{"id":1875,"date":"2023-06-29T04:11:55","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:11:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/news\/changes-to-as-nzs-1906-4-2023-high-visibility-materials-for-safety-garments\/"},"modified":"2023-06-29T04:11:55","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T04:11:55","slug":"changes-to-as-nzs-1906-4-2023-high-visibility-materials-for-safety-garments","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/hi\/news\/changes-to-as-nzs-1906-4-2023-high-visibility-materials-for-safety-garments\/","title":{"rendered":"Changes to AS\/NZS 1906.4-2023 &#8211; High Visibility Materials for Safety Garments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In order to help you navigate through the recent changes to <strong><em>AS\/NZS 1906.4-2023<\/em> <\/strong>(High Visibility Materials for Safety Garments) &#8211; AWTA Product Testing has put together the below news item and technical Fact Sheet.<\/p>\n<p>AS\/NZS 1906.4-2010 and A1:2014 has been superseded by the newly issued AS\/NZS 1906.4:2023. <br \/>A number of major changes have been included in this edition, including the introduction of the below items:<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022 Two new high visibility background materials &#8211; green and pink.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022 Two new material classifications &#8211; NF(W) and SP.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022 Optional extended washing performance specifications for both background colour and retroreflective tape performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">\u2022 Additional specifications for testing chequered pattern and heat applied reflective tapes.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/images\/Hi-Vis_colour_pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"273\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Garment fabric classifications:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Class F Fluorescent material<br \/>Class F(W) Fluorescent material (wet weather)<br \/>Class NF Non-Fluorescent<br \/>Class NF (W) Non-Fluorescent (wet weather)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Retroreflective tape classification:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Class R Retroreflective <br \/>Class SP Separate performance<br \/>Class RF Retroreflective\/Fluorescent<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/app\/images\/Hi_Vic_Diagram.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><em><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">CIE 1931 colour space<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>LINK TO &#8211; FACT SHEET:<br \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"index.php?option=com_edocman&amp;task=document.download&amp;id=721&amp;Itemid=0\" class=\"edocmanxtdlink\">High Visibility Materials for Safety Garments &#8211; AS\/NZS 1906.4-2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #808080; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>CONTACT US:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you require any further information on High Visibility Materials for Safety Garments in relation to AS\/NZS 1906.4:2023, please feel free to contact the Technical Staff at AWTA Product Testing for further assistance or a quote. <br \/>Phone: (03) 9371 2400&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Email: <a href=\"mailto:producttesting@awta.com.au\">producttesting@awta.com.au<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In order to help you navigate through the recent changes to AS\/NZS 1906.4-2023 (High Visibility Materials for Safety Garments) &#8211; AWTA Product Testing has put tog\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-1875","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/1875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awtaproducttesting.swim.net.au\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}