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September
1999
For Immediate Release
L-Series
Positive Pressure Headgear Offers Versatile, Lightweight,
Comfortable Protection
London - 3M's
new L-Series headgear offers customers a wide variety of lightweight,
well-balanced and comfortable positive pressure respiratory
protection.
The L-Series line is available in three versions:
bumpcaps, hardhats and helmets. Each line offers several lens
configurations for general purpose use, welding or a combination
of both.
The bumpcap version provides limited head protection
from minor bumps of floating debris. The hardhat version meets
ANSI Type I and II hardhat standards. Both come with a wide
view lens option, offering excellent peripheral and downward
vision for applications such as grinding, chipping, pharmaceutical
production or other dusty conditions. Both also are available
with a welding shield and optional autodarkening lens. For
greater versatility, both lenses can be used together for
grinding and welding applications. The bumpcap and hardhat
versions of the L-Series headgear are loose-fitting systems
for use up to 25 times the Exposure Limit.
The helmet version meets CAN/CSA 294.1-92,
Class G, ANSI Type I and II hardhat standards, providing side
impact protection. It comes with a wide view lens option and
a welding shield with a wide view lens combination option.
This version can be used up to 1000 times the Exposure Limit.
All three headgear are compatible with 3M's
GVP-Series belt-mounted powered air purifying system, which
is available with a full range of cartridges and filters for
different applications. They are also compatible with 3M's
supplied air systems, which allow workers to regulate the
airflow as well as cool or heat the air entering the headgear
by as much as 50 degrees (F) - ideal for extreme-temperature
environments. The L-Series delivers air to the back of the
headgear so it flows across the wearer's face, helping him/her
to be cool and comfortable.
Applications for the new headgear include welding,
chipping, cutting, grinding, sanding, painting and smelting.
Common industries include foundry/steel, chemical, pharmaceutical,
utilities, hazardous materials, agriculture, transportation,
shipbuilding, military, and government uses.
3M is the leading supplier of industrial respiratory
protection products, offering a full line of maintenance-free,
low-maintenance and conventional-maintenance respirators.
3M offers air purifying and supplied air respirator systems
for protection against a wide range of workplace airborne
contaminants.
For more information on 3M respiratory protection
products, call 1-888-3M HELPS.
3M Canada Company was established in 1951 as
one of the 3M global company's first international subsidiaries.
Sales in 1998 were $864.9 million. It employs more than 2,000
people who manufacture and market about 50,000 products serving
industrial, commercial and consumer markets.
For an electronic version of this news release
and information on other innovative 3M products, visit our
"Press Box" web site at www.3M.com/CA/news.
Additional information is also available by calling 1-888-3M HELPS,
or writing to 3M Canada Company, P.O. Box 5757, London, ON,
N6A 4T1.
Contact 3M Canada
PR department.
3M is a trademark of 3M. Used under license
in Canada.
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