Safety eyewear: application recommendations
When it comes to safety eyewear there is no single solution. Depending on your task at hand, several properties come into play: you need the right eyewear model, suitable lens material as well as matching lens tinting and coating. Here is an overview of typical fields of application along with our recommendations – and if you want to dig deeper into lens tints, we recommend taking a look at our interactive lens tinting advisor.
Mechanical risks
| Working conditions | Eyewear model | Lens material | Lens tint | Lens coating |
| Light and precision engineering | Spectacles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision AR (anti-reflect) uvex supravision excellence |
| Assembly, maintenance | Spectacles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision excellence |
| Grinding, angle grinding | Goggles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
| Turning, milling | Spectacles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision excellence |
| Dusty environments | Goggles Sealed spectacles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
| Foundry cleaning | Goggles Full face shield | PC | Clear | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
| Forestry and agriculture | Spectacles Goggles Full face shield | PC | Clear Amber Grey 23 % | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
Liquid splash / chemical risks
| Working conditions | Eyewear model | Lens material | Lens tint | Lens coating |
| Laboratory | Sealed spectacles Goggles | PC CA | Clear | uvex supravision sapphire uvex supravision excellence |
| Factories: working with acids and galvanic media | Goggles | PC CA | Clear | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
Optical risks
| Working conditions | Eyewear model | Lens material | Lens tint | Lens coating |
| Spot welding Soldering Oxygen cutting Gas welding, braze welding Welders assistant Foundries Furnaces | Spectacles Goggles | PC | Welding shade | uvex infradur uvex infradur plus |
| Outdoors – sunglare | Spectacles | PC | Grey Brown Silver mirror | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
| Offshore/maritime | Spectacles | PC | Variomatic Polavision | uvex supravision variomatic uvex polavision |
| Strong lighting, glare | Spectacles | PC | CBR65 Silver mirror 53% | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision extreme |
| Artificial / natural light | Goggles Sealed spectacles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision AR (anti-reflect) |
Other risks
| Working conditions | Eyewear model | Lens material | Lens tint | Lens coating |
| Sterile working conditions | Spectacles Goggles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision CR |
| Oil and gas | Spectacles Goggles | PC | Clear | uvex supravision plus |
| Site visitors | Spectacles Overspecs | PC | Clear | uvex supravision excellence uvex supravision sapphire |
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