Portwest Australian Catalogue 2021

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HEAD PROTECTION

PORTWEST head protection range aims to benefit our customers by combining the most up to date styles and standards in head protection, irrespective of job or location. Innovative, comfortable and lightweight hard hats are available for multiple uses.

AS/NZS 1801: 1997 Australian and New Zealand standard for Hard Hats. This standard describes the requirements safety helmets must fulfil, describing details for helmets construction, materials of the shell and head harness and the mechanical strength. Main tests includes: shock absorption, stiffness test, resistance

EN 397: 2012 European Standard for industrial safety helmets This standard specifies the physical and performance requirements (for example, shock absorption and resistance to penetration) for safety helmets, intended to provide protection against falling objects.

EN 812: 2012 Industrial Bump Caps European standard for bump caps for industry, describing mandatory impact and penetration tests.

to penetration, electrical resistance, thermal performance test. According to the AS/NZS 1801 standard, helmets are classified in: Type 1: General Industrial Safety Helmets Type 2: Helmets intended for high temperature working places Type 3: Helmets intended for bushfire fighting.

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