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What is Kevlar
Kevlar is a registered trademark of the DuPont
company. It is a light yet excedingly strong para-aramid synthetic
fibre. Kevlar first appeared on the market in the early 1970s
and as a result of its very high strength to weight ratio
Kevlar has found applications in many industry sectors, from
reinforcing boat hulls and aeroplanes to the more obvious
uses in personal protection such as body armour and of course
gloves and sleeves. You can learn more about Kevlar at the
Wikipedia
website.
The main advantage of the high strength of Kevlar in terms
of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment)is that it provides
a good cut resistance. Kevlar gloves and sleeves easily achieve
EN388 cut level 3 and the heavyweight products will even reach
cut level 4. For more information about EN388 and the other
european standards relating to work gloves got to our Specifications
Explained page.
The Gloves4Work Range of Kevlar Gloves and Sleeves
Gloves4Work offers a good selection of Kevlar gloves and sleeves, as well as
other cut resistant products. Starting with a simple lightweight
Kevlar liner glove that can be worn underneath another type
of glove that perhaps doesn't have sufficient cut resistance,
through to the more complex design of leather faced Kevlar
gloves that offer tremendous grip as well as a high cut resistance.
We do recomend that you look at our other cut
resistant gloves if this is a particular feature that
you require.
Applications for Kevlar Gloves
Kevlar and other aramid fibre gloves are favourites amongst the glass manufactures where the risk of injury from handling sharp edges is very high. The steel presswork industry is another area that has found the benefits of using Kevlar to be crucial. In this application the Kevlar glove is often worn as a liner underneath a cheaper disposable leather glove which offers better grip than Kevlar and also saves the Kevlar from contamination from the oils used in the manufacturing process.
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