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  3M™ Provides Innovative Solutions For Respiratory Protection

3M Respirators have many advantages, including comfort, easy-to-use designs, lightweight materials, and overall economy.

3M™ Particulate Respirator N95 Model 8514.  3M recommended for welding on stainless steel, aluminium, galvanised steel, and other applications where ozone* and nuisance level organic vapors** may be present.

Features & Benefits

  • Meets NIOSH 42 CFR 84 N95 requirements. TC-84C-0454
  • 3M™ Cool Flow™ Exhalation Valve
    • Patented one-way valve offers easy exhalation for cooler dry comfort
  • Cake-resistant filter media
    • Uniquely-designed filter layers reduce the caking of particles on the respirator surface
    • Helps make the respirator breathe easier longer, which contributes to comfort, longer service life and increased savings
  • Lightweight construction
    • Promotes greater worker comfort
  • All filter design
    • Provides economical protection
    • No spare parts to clean and maintain
    • Promotes easier communication
    • Flame resistant outer shell
  • Fully adjustable straps
    • A single tug helps provide a comfortable, secure fit

Time Use Limitation

If respirator becomes damaged, soiled, or breathing becomes difficult, leave the contaminated area and replace the respirator. If used for ozone protection, replace respirator in accordance with an established change schedule or earlier if smell, taste or irritation from contaminants is detected.

Suggested Applications

  • Welding: galvanised steel, stainless steel, aluminium
  • Soldering
  • Brazing
  • Torch cutting
  • Metal Pouring
  • Grinding
  • Sanding
  • Sweeping
  • Bagging
  • Other dusty/hot operations
  • Foundry operations
  • Petrochemical operations

Use For:

  • Ozone protection*
  • Solids from processing minerals, coal, iron, ore, and flour
  • Nuisance level organic vapor relief **
  • Liquid or non-oil based particles from sprays that do not also emit harmful vapors
  • Metal fumes from welding, cutting and other metals heating

Patented Technologies

Cool Flow ™
Exhalation Valve
.
Patented one-way valve for easy exhalation and cool, dry comfort.
Advanced
Electret Media.

Advanced electro- statically charged microfibres make breathing easier and cooler.
Odor-removing
filter material.

Carbon layers remove many nuisance odors for greater comfort and productivity.
Cake-resistant
filter media.

Specially designed filter layers provide longer respirator life and easier breathing.
Fully adjustable
straps.

A single tug helps provide a comfortable, secure fit.

!! WARNING !!

This respirator helps protect against certain particles. Misuse may result in sickness or death. For proper use, see supervisor or instructions or call 3M OH&ESD Technical Service.

Do not use for:

Gases, oil aerosols, asbestos or sandblasting. Organic vapors including those present in paint spraying operations, when concentrations exceed the OSHA PEL., or applicable government regulations, whichever is lower. Aerosol and/or ozone concentration that exceeds 10 times the OSHA PEL., or applicable government regulations, whichever is lower. This respirator does not supply oxygen.

* 3M recommended for ozone protection up to 10 times the OSHA PEL., or applicable government occupational exposure limits, whichever is lower.

** 3M recommended for relief from nuisance levels of organic vapors. Nuisance level organic vapor refers to concentrations not exceeding the OSH PEL., or applicable government occupational exposure limits, whichever is lower.


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