Explaining the requirements and test methods for protective clothing used for different purposes, the EN ISO 13688 standard is actually a European standard and has been re-published by the International Standards Organization (ISO). This standard covers the general requirements for all protective clothing requiring CE marking in the European Union countries and should be taken into consideration together with the special standard generally applied for the product in question.
The EN ISO 13688 standard describes general performance requirements for ergonomics, harmlessness, sizing, aging, compatibility and marking of protective clothing, and information that must be provided by the manufacturer with protective clothing.
Ergonomics is very important for protective clothing. Considering the safety features together with the correct design of the protective clothing, it must meet the requirements such as providing the user with sufficient comfort, not undergoing dimensional changes in repeated washes and being suitable for dry cleaning and washing. These clothes should not negatively affect the health of the user. Clothing must be marked in the correct size according to the standard body size. The one or more component properties of the protective garment should not change against the garment over time.
Meanwhile, the marking on garments must be in the correct language for the intended market, attached to the garments, be visible and resistant to proper cleaning. All supporting information must be included in the technical file to mark each component.
Replacing the previously published EN 340 standard, this standard makes it possible to briefly determine the following mandatory requirements: dimensional change (not more than three percent) due to ergonomics, comfort, safety, color fastness and cleanliness.
CE marks are placed on the clothes produced according to this standard.
The standard in question has been published in our country by the Turkish Standards Institute (TSE) with the following title: TS EN ISO 13688 Protective clothing - General features.
Within the scope of protective clothing tests, TS EN ISO 13688 Protective clothing testing services are also provided to our businesses.
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