodesdessaiphysique GehrschtzerPrfungTeil1:Physikalische Prfverfahren ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon9September2002. CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanational
9、standardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENmember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertherespon
10、sibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden
11、,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050Brussels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN138191:2002EEN138191:2002(E)
12、 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 5 2 Normativereferences 5 3 Termsanddefinitions . 5 4 Earmuffs. .6 4.1 Specimens,conditioningandschemeoftesting. 6 4.2 Adjustability .8 4.3 Cuprotation .12 4.4 Headbandforce .14 4.5 Cushionpressure 15 4.6 Resistancetodamagewhendropped. 17 4.7 Resist
13、ancetodamagewhendroppedatlowtemperature(optional) . 18 4.8 Headbandflexing 20 4.9 Standbymechanismdurabilitytest(helmetmountedearmuffsonly) .20 4.10 Waterimmersion .21 4.11 WaterImmersionheadbandunderstress(optional). 21 4.12 Resistancetoleakage(fluidfilledcushionsonly). .22 4.13 Ignitability.22 5 E
14、arplugs . .23 5.1 Specimens,conditioningandschemeoftesting. 23 5.2 Assessmentofnominaldiameterdesignation 24 5.3 Rangeoffittingofheadbandearplugs .25 5.4 Resistancetodamagewhendropped. 26 5.5 Resistancetodamagewhendroppedatlowtemperature(optional) . 27 5.6 Ignitability 27 AnnexA (informative)Uncerta
15、intyofmeasurementandinterpretationoftestresults40 AnnexZA (informative)ClausesofthisEuropeanstandardaddressingessentialrequirements orotherprovisionsofEUDirectives. 42 Bibliography 43EN138191:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN138191:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC159,“Hearingprotector
16、s“, thesecretariatofwhichisheldbySIS. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2003,andconflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby June2003. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbythe
17、EuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ForrelationshipwithEUDirective(s),seeinformativeannexZA,whichisanintegralpartofthisstandard. InthisEuropeanStandardtheannexAisinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationals
18、tandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN138191:2002(E) 4 Introduction Th
19、isstandardfor”HearingProtectorsTesting:Part1Physicaltestmethods”,specifiesproceduresforthe testingofpersonalhearingprotectiondevicesinrelationtoDirective89/686/EECPersonalProtectiveEquipment. EN3521dealswithrequirementsforearmuffs,EN3522withearplugs,EN3523withearmuffsattachedto industrialsafetyhelme
20、ts.EN13819dealswithtestingplanscommontoalltypesofhearingprotectorsand consistsoftwoParts: Part1:Physicaltestmethods Part2:Acoustictestmethods. Additionalsafetyrequirementsandtheassociatedtestproceduresforleveldependentearmuffsarecontainedin EN3524,forearmuffswithactivenoisereductioninEN3525,forearmu
21、ffswithaudiocommunicationsin EN3526andforleveldependentearplugsinEN3527. AnassociatedstandardEN458,coversselection,use,careandmaintenanceofhearingprotectors. Thisstandardisintendedasasupplementtothespecificproductstandardsforhearingprotectors. Theperformancerequirementsaregiveninthehearingprotectorp
22、roductstandard. Ifdeviationsfromtheproceduresspecifiedinthisstandardarenecessary,thesedeviationsarespecifiedinthe hearingprotectionstandard.EN138191:2002(E) 5 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardEN138191specifiesphysicaltestmethodsforhearingprotectors.Thepurposeofthese testsistoenableassessmentoftheperforman
23、ceofthehearingprotectorasspecifiedintheappropriateproduct standard. 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences
24、,subsequentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN3521:2002 ,HearingprotectorsGeneralrequirementsPart1:Earmuffs EN3522:2002
25、 ,HearingprotectorsGeneralrequirementsPart2:Earplugs EN3523:2002,HearingprotectorsGeneralrequirementsPart3:Earmuffsattachedtoanindustrialsafety helmet EN960:1994 ,Headformsforuseinthetestingofprotectivehelmets EN138192:2002 ,HearingprotectorsTestingPart2:Acoustictestmethods 3 Termsanddefinitions For
26、thepurposesofthisEuropeanStandard,thefollowingtermsanddefinitionsapply,inadditiontothosegivenin EN352parts1,2and3 3.1 headbandearmuffs earmuffssatisfyingtherequirementsofEN3521. 3.2 helmetmountedearmuffs earmuffsfittedtoahelmetsuchthatthecombinationsatisfiestherequirementsofEN3523. 3.3 testheight 1)
27、 verticaldistancebetweentheaxisthroughthecentresofthemountingholesofthepinnasimulatorsinthe mountingfixtureortestheadformshowninFigures3or4respectively,andthetopoftheheadbandsupportpador headform. EN138191:2002(E) 6 3.4 testwidth 1) horizontaldistancebetweentheverticalaxesthroughthecentresofthemount
28、ingholesforthepinnasimulatorsin themountingfixtureortestheadformshowninFigure3or4respectively. 3.5 testdepth 1) verticaldistancebetweentheaxisthroughthecentresofthemountingholesofthepinnasimulatorsandthetopof theheadbandsupport,withthepinnasimulatorsattachedwiththeirshorteraxesverticalshowninFigure3
29、. 3.6 wearingheight verticaldistancefromtheloweredgeoftheheadbandofthehelmettothehighestpointofthetestheadformon whichthehelmetismounted. NOTE TheheadbandofthehelmetisdefinedinEN397as“Thepartoftheharnesscompletelyorpartlysurrounding theheadabovetheeyesatapproximatelythelargesthorizontalcircumference
30、ofthehead“. 4Earmuffs 4.1 Specimens,conditioningandschemeoftesting 4.1.1Specimens Headbandearmuffsandhelmetmountedearmuffsshallbesubmittedfortestingintheconditioninwhichtheyare offeredforsale. Forheadbandearmuffs,10specimensshallbesubmittedandtheyshallbenumbered1to10. Forhelmetmountedearmuffs,10basi
31、ccombinationspecimens(earmuffsandhelmets)shallbesubmittedand theyshallbenumbered1to10(basic). Ifthesamemodelofhelmetmountedearmuffsistobetestedwithanothermodelorsizeofhelmet,6further supplementarycombinationspecimens(earmuffsandhelmets)foreachmodelorsizeofhelmetshallbe submitted.Theseshallbenumbered
32、(insets)1to6(supplementary). 4.1.2 Conditioningandtestingatmosphere Allspecimensshallbeconditionedandtestedinanatmospherehavingatemperatureof(225)Candarelative humidityofnotmorethan85%,unlessrequiredotherwisebythetestprocedure. 4.1.3 Schemeoftesting 4.1.3.1The10headbandearmuffsshallbeconditionedandt
33、estedinaccordancewith4.1.3.2to4.1.3.9and Figure1. Forhelmetmountedearmuffs,exceptasspecifiedinthefollowingparagraph,theschemeoftestingforthe10 basiccombinationspecimensand,ifapplicable,thesetsof6supplementarycombinationspecimens,shallbeas givenin4.1.3.2to4.1.3.9andFigure2. EN138191:2002(E) 7 Intheca
34、seofhelmetssuppliedinmorethanonesize,oneselectedsizeshallbeusedfortestinginabasic combination(exceptforsoundattenuationtesting).Allotherhelmetsizesshallbetestedinasupplementary combination(exceptforsoundattenuationtesting).Soundattenuationtestingshallbeperformedusingthe completerangeofavailablehelme
35、tsizes(seeEN138192).Ifthehelmetmountedearmuffincorporatesameans toadjusttheheadbandforce,theforceshallbeadjustedtoitsminimumsettingforallstagesofconditioningand testing,unlessotherwisespecified. NOTE Testingmaybediscontinuedintheeventofaspecimenfailingtosatisfytherespectiverequirement. 4.1.3.2 Unpac
36、kallearmuffscompletely. 4.1.3.3 Forhelmetmountedearmuffs,eachspecimenshallbeweighedandthemeanmassofthe10specimens shallbereportedtothenearestgram. 4.1.3.4 Inthecaseofhelmetmountedearmuffs,theearmuffsshallbeattachedtothehelmetsinaccordancewith theearmuffsmanufacturersinstructions.Thecups/supportarmss
37、hallbesettothemidpointoftherangeoftheir adjustmentandsetintheposition(inuse,standby,parkingetc)asreceivedfromthemanufacturer. 4.1.3.5 Allspecimensshallbeconditionedfornotlessthan4hintheatmospherespecifiedin4.1.2. 4.1.3.6 Forheadbandearmuffs,eachspecimenshallbeweighedandthemeanmassofthe10specimenssha
38、ll bereportedtothenearestgram. 4.1.3.7 Theschemeoftestingforspecimens1to6(headbandearmuffsandhelmetmountedearmuffs,basicand supplementarysets)shallbeasfollows: a) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.2,4.3,4.4and4.5; b) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.6,unless(optional)4.7istobeperformed; c) Optional
39、ly,testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.7; d) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.8or,ifthespecimenishelmetmountedearmuffswhichincorporate astandbyposition,testinaccordancewith4.9(includessupportarmflexing); e) Removethecups(ifpossible)orthecushionsandlinersfromeachofthecupsofeachspecimen,identifying the
40、cupsorlinerstoenablesubsequentidenticalreassembly.Ifthecupsarenotremovableandcushionsor linersarenotremovableand/orreplaceable,thecushionsandlinersshallbeprotectedfromthewater immersionduringthetesting; f) Testeachspecimeninaccordancewith4.10,unless(optional)4.11istobeperformed; g) Optionally,testea
41、chspecimeninaccordancewith4.11; h) Removeeachspecimenfromthewaterbathnotingthetimeofremovalandrefitthecups(ifremoved). Removeexcesswater.Ifthelinerswereremoved,refitthem,andforallspecimenswithreplaceablecushions fitnewcushionstoeachofthecupsinaccordancewiththemanufacturersinstructions; i) Conditione
42、achspecimenfor24h10min,measuredfromthetimeofremovalfromthewaterbathinh), undertheconditionsspecifiedin4.1.2,andthenimmediatelymeasuretheheadbandforceinaccordancewith 4.4; NOTEFormultiplesizerangemodels,usethesettingofwidthandheightwhichgavethehighestheadbandforcein4.4; j) Forhelmetmountedearmuffssetthecups/supportarmstothemidpointoftherangeoftheiradjustment,set intheposition(inuse,standby,parkingetc.)asreceivedfromthemanufacturer. 4.1.3.8Theschemeoftestingforall10headbandearmuffsspecimensor,inth
