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.

Safety eyewear: Application recommendations

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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