User Information

NFPA approval

Cert. Mod. (NFPA 1991)

Scope and suit types

Trellchem
® HPS type TE and VPS type TE have been tested by IntertekTesting Services (Cortland, NY, USA) and comply with the Americanstandard NFPA 1991. They are certified by SEI (Safety Equipment Institute,USA). The certification includes the chemical and biological terrorism protection requirements. This manual is valid for Trellchem
® ® HPS type TE, Trellchem
® ® HPS typeT, Trellchem VPS type TE, Trellchem VPS type T and special versionsof these, including the VP1. Type TE (type 1a according to EN 943)designates a suit design where the breathing apparatus is worn inside thesuit. Type T (type 1b according to EN 943) designates a suit design where the breathing apparatus is worn outside the suit. ET versions of thesesuits are available. The ET versions are certified suits for “Emergency teams”according to EN 943-2. These are fitted with Viton

Warranty information

® In case of faults or defects, if any, in the protective suits, including industrial gloves and other accessories, the following is applicable:If a fault or defect appears in the protective suit as a result or in the courseof any use, function or state of the protective suit, the purchaser is requestedto contact the company from which the suit was purchased. The terms ofsale agreed upon between the purchaser and the said company shall apply in this case. Trelleborg Protective Products AB shall have no liability topurchasers of the protective suits other than when the suit in question waspurchased directly from Trelleborg Protective Products AB.The liability of Trelleborg Protective Products AB for faults or defects of aprotective suit shall be subject to the Standard Warranty set forth in its General Conditions of Dispatch for Industrial Rubber Products, unlessotherwise stated in a separate agreement in writing between TrelleborgProtective Products AB and the purchaser. The General Conditions of Dispatch are available on request.This manual does not in any way comprise a guarantee or warranty on thepart of Trelleborg Protective Products AB, and Trelleborg ProtectiveProducts AB expressly excludes any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness. Trelleborg Protective Products AB is not in any way nor under any conditions liable for compensation to the purchaser or commercial user of a protective suit for injury to (including death of) any person or loss of or damage to property of any kind or for costs, loss of profits or other damage or loss of any nature whatsoever. coated zipper, insidehump protection and if fitted with boots, these are certified firemen’sboots (EN 345-2). All suits are designed to be used with a self containedbreathing apparatus (SCBA).

EC Type approval

Trellchem
® HPS and VPS have been tested and approved by notified bodyno 0200; FORCE Dantest-CERT, Park Allé 345, DK-2605 Bröndby,Denmark. The suits are CE-marked and have EC type approval under theCouncil Directive 89/686/EEC on personal protective equipment and the European standard EN 943 part 1 and part 2 (ET versions).Trellchem
® HPS type TE has approval no DK-0200-C.175 and Trellchem
® HPS type T no DK-0200-C.206. Trellchem
® ® VPS type TE has approvalno DK-0200-C.207 and Trellchem VPS type T no DK-0200-C.208.The approvals require the Trellchem
® Hood (“TC-hood”) or the Trellchem
® Mini Hood to be worn with type T suits.Type approval test results can be found in the Chemical and technicaldata appendix. Trellchem
® HPS type TE and VPS type TE are suits oftype 1a according to the European standard EN 943. Trellchem
® HPStype T and VPS type T are suits of type 1b according to the Europeanstandard EN 943.

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