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What's New in ITEP
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| September 2009 | | Canadian visor trial to start in November | Canada will start a new face protection system trial in November 2009 as a follow-up to previous trials. In doing so, it responds to an urgent request to validate the established test protocol (CEN Workshop Agreement) on test and evaluation of personal protective equipment (PPE), and to test face protection systems for humanitarian demining. The main objectives of the trial will be 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 as well as of the new design face protection mask (ROFI).
The two commercially available visors to be tested are the 5mm Security Devices Ltd. visor and the 5mm LBA International Ltd. Tetranike Visorband. Tests will be conducted using hybrid III mannequins. Actual PMN mines, cast TNT surrogate mines (100, 150, 175, 200, 225, and 240g) and hand-packed C4 surrogate mines will be evaluated. Initial tests will be conducted without visors in order to establish pressure and impulse data for the PMN mines, TNT and C4 surrogates. It is envisaged that everything will be ready to start testing in November. |
contact: C. Weickert | | More info... |
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NEWS
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| 17 July 2010 | | End of the ITEP program | | more info... |
| July 2010 | | APOPO-PARADIS project final report | | more info... |
| June 2010 | | Soil characterization data in support of the 2009 ITEP dual-sensor trial | | more info... |
| June 2010 | | Oracle II tiller trial at SWEDEC | | more info... |
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