IEC 61482 is a standard that specifies requirements and test methods applicable to clothing material for protection of electrical workers against the thermal hazards of an Electric Arc. This standard provides eligibility to sell protective clothing meant for Electric arc flash protection within the European Union (EU). IEC 61482 standard requirement is significantly different as …

A common question in arc flash clothing protection values is whether an ATPV or an EBT is better in protection in an Arc rated clothing system. Under the ASTM F1959/F1959M (The Standard Test Method for Determining the Arc Rating of Materials for Clothing) it is observed that some materials allow body burn predictions to be …

Flame Resistant (FR) and Arc rated (AR) Clothing, these 2 terminologies are very often being heard about in the PPE industry today. As per NFPA70E, what was earlier referred to as Flame resistant (FR) clothing is now called Arc Rated (AR) clothing. A simple note defines the difference between these 2 terms – ALL clothing …