User Guide

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WARNING ! See warnings on inside back cover.
Powered and Supplied Air Respirator System
Categories
The photos and descriptions below are an overview of the
different headgear systems that 3M offers. Each has distinct
features that may best suit your needs. Find the unit that best
matches your requirements and review the charts on the
following pages to help guide your selection process. For
product specific performance indicators see matrix on page 13.
3M
™
Bumpcaps, Hardhats and Helmets
L-Series
• Bumpcap, hardhat
and helmet
category products
• Welding variants
• See matrix pages
13, 14, 16, 23
BE-Series
• Hardhat protection
• Welding option
• See matrix pages
13, 15, 18, 19
*Assigned protection factors may vary for specific standards as promulgated by OSHA (e.g. continuous flow supplied air respirators are assigned a
protection factor of 100 in the OSHA Asbestos Standards, 29 CFR 1910.1001 and 29 CFR 1926.1101). Where assigned protection factors in local, state, or
federal standards are lower than those listed here, they should be used instead. For additional limitations of 3M respiratory protection products, refer to 3M
respirator packaging and use instructions and limitations.
**3M recommended assigned protection factors are based on workplace and laboratory performance tests of our respirators and review of current assigned
protection factor recommendations established by other groups where assigned protection factors have not been established by regulatory agencies.
*** Providing the facial hair does not come between the face and the faceseal of a loose-fitting facepiece or protrude under the shroud of a hood.
• Welding variants of each
category available
• Can be worn with glasses
• No fit testing required
• Liftable lens
• Ratchet head suspension on
most models
• Assigned protection factor*
for Bumpcaps and Hardhat:
25xPEL; for Helmets:
1000xPEL**
• Accommodates facial hair
and beards***
Powered and Supplied Air Headgear
Tight-Fitting
Facepieces
• Full facepiece
products available
in three sizes
• Low profile for
good visibility
• Use in negative or positive pressure
applications
• Comfortable faceseals
• Half facepiece options available with
supplied air systems
• Welding variant available
• See matrix pages 16, 18, 19, 22, 25
Headcovers and
Visors
• Lightweight
• Tychem
®
QC
material
• See pages 13, 17,
18, 19 for BE-12
Series headcovers
• ClearVisor, see page 20
Hoods
• Hardhat
options
• Lightweight
• Tychem
®
QC
and Tychem
®
SL materials
• See pages 13, 15, 16, 24 for
H-Series Hoods; see pages 13, 17,
18, 19 for BE-10 Series Hoods
W-8100B
• Abrasive
blasting
helmet
• See matrix
pages 13, 24