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1、BRITISH STANDARD BS EN 352-7:2002 Hearing protectors Safety requirements and testing Part 7: Level-dependent ear-plugs The European Standard EN 352-7:2002 has the status of a British Standard ICS 13.340.20 BS EN 352-7:2002 This British Standard, having been prepared under the direction of the Health

2、 and Environment Sector Policy and Strategy Committee, was published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Strategy Committee on 12 December 2002 BSI 12 December 2002 ISBN 0 580 40980 5 National foreword This British Standard is the official English language version of EN 352-7:2002. The U

3、K participation in its 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 o

4、r European publications 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 inc

5、lude all the necessary 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 enqu

6、iries on the interpretation, 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

7、cover. The BSI copyright date displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. Amendments issued since publication Amd. No. Date CommentsEUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPENNE EUROPISCHENORM EN3527 December2002 ICS13.340.20 Englishversion HearingprotectorsSafetyrequirementsandtesting

8、Part7: Leveldependentearplugs ProtecteursindividuelscontrelebruitExigencesde scuritetessaisPartie7:Bouchonsdoreilles attnuationdpendanteduniveau GehrschtzerSicherheitstechnischeAnforderungenund PrfungenTeil7:Pegelabhngigdmmende Gehrschutzstpsel ThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon16October2002. CE

9、NmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEurope an Standardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Uptodatelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcernings uchnational standardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheManagementCentreortoanyCENm

10、ember. ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).Aversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytra nslation undertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheManagementCentrehasthesamestatusasthe official versions. CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,B

11、elgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece, Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom. EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATION COMITEUROPENDENORMALISATION EUROPISCHESKOMITEEFRNORMUNG ManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B1050B

12、russels 2002CEN Allrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreserved worldwideforCENnationalMembers. Ref.No.EN3527:2002EEN3527:2002(E) 2 Contents page Foreword3 Introduction .4 1 Scope 4 2 Normativereferences 4 3 Termsanddefinitions . 5 4 Requirements.5 5 Testing6 6 Informationsuppliedbythemanufact

13、urer .6 7 Marking.7 AnnexA (informative)Uncertaintyofmeasurementandinterpretationoftestresults8 AnnexB (informative) Determinationofcriterionlevelforleveldependentearplugs .10 AnnexZA (informative) ClausesofthisEuropeanstandardaddressingessentialrequirements orotherprovisionsofEUDirective .12 Biblio

14、graphy 13EN3527:2002(E) 3 Foreword Thisdocument(EN3527:2002)hasbeenpreparedbyTechnicalCommitteeCEN/TC159,“Hearingprotectors“, thesecretariatofwhichisheldbySIS. ThisEuropeanStandardshallbegiventhestatusofanationalstandard,eitherbypublicationofanidenticaltextor byendorsement,atthelatestbyJune2003,andc

15、onflictingnationalstandardsshallbewithdrawnatthelatestby June2003. ThisdocumenthasbeenpreparedunderamandategiventoCENbytheEuropeanCommissionandtheEuropean FreeTradeAssociation,andsupportsessentialrequirementsofEUDirective(s). ForrelationshipwithEUDirectives,seeinformativeAnnexZA,whichisanintegralpar

16、tofthisstandard. InthisstandardtheannexesAandBareinformative. AccordingtotheCEN/CENELECInternalRegulations,thenationalstandardsorganizationsofthefollowing countriesareboundtoimplementthisEuropeanStandard:Austria,Belgium,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Finland, France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Luxem

17、bourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain, Sweden,SwitzerlandandtheUnitedKingdom.EN3527:2002(E) 4 Introduction Thisstandardfor”HearingProtectorsSafetyrequirementsandtestingPart7:Leveldependentearplugs”, specifiesproceduresforthetestingofpersonalhearingprotectiondevicesinrelationtoDirective89/686

18、/EEC PersonalProtectiveEquipment. EN3521dealswithrequirementsforearmuffs,EN3522withearplugs,EN3523withearmuffsattachedto industrialsafetyhelmets.EN138191andEN138192dealwithtestingplanscommontoalltypesofhearing protectorscoveredbythisseriesofENs. Additionalsafetyrequirementsandtheassociatedtestproced

19、uresforleveldependentearmuffsarecontainedin EN3524,forearmuffswithactivenoisereductioninEN3525andforearmuffswithelectricalaudioinputfacility inEN3526.AnassociatedstandardEN458,coversselection,use,careandmaintenanceofhearingprotection. Theparticularrequirementforhearingprotectorsinrelationtotheirabil

20、itytoreducenoisetobelowdailylimitlevelsset byDirective86/188/EEC“ontheprotectionofworkersfromtherisksrelatedtoexposuretonoiseatwork“is addressedinthestandardbymeansofarequirementtoreportinwhichnoiseenvironmentsthehearingprotectormay beusedwithoutexceedingtherelevantactionlevelsetbythatDirective. The

21、testmethodforhearingprotectorattenuationdescribedinEN248691andappliedinParts1,2and3isnot sufficientforleveldependentearplugs.Additionalmethodsofmeasurement,forthepurposesofdeterminingthe sounddeliveredtothewearersearfromthesoundrestorationcircuit,areunderconsideration.Untilsuchtimeasthis workiscompl

22、eted,thetestmethoddescribedinAnnexBofthisstandardisrecommendedforleveldependentear plugs,inadditiontotheEN248691test. Leveldependentearplugsaredesignedtoproviderestorationofexternalsounds,whileprovidingattenuationof soundsathighlevels.Theymaybeselectedforuseinintermittentorimpulsivenoiseenvironments

23、andwhereexternal warningsoundsarerequiredtobeheard.Thisstandardisconcernedwiththoseearplugshavinganelectronicsound restorationcircuit. Thispartofthestandardisaspecificationintendedfortypeapprovalpurposes,forwhich4setsofspecimenearplugs aretested,(furthersamplesmayberequiredfortestingunderEN3522). Th

24、erequirementsandtestsofthestandardareconcernedprimarilywiththeleveldependentperformanceofthe earplugs. 1Scope ThisEuropeanStandardisconcernedwithearplugsfittedwithanelectronicleveldependentsoundrestoration function.Itspecifiesadditionalconstructional,designandperformancerequirements,methodsoftest,ma

25、rking requirementsanduserinformationrelatingtotheincorporationoftheleveldependencyfacility.Theperformanceofthe earpluginimpulsivenoiseisnotaddressed. Therequirementsofthisstandardareintendedtotakeaccountoftheergonomicinteractionbetweenthewearer, thedeviceand,wherepossible,theworkingenvironmentinwhic

26、hthedeviceislikelytobeused(seeAnnexZAof thisstandardandEN458) 2 Normativereferences ThisEuropeanStandardincorporatesbydatedorundatedreference,provisionsfromotherpublications.These normativereferencesarecitedattheappropriateplacesinthetextandthepublicationsarelistedhereafter.For datedreferences,subse

27、quentamendmentstoorrevisionsofanyofthesepublicationsapplytothisEuropean Standardonlywhenincorporatedinitbyamendmentorrevision.Forundatedreferencesthelatesteditionofthe publicationreferredtoapplies(includingamendments). EN3522:2002, HearingprotectorsGeneralrequirementsPart2:Earplugs EN138191, Hearing

28、protectorsTestingPart1:PhysicaltestmethodsEN3527:2002(E) 5 3 Termsanddefinitions ForthepurposesofthisEuropeanStandardthetermsanddefinitionsgiveninEN3522:2002andthefollowing termsanddefinitionsapply: 3.1 criterionlevel(H) AweightedsoundpressureleveloftheHnoiseforwhichtheAweighteddiffusefieldrelatedso

29、undpressurelevel whenaleveldependentearplugiswornfirstexceeds85dB(A),calculatedasthemeanplusonestandarddeviation performanceforthesamplestested 3.2 criterionlevel(M) AweightedsoundpressureleveloftheMnoiseforwhichtheAweighteddiffusefieldrelatedsoundpressurelevel whenaleveldependentearplugiswornfirste

30、xceeds85dB(A),calculatedasthemeanplusonestandarddeviation performanceforthesamplestested 3.3 criterionlevel(L) AweightedsoundpressureleveloftheLnoiseforwhichtheAweighteddiffusefieldrelatedsoundpressurelevel whenaleveldependentearplugiswornfirstexceeds85dB(A),calculatedasthemeanplusonestandarddeviati

31、on performanceforthesamplestested 3.4 leveldependentearplug earplugfittedwithanelectronicleveldependentsoundrestorationcircuit 3.5 soundrestorationcircuit electroacousticdeviceintendedtoreproducelowerlevelexternalsoundsintheearcanal,whileusuallyproviding attenuationofhigherlevelsoundsbymeansofalevel

32、dependentgainfunction 4Requirements 4.1General LeveldependentearplugsshallmeettherequirementsofEN3522.Additionalrequirementsarelistedbelow. 4.2 Materialsandconstruction TheelectroniccircuitoftheleveldependentearplugshallmeettheelectricalsafetyandEMCrequirements appropriatetothisclassofequipment. 4.3

33、Performance 4.3.1General LeveldependentearplugsshallmeetalltheperformancerequirementsofEN3522,includingtheminimum attenuationrequirementintheirpassivemode.Additionally,therequirementsspecifiedbelowin4.3.2shallbesatisfied. Specimensofearplugsshallbeconditionedandtestedasspecifiedin5.1.1and5.1.2.Thesc

34、hemeoftestingshallbe asspecifiedin5.1.3.EN3527:2002(E) 6 4.3.2Criterion levels ThecriterionlevelsforthethreenoisesH,MandLdeterminedinaccordancewith5.2shallbereportedinwearer information(6.1). 5Testing 5.1 Specimens,conditioningandschemeoftesting ThisschemeoftestingisadditionaltothatdescribedinEN1381

35、91.Itshallbecarriedoutonadditionalsamples. 5.1.1Specimens Foursetsofearplugsshallbesubmittedfortesting.Theindividualearplugsshallbenumbered1to8.Freshbatteries shallbefittedforthetest. 5.1.2 Conditioningandtestingatmosphere Allspecimensshallbeconditionedandtestedinanatmospherehavingatemperatureof22 o

36、 C 5 o Candarelative humidityofnotmorethan85%,asrequiredinEN138191. 5.1.3 Schemeoftesting Theeightearplugspecimensshallbetestedforcriterionlevelsasdescribedin5.2.Thevolumecontrolofeachear plug,iffitted,shallbesettomaximum. 5.2 Criterionlevels Theacousticmeasurementproceduresforleveldependentearplugs

37、areunderconsideration.Forthetimebeing andbecauseoftheurgentneed,suchmeasurementsmaybecarriedoutinaccordancewithtestprocedures describedinAnnexB. 6 Informationsuppliedbythemanufacturer 6.1 Wearerinformation Thefollowinginformationforthewearer(inadditiontothatrequiredbyEN3522)shallbesuppliedwiththeear

38、muffs: a)thenumberofthisstandard,EN3527; b)anindicationastowhetherthehearingprotectorprovidesaleveldependentfacility; c)thevaluesofthecriterionlevelsasdeterminedbytheproceduresdescribedintheAnnexB; d)recommendedstorageconditionsbeforeandafteruse; e)methodofchecking,chargingandchangingbatteries; f)fo

39、rearplugswithleveldependency,thestatements: 1)”Thisearplugisprovidedwithleveldependentattenuation.Thewearer should check correct operation beforeuse.Ifdistortionorfailureisdetected,thewearershouldrefertothemanufacturersadvicefor maintenanceandreplacementofthebattery.”EN3527:2002(E) 7 2)”WarningPerfo

40、rmancemaydeterioratewithbatteryusage.Thetypicalperiodofcontinuoususethatcanbe expectedfromtheearplugbatteryishours(tobeinsertedbythemanufacturer).” 3)”WarningTheoutputoftheleveldependentcircuitofthishearingprotectormayexceedthedailylimitsound level.” g)theaddressfromwhichadditionalinformationcanbeob

41、tained. Informationaccordingwith6.1shallbeprovidedatleastintheofficiallanguage(s)oftheEuropeanstateofdestination. 6.2Additional information Thefollowinginformationshallbeavailablefromthemanufactureronrequest: a)resultsoftestsperformedinaccordancewiththisstandard; b)thenameandcountryofthetestlaborato

42、rywhichperformedthetestsspecifiedandthedateofthetests. Informationaccordingwith6.2shallbeprovidedatleastintheofficiallanguage(s)oftheEuropeanstateofdestination. 7Marking TherequirementsformarkinggiveninEN3522shallbeused.Thegenericmark“EN352”asspecifiedinEN352 2isused,sinceaproductmaymeetEN3522andEN3

43、527simultaneously.EN3527:2002(E) 8 AnnexA (informative) Uncertaintyofmeasurementandinterpretationoftestresults Foreachoftherequiredmeasurementsperformedinaccordancewiththisstandard,acorrespondingestimateof theuncertaintyofmeasurementshouldbeevaluated. Thisestimateofuncertaintyshouldbeappliedandstatedwhenreportingtestresults,inordertoenabletheuserof thetestreporttoassessthereliabilityofthedata. Thefollowingprotoc