Eyewear Testing

From safety goggles to face shields, STEMart offers comprehensive protective eyewear testing for products used in a variety of professions and recreational activities to provide barriers against hazards such as bodily fluids, airborne disease like COVID-19, and penetration and perforation injuries.

STEMart provides a wide range of eyewear testing in accordance with EN, ISO, ANSI/ISEA, AS/NZS, GB and CSA standards to verify the products’ compliance to various functional, physical, and mechanical requirements such as robustness, protection against droplets and splashes of liquids.

Applicable Standards

• EN 166 Personal Eye Protection-Specifications
• EN 172 Personal Eye Protection-Sun Glare Filters for Industrial Use
• EN 1731 Personal Eye Protection-Mesh Eye and Face Protectors
• EN 13178 Personal Eye Protection-Eye Protectors for Snowmobile Users
• EN 1938 Personal Eye Protection-Goggles for Motorcycle and Moped Users
• EN 16128 Reference Method for the Testing of Spectacle Frames and Sunglasses for Nickel Release
• EN ISO 12870 Ophthalmic Optics-Spectacle Frames-Requirements and Test Methods
• EN ISO 14889 Ophthalmic Optics-Spectacle Lenses-Fundamental Requirements for Uncut Finished Lenses
• EN ISO 21987 Ophthalmic Optics-Mounted Spectacle Lenses
• ISO 16043 Ophthalmic Optics-Specifications for Single-Vision Ready-to-Wear Near-Vision Spectacles
• ISO 18527-3 Requirements and Test Methods for Eyewear Intended to Be Used for Surface Swimming
• ISO 12312 Eye and Face Protection-Sunglasses and Related Eyewear
• ANSI/ISEA Z87.1 American National Standard for Occupational and Educational Personal Eye and Face Protection Devices
• AS/NZS 1337.1 Personal Eye Protection: Eye and Face Protectors for Occupational Applications
• AS/NZS 1337.6 Personal Eye Protection-Prescription Eye Protectors Against Low and Medium Impact
• GB 14866-2006 The specification for personal eye-protectors
• CSA Z94.3 Eye and Face Protectors

STEMart provides performance and lab testing for a wide variety of eyewear products including sunglasses with sun glare filters, ski goggles, performance eyeglasses, swimming goggles, motorcycle and snowmobile goggles, protective filters, eye and face-protectors and safety spectacles with ophthalmic lenses.

Test Capability

• Frame and Mechanical Testing:
• Measuring system and dimensional tolerance
• Dimensional stability at elevated temperature
• Bridge deformation and lens retention
• Endurance
• Screw thread and tolerances
• Bridge strength test
• Hinge durability test
• Spring-hinge mechanical test
• Spring pull-out tensile test
• Hinge Strength (inclination bending) test
• Frame material tensile test
• Frame flexibility test
• Coating against bending test
• Compression test (Swimming goggles)
• Sit and Fit
• Thermal stability
• Lateral protection
• Eye coverage and temporal protection
• Field of View
• Lens size, thickness and curvature
• Lens and Optical Testing:
• Optical power
• Ophthalmic lens – refractive properties on single-vision, multifocal and progressive lenses
• Prismatic difference and prismatic imbalance
• Resolving power
• Optical density
• Luminous transmittance, UV transmittance, blue-light transmittance
• Spectral transmittance and driving lens requirements
• Near Infrared and Infrared transmittance
• Anti-reflection luminous reflectance %
• Scattered light test (light diffusion)
• Wide angle scattered light (haze)
• Lens surface and material quality by light-box / grid panel / lens-meter scanning, etc.
• Mounted lens quality – tension and edging quality
• Lens mechanical strength for minimum robustness
• Plane of polarization axis (for polarized lens, uncut and mounted)
• Durability test for anti-abrasion (hard-coating treated) lenses
• Anti-fogging test
• Resistance to fine particles damage
• Impact, Radiation Aging, and Flammability Testing:
• Drop ball test
• Enhanced robustness test
• Increased robustness test
• Penetration test
• High mass test
• High-velocity test
• Resistance to high-speed particles
• Resistance to high-speed particles at extreme temperatures
• Drop test
• Medium / high / extra high impact test
• Resistance to optical radiation and UV stability (lenses/filters)
• Resistance to radiation (color fastness of frame)
• Resistance to UVA/UVB radiation and water exposure
• Flammability test
• Ignition test
• Permanence test
• Nickel Release, Corrosion and Chemical Testing:
• Nickel release corrosion and wear tests
• Nickel release tests
• Nickel DMG screening indicative test
• Total lead content
• Total cadmium content
• Resistance to perspiration
• Resistance to corrosion
• Salt spray test
• Resistance to humidity condensation and high extreme temperatures
• Lens coating resistance to chemicals
• Protection against snow and liquid splash
• Cleanability test

STEMart offers full set of solutions for eyewear testing, in order to help manufacturer ensure products' compliance with global standards and regulations. If you want to learn more detail about our service, or would like to consult with the experts at STEMart, please feel free to contact us.