SN EN 14594 : 2005

Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and pictograms
4 Description
5 Classification
6 Requirements
  6.1 General
  6.2 Ergonomics
  6.3 Materials
  6.4 Cleaning and disinfecting
  6.5 Practical performance
  6.6 Connections
  6.7 Body harness or belt
  6.8 Performance requirements after storage
  6.9 Flammability
  6.10 Mobile compressed air supply systems
  6.11 Warning devices for mobile compressed air supply systems
  6.12 Compressed air supply tube
  6.13 Breathing hose
  6.14 Air flow rates
  6.15 Adjustable parts
  6.16 Facepieces
  6.17 Inward leakage
  6.18 Breathing resistance
  6.19 Carbon dioxide content of inhalation air
  6.20 Leaktightness
  6.21 Checking and warning facilities
  6.22 Resistance to abrasion
7 Testing
  7.1 General
  7.2 Visual inspection
  7.3 Practical performance test
  7.4 Strength of breathing hose connections
  7.5 Resistance to collapse of breathing hose
  7.6 Strength of compressed air supply tube, body harness
       and couplings
  7.7 Storage conditioning
  7.8 Flammability
  7.9 Pressure reducer relief valve
  7.10 Resistance to kinking of compressed air supply tube
  7.11 Resistance to collapse of compressed air supply tube
  7.12 Heat resistance of compressed air supply tube
  7.13 Carbon dioxide content of the inhalation air
  7.14 Inward leakage
  7.15 Warning facilities
  7.16 Mechanical resistance of lens(es) or visor(s)
       (hood/helmet/suit)
  7.17 Breathing resistance
  7.18 Noise inside the hood/helmet/suit
  7.19 Strength of attachment of exhalation valve
       (hood/helmet/suit)
  7.20 Air supply flow rate
  7.21 Protective clothing
  7.22 Effective mass supported by the facepiece
8 Marking
9 Information supplied by the manufacturer
Annex A (informative) Marking
Annex ZA (informative) Relationship between this European
                       Standard and the Essential Requirements
                       of EU Directive 89/686/EEC (PPE)
Bibliography

Defines minimum requirements for continuous flow compressed air line breathing apparatus for use with a full face mask, half mask, or incorporating a hood, helmet or suit, and apparatus used in abrasive blasting operations, as a respiratory protective device.