Testing and certification for eye protection

  • European Standards for Eye Protection

    Testing and evaluation of products for eye and face protection are carried out according to the following European harmonized standards. Specified is the year of the current english version. The publication year of the DIN-version may be different.

     

    *EN 166:2001:Personal eye-protection - Specifications
    *EN 167:2001:Personal eye-protection - Optical test methods
    *EN 168:2001:Personal eye-protection - Non-optical test methods
    *EN 169:2002:Personal eye-protection - Filters for welding and related techniques - Transmittance requirements and recommended use
    *EN 170:2002:Personal eye-protection - Ultraviolet filters - Transmittance requirements and recommended use
    *EN 171:2002:Personal eye-protection - Infrared filters- Transmittance requirements and recommended use
    *EN 172:2001:Personal eye-protection - Sunglare filters for industrial use
    *EN 174:2001:Personal eye-protection - Ski goggles for downhill skiing
    EN 175:1997:Personal eye-protection - Equipment for eye and face protection during welding and allied processes
    EN 207:2009:Personal eye-protection equipment - Filters and eye-protectors against laser radiation (laser eye protectors)
    EN 208:2009:Personal eye-protection - Eye protectors for adjustment work on lasers and laser systems (laser adjustment eye-protectors)
    *EN 379:2009:Personal eye-protection - Automatic welding filters
    *EN 1731:2006:Personal eye-protection - Mesh eye and face protectors
    EN 1938:2010:Personal eye-protection - Goggles for motorcycle and moped users
    EN 13178:2000:Personal eye-protection - Eye protectors for snow mobile users
    EN 12254:2002:Screens for laser working places
    EN 14458:2004:Personal eye-equipment - Faceshields and visors for use with firefighters' and high performance industrial safety helmets used by firefighters, ambulance and emergency services
    EN 58214:1997:Eye-protectors - Helmets – terms, forms and requirements
    GS-ET29 : 2011:Supplementary requirements for the testing and certification of face shields for electrical works - face shields for live working

     

    EN ISO16321-1:2022: Eye and face protection for occupational use — Part 1: General requirements
    EN ISO16321-2:2022:Eye and face protection for occupational use —Part 2: Additional requirements for protectors used during welding and related techniques
    EN ISO16321-3:2022:Eye and face protection for occupational use —Part 3:Additional requirements for mesh protectors
    ISO 18526-1:2020:Eye and face protection — Test methods —Part 1: Geometrical optical properties
    ISO 18526-2:2020:    Eye and face protection — Test methods —Part 2: Physical optical properties
    ISO 18526-3:2020: Eye and face protection — Test methods —Part 3: Physical and mechanical properties
    ISO 18526-4:2020: Eye and face protection — Test methods —Part 4: Headforms
     
    * These standards will be withdrawn on November 11, 2024
     

    Other international standards

    In addition to the tests that are required by the European harmonized standards, ECS offers the test procedures and assessments according to the following international standards.

     

     

    Australian (AS/NZS) Standards

    AS/NZS 1337.1 : 2010, Personal eye protection - Part 1: Eye and face protection for occupational applications

    AS/NZS 1337.4 : 2004, Personal eye protection - Part 4: Filters and eye-protectors against laser radiation (laser eye-protectors)

    AS/NZS 1337.5 : 2004, Personal eye protection - Part 5: Eye-protectors for adjustment work on lasers and laser systems (laser adjustment eye-protectors)

    AS/NZS 1337.6 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 6: Prescription eye protectors against low and medium impact

    AS/NZS 1338.1 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 1: Filters for protection against radiation generated in welding and allied operations

    AS/NZS 1338.2 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 2: Filters for protection against ultravioklet radiation

    AS/NZS 1338.3 : 2012, Personal eye protection - Part 3: Filters for protection against infra-red radiation

    AS/NZS 1067 : 2003, Sunglasses and fashion spectacles

     

    ANSI Standards

    ANSI / ISEA Z87.1 - 2010, American national standard for occupational and educational personal eye and face protection devices

    ANSI Z80.1 - 2010, American national standard for ophthalmics - Prescription spectacle lenses

     

     

    CSA Standards

    CSA Z94.3-07, Eye and face protectors

     

     

     

    our advantages:

     

    • HUIIMO GROUP SHANGHAI LTD is an Asian office of German ECS GmbH (NB:1883). The quotation for testing and certification fees comes completely from our German headquarters and there is no additional service fee.
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    • ECS GmbH can not only provide CE testing and certification for customers, but also provide customers with a series of testing and certification work such as ANSI, CSA, AS/NZS, etc. ECS GmbH is a laboratory authorized by SAI Global in Australia, and its test reports can be recognized by SAI Global.
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    • We provide the most competitive quotation for testing and certification for Asian customers (especially Chinese customers). Without increasing samples, we can perform CE ANSI CSA AS/NZS testing at the same time, and the total test cost can be greatly reduced.
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    • We provide customers with a variety of preferential programs and value-added services, more details, please contact us.

     

    Remarks:

    ECS has been notified by the Central Office of Federal States for Safety (ZLS) and has been accredited in the European Market for eye- and face protection equipment (Notified Body 1883). The scope of its work is mainly related to the detection and certification of any welding and laser radiation protection products. It is a professional EU certification body for eye protection devices in PPE (NB No.: 1883). For more information, please see ECS GmbH