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The European Standard for Protective Gloves, EN 388,
was updated on November 2, 2016 and is now in the process of being ratified by
each member country. Glove manufacturers selling in Europe, have two years to
comply with the new EN 388 2016 standard. Regardless of this allotted
adjustment period, many leading manufacturers will immediately start using
revised markings on gloves. Therefore, we thought it would be wise to provide
this information now to help avoid any confusion.
The good thing is that the new markings will include
the old markings with the added two new testing results added at the end for
the new TDM-100 Cut test and the new Impact Protection test.
Unless someone can convince me otherwise, I have found
that the old EN 388 standard and markings provided an excellent guide for our
customers in the USA. However, for the
sake of proper technical information I have provided both markings as a guide.
As far as impact protection (the last letter), it is a
simple P for Passed; F for Failed; or X for Not Tested.
Link to our Cut Resistant Gloves
posted by The Glove Guru at 6:55 PM on Jan 17, 2017
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