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Project Nr.:5.1.3
Title:Validation of the CEN Workshop Agreement on Test and Evaluation of Personal Protective Equipment (CWA 15756) - Blast testing
Description:Testing of face protection systems in 2008 by Canada (ITEP Project 5.2.4) and Sweden (ITEP Project 5.2.5) using the CWA 15756 test guidelines led to the conclusion that the CWA 15756 simulant mine specification should be reviewed. The main objectives of the trial are therefore 1) to determine an appropriate TNT-equivalent for 240 g TNT to be used in face protection blast testing for humanitarian demining and 2) to establish the blast performance of two commercially available and operationally used face protection systems and the new design face protection mask (ROFI).
Aim:Evaluate - improve the CWA 15756 simulant mine specification for blast testing, and compare the blast performance of available face protection systems using the proven simulant mine specification
Request:UNMAS
Category:Personal Protection
Type:Methodology, Test and Evaluation
Equipment:Security Devices visors, LBA International Ltd. Tetranike Visorband and the new ROFI face protection system. A fourth visor type might be included.
Development:N/A
Time Frame: 2009-08-01 to 2010-12-31
Place:Defence Research and Development Canada, Suffield (DRDC-Suffield)
Lead Nation:Canada
Partners:
Status:Ongoing at the end of the ITEP Program. For more information on the project, please contact the Defence Research and Development Canada (DRDC).
Comments:
  • The test series started in November 2009 and is ongoing. Tests are being carried out outside in a heated, enclosed concrete structure.
  • In the first test series, tests were performed without the Hybrid III mannequin to establish baseline pressures at the nose with a range of charges buried in sand (PMN mine, 200 g C4, 200 g TNT and 240 g TNT). In a second test series, a subset of the available visors were tested using 200 g TNT charges. However, there was some concern on whether complete detonation of the TNT pucks had been achieved and free-field testing has been carried out to further investigate the detonation of the TNT pucks.
  • The trial with the mannequin and visors/face protection systems has now resumed and final results are expected by the end of 2010.
  • The progress of the trial is described in two presentations given during the final ITEP BoD meeting in June 2010 (presentation 1, presentation 2).
    • Results/Conclusions:


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