Protective Clothing

Chemical Protective Clothing

Chemical protective clothing can be used for work to handle gaseous, liquid and particulate harmful chemical substances of acids, alkalis, organic chemicals and other chemicals, and it is used to prevent permeation and penetration of the harmful chemical substances.
There are two main types of chemical protective clothing, the full body protective clothing and the part protective clothing, and the protective clothing can be classified into more detail types by use.

Selection chart of protective clothing (JIS T 8115:2010)

Classification of Chemical Protective Clothing (JIS T 8115:2010)

Full Body Protective Clothing	The clothing protects the full body against chemical substances.

Airtight suit

The interior of the protective clothing maintains positive pressure (higher than the ambient pressure) at all times, therefore it holds no risk of toxic gas intrusion.

SCBA combination type Airtight protective Suit (inner type)	Airtight protective suit to which SCBA is mounted inside the suit
SCBA combination type Airtight protective Suit (outside type)	Airtight protective suit to which SCBA is mounted outside the suit
Supplied-air type pressurized protective clothing	Fresh air is supplied to the clothing inside through air line. Including respiratory protection device combination type.

Non-airtight suit

The clothing is to protect wearers' skin and body where the splashes of harmful substances are likely to stick to or permeate the cloth.

Positive pressure suit:	It protects whole body including hands, legs and head, and use fresh air to keep positive pressure of the clothing inside. It is un-sealed type.
Liquid chemical protective suit:	Each portion of the clothing, gloves and boots are combined as whole body protective clothing, and it can protect workers against liquid chemical substances jets of liquid chemical.
Spray protective suit:	Each portion of the clothing, gloves and boots are combined as whole body protective clothing to protect workers against spray of liquid chemical substances.
Air-borne fine particulate protective suit:	It is whole body protective clothing to protective workers against air-borne fine particulate.
Mist protective suits:	Each portion of the clothing gloves and boots are combined as whole body protective clothing to protect workers against mist of liquid chemical substances.

Part Protective Clothing	The clothing protects a part of the body such as apron, boots, shoes cover, gown, hood, jacket, protect coat, arm cover and smock.