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According to the German Occupational Safety Regulations on Articial Optical Radiation (OStrV), it is obligatory to wear personal
laser protective equipment when operating Class 3B, 3R and 4 laser systems.
Together with the STFI (Saxony Textile Research Institute) and the LZH (Hanover Laser Center), JUTEC developed a testing principle under
the name PROSYSLaser® for testing protective equipment for laser protection textiles and in particular to be able to oer it for this
application. The development for textiles as laser protection clothing, gloves and laser protection curtains is carried out based on this
research.
The task of the laser protection textiles is to absorb the irradiated energy in case of an accidental laser hit in such a way that the
user has sucient time to move out of the danger area before permanent injuries result.
DIN EN ISO 11612
+ LASER TEST
DIN EN 12254:2012-04
EN 407
+ LASERPRÜFUNG
EN 388
DIN SPEC 91250:2014-11
PPE AND CURTAINS FOR HANDHELD LASERS FOR MATERIALS PROCESSING.
Standards for protective gloves
against laser radiation
Standard for protective clothing
against laser radiation
Standard for protective curtains
against laser radiation
The number of applications of hand-held laser devices (HLD) for materials processing is continually growing. The elds of application
of the HLDs include car manufacturing, shipbuilding, aircraft construction, mechanical engineering and toolmaking.
Based on devices for precision welding, HLDs are used today among other things for:
Applications:
8Welding, cutting
8 Soldering
8Surface machining
8Cleaning tool molds
8Cutting applications
8Hardening
8Melting
8Laboratory work
8System modication
8Setting up lasers
8Servicing lasers
8 etc.
8© Photos: LZH