Respiratory product testing
As market leaders in the testing and certification of respiratory products, we work with some of the best-known manufacturers in this field to help bring their products to market. Our team of testing experts are based at our center of excellence, Kitemark House, and our testing laboratories contain state-of-the-art test rigs capable of testing to the new ISO 17420 suite of standards.
We can help you to gain European and UK market access as all respiratory equipment must undergo Type Examination using a Notified Body before CE Marking can be affixed and an Approved Body for UKCA marking to the PPE Regulation 2016/425, which BSI can help in both of these processes.
To differentiate your products, we can also help you gain BSI Kitemark certification, one of the best-known independent marks of quality.
We can also offer market access solutions for Australasia and the UAE.
We are the first test house to offer testing to the ISO 17420 suite of standards as well as traditional ENs; our testing capabilities include:
- Breathing resistance
- Filter penetration (solids and liquids)
- Total inward Leakage (TIL)
- CO2 build-up
- Flammability
- Dust clogging
- Field of vision
- Mechanical strength and performance testing
- Gas capacity testing
Advances in the technology of respiratory products mean that they may now incorporate headwear, eyewear, or hearing protection, and some products may also incorporate electronic devices. We can provide a complete testing solution for these requirements to help you be compliant with your product development requirements.
Respiratory products we can test include:
- Half/quarter masks
- Gas filters & combined filters
- Particle filters
- Filtering half masks to protect against particles
- Powered hoods and helmets
- Powered air for full/half masks
- Valved combined filtering half masks
- Full face masks - class 1, 2, or 3
- Self-contained breathing apparatus
- Fresh air hose for use with face masks
- Continuous flow compressed airline breathing apparatus
- Self-contained breathing apparatus escape masks
- Self-contained open-circuit compressed air breathing apparatus with escape hood
- Respiratory for use in chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear hazards