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Face shield
A face shield, an item of personal protective equipment, aims to protect the wearer's entire face (or part of it) from hazards such as flying objects and road debris, chemical splashes (in laboratories or in industry), or potentially infectious materials (in medical and laboratory environments).
In medical applications the device is used to protect a medical professional during a procedure that might expose them to blood or other potentially infectious fluids or aerosols. An example is the use of a CPR mask while performing rescue breathing or CPR. Another example is the use of face shields to reduce the likelihood of inhaling potentially infectious bioaerosols.
In military or law enforcement environments, a face shield may be designed for ballistic or non-ballistic protection. The non-ballistic shield will provide no protection from projectiles shot from firearms, but is usually designed to withstand low velocity impacts, like caused by punches or thrown objects.
A ballistic face shield is designed to stop or deflect blast and fragments from operators wearing bomb suits To protect the wearers eyes and face from ballistic threats in combat is envisioned in the PEO Soldier program for the United States Department of Defence.
A face shield is intended to protect the wearer's partial or entire face and the eyes from hazards. Face shields should be used with spectacles and/or goggles. On many construction sites many workers use face shields to protect them from debris or sparks. Many tools for cutting and working with metal recommend the use of a face shield. Examples include welding equipment or metal chop saws.
Two methods are used to manufacture face shields: extrusion and injection molding. Face shields cut from extrusion sheets provide better impact resistance than injection-molded face shields because extrusion sheets are made of high molecular weight plastic pellets while injection molding must use lower molecular weight plastic pellets, which provide better melt flowing property needed by injection molding.
Face shields can be made of polycarbonate which provides excellent impact resistance, optical quality, heat resistance and normal chemical resistance. Or cellulose acetate which provides normal impact resistance, optical quality, heat resistance and good chemical resistance.
Face shields 0.8 mm (0.031 in) thick made of extrusion polycarbonate sheets can withstand the impact of a 6 mm (0.24 in) nominal diameter steel ball traveling at the speed 120 m/s (390 ft/s) (European standard, protection against high-speed particles – medium energy impact), while injection molding face shields must have at least 1.5 mm (0.059 in) thickness to withstand the same impact. But injection molding can provide more complicated shape than extrusion.
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Face shield
A face shield, an item of personal protective equipment, aims to protect the wearer's entire face (or part of it) from hazards such as flying objects and road debris, chemical splashes (in laboratories or in industry), or potentially infectious materials (in medical and laboratory environments).
In medical applications the device is used to protect a medical professional during a procedure that might expose them to blood or other potentially infectious fluids or aerosols. An example is the use of a CPR mask while performing rescue breathing or CPR. Another example is the use of face shields to reduce the likelihood of inhaling potentially infectious bioaerosols.
In military or law enforcement environments, a face shield may be designed for ballistic or non-ballistic protection. The non-ballistic shield will provide no protection from projectiles shot from firearms, but is usually designed to withstand low velocity impacts, like caused by punches or thrown objects.
A ballistic face shield is designed to stop or deflect blast and fragments from operators wearing bomb suits To protect the wearers eyes and face from ballistic threats in combat is envisioned in the PEO Soldier program for the United States Department of Defence.
A face shield is intended to protect the wearer's partial or entire face and the eyes from hazards. Face shields should be used with spectacles and/or goggles. On many construction sites many workers use face shields to protect them from debris or sparks. Many tools for cutting and working with metal recommend the use of a face shield. Examples include welding equipment or metal chop saws.
Two methods are used to manufacture face shields: extrusion and injection molding. Face shields cut from extrusion sheets provide better impact resistance than injection-molded face shields because extrusion sheets are made of high molecular weight plastic pellets while injection molding must use lower molecular weight plastic pellets, which provide better melt flowing property needed by injection molding.
Face shields can be made of polycarbonate which provides excellent impact resistance, optical quality, heat resistance and normal chemical resistance. Or cellulose acetate which provides normal impact resistance, optical quality, heat resistance and good chemical resistance.
Face shields 0.8 mm (0.031 in) thick made of extrusion polycarbonate sheets can withstand the impact of a 6 mm (0.24 in) nominal diameter steel ball traveling at the speed 120 m/s (390 ft/s) (European standard, protection against high-speed particles – medium energy impact), while injection molding face shields must have at least 1.5 mm (0.059 in) thickness to withstand the same impact. But injection molding can provide more complicated shape than extrusion.