EN420:2003
EN420 is the general requirements for most protective gloves to ensure that the gloves themselves do not cause any harm to wearer and are comfortable to wear. Tests included in this standard are: sizing, dexterity, pH value, and chrome VI.
EN388:2016
The EN388 sets standards for five types of protection: abrasion resistance, cut resistance, tear resistance, puncture resistance, and impact protection through 6 tests:
TDM test is given when the material dulls the knife during Coup test.
EN511
EN511 sets standards for low temperature protection gloves.
The first figure shows the level of protection against convective cold from 0-4.
The second figure shows the level of protection against contact cold from 0-4.
The third figure shows whether the glove is water penetration after 30 minutes. 1 stands for no water penetration after 30 minutes.
EN407 is the heat protection standard for protective gloves. 6 numbers stand for 6 types of heat hazard protection level.
EN374-1
EN374 gives directives of how to test permeation and degradation by the 18 chemicals that would lead to cracking or holing.
Three specimens are taken from the palm (another three specimens are also taken from the cuff if gloves are longer than 400mm and claimed to provide protection) to test in the following 18 chemical, but not the mixture of any two.
Type A gloves have a breakthrough time of 30min or more against minimum 6 test chemicals.
Type B gloves have a breakthrough time of 30min or more against minimum 3 test chemicals.
Type C gloves have a breakthrough time of 10min or more against minimum 1 test chemical.
OEKO - Tex® Standard 100
OEKO - Tex® Standard 100 is a textile tested standard for harmful substances. Testing subjects include prohibited azo dyes, formaldehyde, nickel, chemicals harmful to health, etc. Around 100 test parameters are taken into account. For more information, please vist https://www.oeko-tex.com/en/our-standards/standard-100-by-oeko-tex
