EN 342
Protective clothing against the cold (temperature below -5°C)
Workwear standardised to EN 342
Protective clothing designed to protect the body against cold environments – Humidity and wind with temperatures below -5°C
Performance coding in the form of 4 indices:
- Y : Insulation value – Moving dummy test – Icler
- Y: Air Permeability Class – AP
- WP: Water penetration resistance class (optional)
- X indicates that the article of clothing has not been tested
Evaluation Criteria:
| Icle & Icler insulation m² / K/W | Level of activity of the holder | |||||
| Static 75 W/m². | Slightly 115 W/m². | Medium 170 W/m². | ||||
| 8h | 1h | 8h | 1h | 8h | 1h | |
| 0,170 | 19 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 0 | -9 |
| 0,230 | 15 | 5 | 5 | -5 | -8 | -19 |
| 0,310 | 11 | -2 | -1 | -15 | -19 | -32 |
| 0,390 | 7 | -10 | -8 | -25 | -28 | -45 |
| 0,470 | 3 | -17 | -15 | -35 | -38 | -58 |
| 0,540 | -3 | -25 | -22 | -44 | -49 | -70 |
| 0,620 | -7 | -32 | -29 | -54 | -60 | -83 |
