We use to have a source for Tvylar jackets that we used when changing Xenon bulbs. I think the first batch were actually purchased thru Osram. was looking for a new source but what I could find, didn't look they would offer much protection from an actual bulb explosion. In fact, as I look into this now, I am actually thinking that perhaps we were all just lulled into thinking those Tyvek jackets were more for psychological purposes rather than if they actually would stop an exploded shard of quartz headed for one's chest or stomach. No one ever really ever showed me any studied down to quantify how much pressure or impact that flimsy thing could actually withstand before failing. I have been looking at Kevlar jackets, but they are wildly expensive and I know we never spent that kind of money on protection for changing Xenon bulbs.
I can find a myriad of work glove manufacturers with different levels of "cut resistance" ratings for gloves -- A4, 5, 6, etc., but no such ratings for Tyvek...a "puncture resistance" rating perhaps? Heave duty face masks are available by the truck load, so no problem there. It's the protective jackets that I am looking for that I know actually offer some real safety and then where to source them..
What are you guys using and if they are not actually rated in any factual way, are they approved or recommended by Osram or any of the lamphouse manufacturers? .
I can find a myriad of work glove manufacturers with different levels of "cut resistance" ratings for gloves -- A4, 5, 6, etc., but no such ratings for Tyvek...a "puncture resistance" rating perhaps? Heave duty face masks are available by the truck load, so no problem there. It's the protective jackets that I am looking for that I know actually offer some real safety and then where to source them..
What are you guys using and if they are not actually rated in any factual way, are they approved or recommended by Osram or any of the lamphouse manufacturers? .
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