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EN 342:2017
INFORMATION NOTICE
GARMENTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COLD
Article: 702.173551
MANUFACTURER:
Diadora S.p.a Via Montello, 80 – 31031 Caerano di San Marco – Treviso - Italy
Garments for protection against cold are Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and they are subject to the
requirements of Regulation No. 2016/425. The CE marking is mandatory for marketing. They are Category II
Personal Protective Equipment and have been submitted for CE certification to Notified Body No. 0498 Ricotest S.r.l
Via Tione,9 – 37010 Pastrengo (Verona).
For further information and for the Conformity Declarations, visit the following website:
www.utilitydiadora.com/declarations.
WARNINGS:
The law places responsibility on the employer to ensure the suitability of the PPE for the type of risk present (featu- res of PPE and
relative class). Prior to use, check that the features of the selected model correspond to user needs. Protective clothing for protection
against cold manufactured by Diadora is designed and constructed based on the risk that needs to be protected against, and in
compliance with the following European standards:
EN ISO 13688: 2013 : PROTECTIVE CLOTHING - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS.
EN 342:2017: GARMENTS FOR PROTECTION AGAINST COLD.
All natural and synthetic materials used, as well as the techniques adopted for their workmanship, have been selected in order
to satisfy the requirements expressed by the above-mentioned European technical standards in terms of safety, ergonomics,
comfort, sturdiness and innocuousness.
Thermal insulation
The thermal insulation of a garment is classified on the basis of measured insulation values. The performance of a
garment in terms of maintaining its thermal balance at normal body temperature depends on the internal body heat
production. Therefore, the protective value of a garment is assessed by comparing its “measured” insulation value
against the “calculated” required insulation value.
Air permeability (AP)
The air permeability of a fabric is the speed at which a specific air stream passes perpendicularly through a
specimen, under specific conditions of area, pressure drop and time as specified by standard
UNI EN ISO 9237:97
The resultant effective
thermal insulation
must be calculated
by using the following formula: I
cler=
I
tr-
I
ar
I
tr =
is the total thermal insulation from skin to ambient atmosphere, including clothing and boundary air layer,
measured with a moving manikin (moving arms and legs) under the conditions defined in EN ISO 15831:2004
in m
2
*K/W.
I
ar
= is the resultant thermal insulation of the boundary air layer of the garment measured with a moving manikin under
the conditions defined in EN ISO 15831:2004 in m
2
*K/W.
I
cler:
Thermal insulation under defined conditions, from the skin to the outer clothing surface, measured by using a
moving manikin. The value of thermal insulation I
cler
is determined in relation to the naked body surface area. The
value is given in m
2
*K/W.
AP
mm/s
Class
100>AP
1
5<AP≤100
2
AP≤5
3
Class1
: garments suitable for low air
flow speeds, less than 1m/s, such as
in cool environments.
Class2
: suitable for air flow speeds
lower than 5 m/s
Class3
: suitable for high air speed
rates ≥5m/s
