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BS EN 13594:2015

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Protective gloves for motorcycle riders. Requirements and test methods

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BSI 2015 36
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This European Standard applies to protective gloves for motorcycle on-road use. It specifies the requirements for sizing, ergonomics, innocuousness, mechanical properties, impact protection, marking and information for users. It also describes the appropriate test methods.

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PDF Pages PDF Title
4 Contents Page
6 European foreword
7 Introduction
8 1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Requirements
4.1 General
9 4.2 Innocuousness
4.3 Hard inclusions
4.4 Ergonomic requirements
4.5 Sizing and cuff length
Table 1 — Minimum cuff length
4.6 Restraint
Table 2 — Minimum restraint force
4.7 Tear strength
Table 3 — Minimum requirements of tear strength
10 4.8 Seam strength
Table 4 — Minimum requirements of seam strength
4.9 Cut resistance
Table 5 — Minimum requirements of cut resistance
4.10 Impact abrasion resistance
Table 6 — Minimum requirements of resistance to impact abrasion (in seconds)
4.11 impact protection of knuckles
11 Table 7 — Minimum requirements of impact attenuation
5 Test Equipment
5.1 General
5.2 Glove restraint testing wrist
Figure 1 — Glove restraint testing cone
Table 8 — Dimensions of test wrist in mm
12 5.3 Impact test apparatus
6 Test Procedures
6.1 Test samples and test pieces
6.2 Conditioning glove samples and test pieces
6.3 Hard inclusions
6.4 Sizing, length examination of cuff, position of knuckle protection
6.5 Restraint
13 6.6 Tear strength
6.7 Seam strength
6.8 Impact abrasion resistance
6.9 Determination of Impact attenuation
14 7 Marking
8 Information supplied by the manufacturer
15 9 Pictogram
16 Figure 2 — Pictogram
17 Annex A (normative) Ergonomic and size testing
A.1 Principle
A.2 Procedure for ergonomic evaluation
Table A.1 — Questionnaire
A.3 Test report
18 Annex B (normative) Test method for determination of seam strength
B.1 Scope
B.2 Preparation of Test Pieces
19 Figure B.1 — Example of a test piece cut at 90
20 Figure B.2 — Example of alternative cutting technique (trapezium type)
B.3 Apparatus
B.4 Procedure
21 Figure B.3 — Clamping of a rectangular test piece as shown in Figure B.1
22 Figure B.4 — Clamping of a trapezium shaped test piece as shown in Figure B.2
B.5 Calculation of results
B.6 Test report
23 Annex C (normative) Test method for determination of impact abrasion resistance
C.1 Scope
C.2 Samples
C.3 Test pieces
C.4 Area to be tested
24 Figure C.1 — Center of the test area for impact abrasion
C.5 Marking point “C” as the centre of the area to be tested
C.6 Cutting the test piece out of the glove sample
25 C.7 Conditioning
C.8 Test apparatus
C.8.1 Principle
C.8.2 Apparatus
C.8.2.1 Apparatus conforming to the following characteristics:
27 C.8.2.2 Abrasive belt
C.8.2.3 Break in material
C.9 Test pieces
28 C.10 Testing procedure
C.10.1 Preparation of the sample holder
C.10.2 Preliminary run
29 C.10.3 Impact abrasion test
C.11 Test report
30 Figure C.2 — Schematic diagram of the main parts of the abrasion apparatus
31 Figure C.3 — Dimensions of sample holder
32 Figure C.4 — Detail of the clamping system for samples on the sample holder
33 Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European Standard and the Essential Requirements of EU Directive 89/686/EEC
Table ZA.1 — Correspondence between this European Standard and Directive 89/686/EEC
BS EN 13594:2015
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