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Snickers Workwear Fire Retardant Standard Guidelines

The range of clothes in the Snickers Workwear range has totally shocked the fire-retardant clothing industry. They have gone above and beyond the normal realms of anti-flame clothes and improved it to another level of sophistication that had never been seen before, most competitors were left were the mouths wide open by the innovation of this line, they should have known really as Snickers Workwear never stay's still and is always trying its hardest to invent the latest clothing and accessories to improve the lives of the everyday working men or women.

The functionalities of the Snickers Workwear fire retardant range from their underwear to overalls are all created with the pockets and hems sewn to allow easy access for the tradesmen’s hands minimize easy access of sparks or welding bi products and of course, the pants had the ground breaking certified knee pocket design included. The certification for fire retardant clothing is as follows below.

EN 11612 this guideline stipulates the action required by Snickers Workwear for the clothing made from flexible fabrics, which are designed to protect the wearer's body:

1) A - limited flame spread

2) A1 - Surface Ignition

3) A2 - Bottom Edge Ignition

4) B - Convection Heat

5) C - Radiant Heat

6) D - Molten Aluminum Splash

7) E – Molten Iron Splash

8) F – Contact Heat

EN 11611 this guideline stipulates the minimum basic safety action required for the test methods for protective clothing by Snickers Workwear, which incorporates hoods, aprons, sleeves and gaiters that have been manufactured to protect the wearer’s body which also included the head, feet and the body which are worn for welding and process with comparable health risks that Snickers Workwear and the rest of the workwear industry has to abide by. The guidelines for this are below.

A1- This indicates the required standards that the clothes have to meet for the limited flame spread from surface ignition.

A2- This indicates the required standards that the clothes have to meet for the limited flame spread from bottom ignition.

Class 1: This is for hand-operated welding methods with the light composition of splatters and drops.

Class 2: This is for hand-operated welding methods with the heavy composition of splatters and drops.

EN 1149-5 this European Standard guideline stipulates fabric and design requirements by Snickers Workwear and other manufactures for the use of electrostatic dissipative protective clothing being used as a part of a total earthed system, to avoid incendiary discharges. This garment shall also meet requirements of the EN 1149-1 for surface resistance or equally EN 1149-3 for induction charging. Please be aware that these garments may not be classed as sufficient in oxygen enriched flammable atmospheres. This European standard guideline is not applicable to the protection of a mains voltage.

As you can see by the guidelines set out above it was not an easy task for Snickers Workwear to design a specific line of clothing like the fire-retardant range that had to meet all the specific requirements laid out by law as well as constructed garments that were not only comfortable and fashionable they had to be practical as well as being totally safe as people’s lives deepened on it. The biggest test for the Snickers Workwear company was putting its world-renowned reputation on the line by making this range of clothing as you must remember with all the laws and strict rules governing this field of clothing if the garments failed in their place of work not only could it endanger the lives of its customers it would also cost Snickers Workwear massively financially through potential law suits for selling inferior clothing.