Technical data

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IMPORTANT: All 3M Safety Products in this catalog must be used in accordance with OSHA regulations and the User Instructions, warnings and limitations accompanying each product.
WARNING! See warnings on inside back cover.
© 3M 2009. All rights reserved. Before each use of the product, please inspect for any rips, damages, tears, etc.
Powered and Supplied Air Respirator System Categories
The photos and descriptions below are an overview of the different headgear
systems that 3M offers. Each has distinct features to meet your needs. Find the unit
that best matches your requirements and review the charts on the following pages
to help guide your selection process.
3M
™
Bumpcaps, Hard hats and Helmets
L-Series
• Bumpcap,
hard hat and
helmet category
products
• Welding option
• See matrix pages
19, 26
BE-Series
• Hard hat
protection
• Welding option
• See matrix
pages 20,
21, 22
* Refer to OSHA regulation 29CFR1910.134 Table 1 for details on APF values. For additional limitations of 3M respiratory protection products, refer to 3M respirator packaging
and use instructions and limitations.
** 3M recommended assigned protection factors are based on workplace and laboratory performance tests of our respirators. See 3M Technical Data Bulletin # 175
“Assigned Protection Factors (APFs) for 3M Hoods and Helmets.”
*** Providing the facial hair does not come between the face and the faceseal of a loose-fitting facepiece or protrude under the shroud of a hood.
• Welding option
of each category
available
• Can be worn
with glasses
• No fit testing
required
• Liftable lens
• Ratchet head
suspension on
most models
• Assigned protection factor* for
Bumpcaps and Hard hat: 25xPEL; for
Helmets: 1000xPEL** (when configured
with an Adflo
™
, only an APF of 25)
• Accommodates facial hair
and beards***
3M
™
Powered and Supplied Air Headgear
Tight-Fitting
Facepieces
• Full facepiece
products
available in
three sizes
• Low profile for good visibility
• Use in negative or positive pressure
applications
• Comfortable faceseals
• Half facepiece options available with
supplied air systems
• Welding option available
• See matrix pages 19, 21, 22, 25 and 28
Headcovers
and Visors
• Lightweight
• T y c h e m
®
QC
material
• See pages 20-22 for BE-12 Series
headcovers
• ClearVisor, see page 23
Hoods
• Hard hat
options
• Lightweight
• T y c h e m
®
QC and
Tychem
®
SL materials
• See pages 19, 26 and 27 for
H-Series Hoods; see pages 20, 21
and 22 for BE-10 Series Hoods
W-8100B
• Abrasive
blasting helmet
• See matrix
pages 26, 27