NEN 8333 “Protective clothing ‐ Body covering clothing that supports the protection against tick bites and is industrially treated with permethrine”. The tests described in the standard may only be performed by validated testing labs.
Centexbel is acknowledged by the Deutsche Bundeswehr - Wehrwissenschaftliches Institut für Werk- und Betriebsstoffe (WIWeb) according to TL-8305-0031. As a result, manufacturers of protective clothing against tick bites can have their products tested according to the standard at Centexbel.

Split fibres

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Split fibres

Split fibres are developed by twisting polypropylene tapes. The very first artificial turf was made from split PP fibres.

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Splijtvezel

Door polypropyleen bandjes te fibrilleren, ontstaat een splijtvezel. De eerste kunstgrassen werden uit gespleten PP vezels geproduceerd.

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Fibre fibrillée

Une fibre fibrillée est obtenue en fibrillant des rubans de polypropylène. Les premières fibres de gazon synthétiques étaient fabriquées sous forme de feuilles de polypropylène fibrillées, ce qui imitait assez bien l'aspect du gazon naturel et présentait des avantages de coûts de production importants.