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Materials and Performance

 

 

Foundry Clothing Materials and Their Protective Ratings

 

 

Aluminised Fabrics

 

UNLINED (Single Layer Aluminised Fabric Only)

  

SERIES FABRIC ALUMINISED TECHNOLOGY WEIGHT
CTX Carbon X Z-Flex 407 gm2
CA340 Aluminised Carbon / Aramid Reflespace 340 gm2
CA515 Aluminised Carbon / Aramid Reflespace 515 gm2
PR720 Aluminised Preox (Pre-Oxidised acrylic) TBA 720 gms
AR530 Aluminised Aramid TBA 530 gms

 

 

LINED (Aluminised Fabric with T-Gard® P190 Thermal Liner)

 

SERIES FABRIC WEIGHT
CA340L Aluminised CA340/ T-Gard P190 340 gm2 + 430gsm = 770gsm
CA515L Aluminised CA515/ T-Gard P190 515 gm2 + 430gsm = 945gsm
PR720L Aluminised PR720/ T-Gard P190 720 gms + 430gsm = 1150gsm
AR530L Aluminised AR530/ T-Gard P190 530 gms + 430gsm = 960gsm

 

 

Non Aluminised Fabrics

 

UNLINED (Single Layer Fabric Only)

 

SERIES DETAILS WEIGHT
WELDWOOL 100% Wool 780gm2
OASIS Replel 410gms
PR97 Merino wool and Lenzing FR® 380gm2
CarbonX Repel CarbonX with encapsulation 320gm2

 

 

Liner Fabric

 

The T-Gard P190 Thermal Liner has been specifically designed for Furnace PPE and is exclusive to Elliotts. T-Gard® P190 is light weight and offers excellent thermal protection. The face fabric is a Proban FR 100% Cotton which provides a comfortable FR material against the body that can easily wick away moisture. The thermal batting is a 100% Nomex.

 

 

Fabric Performance

 

UNLINED

 

SERIES LIMITED FLAME SPREAD FACE IGNITION CODE A1 (OUTER FABRIC) LIMITED FLAME SPREAD EDGE IGNITION CODE A2

CONVECTIVE HEAT

CODE B

RADIANT HEAT CODE C

MOLTEN ALUMINIUM SPLASH CODE D

MOLTEN IRON SPLASH CODE E

CONTACT HEAT CODE F

CX407 A1 Pass  A2 Pass B1 7.2s  C4 190s NT E3 >200g F1 8.0s
CA340 A1 NT B1 7.4s C3 54.4s D3 >350g E3 >200g F0 4.9s
CA515 A1 NT B1 7.4s C3 62.2s D3 >350g E3 >200g F1 5.9s
PR720 A1 NT B1 6.9s C3 66.0s D3 >350g E3 >200g F1 8.8s
AR530 NT NT NT NT NT E3 >200g NT

  • NT – No test data available on AR530

 

LINED

 

SERIES LIMITED FLAME SPREAD FACE IGNITION CODE A1 (OUTER FABRIC) LIMITED FLAME SPREAD FACE IGNITION CODE A1 (LINING FABRIC) LIMITED FLAME SPREAD EDGE IGNITION CODE A2

CONVECTIVE HEAT CODE B

RADIANT HEAT CODE C

MOLTEN ALUMINIUM SPLASH CODE D

MOLTEN IRON SPLASH CODE E

CONTACT HEAT CODE F

CA340L A1 Pass  A1 Pass A2 Pass B2 15.2s C4 165.7s D3 >350g E3 >200g F3 16.7s
CA515L A1 Pass A1 Pass A2 Pass B2 15.9s C4 106.6s D3 >350g E3 >200g F3 16.2s
PR720L A1 Pass A1 Pass A2 Pass B2 15.8s C4 186.2s  D3 >350g E3 >200g F3 15.4s
AR530L A1 Pass A1 Pass A2 Pass B3 21.3s C4 215.9s NT NT F3 20.1s

     • NT – No test data available on AR530

 

 

Fabric System Evaluation

 

HEAT PROTECTION

 

Convective Heat Unlined CA340 CA515 CX407 PR720 AR530 (NT)
  Lined AR530L CA515L PR720L CA340L  
Radiant Heat Unlined CX407 PR720 CA515 CA340  
  Lined AR530L PR720L CA340L CA515L  
Contact Heat Unlined PR720 CX407 CA515 CA340 AR530 (NT)
  Lined AR530L CA340L CA515L PR720L  

 

 

MOLTEN ALUMINUM and IRON SPLASH

 

Molten Aluminum Splash All Fabrics achieved the highest possible rating of D3 and are suitable for Molten Aluminium Splash
Molten Iron Splash All Fabrics achieved the highest possible rating of E3 and are suitable for Molten Iron Splash

    • NT – No test data available on AR530 and AR530L

 

 

COMFORT - WEIGHT

 

 

Weight

Unlined

CA340

CX407

CA515

AR530

PR720

 

Lined

CA340

CA515

AR530

PR720

 

 

COMFORT - FLEXIBILITY

 

 

Flexibility

Unlined

CX407

CA340

CA515

PR720

AR530

 

Lined

CA340

CA515

PR720

AR530

 

 

 

Foundry Protection Clothing - References