Centurion Safety Helmets are...

 

...moulded from UV stabilised material

All safety helmets approved to EN 397 will have passed a mandatory Artificial Ageing Test against UV degradation, where they are exposed to 400 hours of radiation under an intensive, high-pressure Xenon 450-watt lamp within a UV weathering device, and then tested.


UV Weathering Device

 

 

 

 

 

 


...made from pure virgin material

"Re-grind" is the term given to plastic material that has already been used in a moulding process at least once, and is then ground up to be re-used.  This material is much cheaper than "Virgin" Polymer, but has safety issues.  The origin of the re-grind material and the number of times it has been reground is not easy to establish, and repeated re-grinding lowers the cohesive strength of the Polymer.  Re-grind is often not 100% pure, and an unknown level of contaminants may not be an issue for non-safety-critical applications, but could have far more serious consequences if it affects the efficiency of an industrial safety helmet.   The material used in the re-grind may not have been UV stabilised, which means that the plastic will degrade once subjected to UV rays.

Centurion Safety Products NEVER uses re-grind material in the manufacture of its helmets, using only Virgin Polymer from major industry suppliers.

 

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... all tested to BS EN 397:1995 Specification for Industrial Safety Helmets

Centurion Helmets are not only approved to the mandatory tests within EN 397, but also the various optional tests, where possible.  Most Centurion helmets have Lateral Deformation (LD) certification, for added side impact protection.  Our product range also includes helmets approved to Molten Metal, Electrical Resistance and Low Temperature options.  Many of our helmets exceed the options within EN 397, such as -40°C Low Temperature Resistance and 1000V ac Electrical Resistance. 		Lateral Deformation Test

 

... manufactured by the only UK company to have all helmets for use in the UK accredited with the BSI Kitemark

To retain our Kitemark, Centurion products are regularly independently tested by BSI, and also routinely batch tested in our own laboratories.  So users can be confident that their Centurion product will meet the performance characteristics of the sample initially submitted to BSI for testing.  Centurion helmets supplied outside the UK, which do not carry the BSI Kitemark symbol, also undergo the same rigorous production and testing processes. 

Centurion Safety Products Ltd is also accredited to BS EN ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management Systems, to ensure that our process control procedures conform to the most stringent of the ISO 9000 Quality Standards. 

 

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