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GLOVE
STRUCTURE
Cut-N-Patterns—Leather, Synthetics, and Cotton
Materials
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Generally,
industrial gloves and working gloves are manufactured
by canvas, jersey, terrycloth, or leather with Gunn
Cut style and Clute Cut style (See Illustration
1 & 2). Cut-n-sew synthetic gloves have been impregnated
and laminated by some chemical solution like vinyl
before being cut.
Illustration1
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Knit Patterns—Strings
String knit gloves
are manufactured by natural yarn fibers such as 100%
cotton material and blend fiber materials (like cotton
mixing with polyester or other artificial fabric).
The structure of string knit gloves can be considered
seamless structure. Therefore, the string knit glove
pattern is also considered as Reversible
Style (See Illustration
3).
Illustration3
Dipping—Synthetics
All synthetic
gloves are manufactured by canvas, jersey, or knit
glove with dipping a ceramic mold directly into a
polymer of PVC, Rubber, or Vinyl. These polymers determine
the abrasion, cut resistance, and the solvent protection
properties of the gloves. The thickness of a synthetic
glove is determined by the millimeter measurement
(gauge).
Cuff Styles
Various
cuff styles are designed according to the needs of
specific applications. The most common cuff styles
are like Safety Cuff, Gauntlet
Cuff, Slip-on or Open Cuff, Band Top style, and Knit
Wrist or Elastic Cuff (See Illustration
4).
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Cuff Materials
Most common
cuff materials are interpreted as follows:
Denim or Jean—it is a economic single fabric
material (hard-wearing twilled cotton cloth)
Leather—There is grain or
split leather (cowhide or pigskin), and it is able
to use for longer wear and more durable applications
(it is launderable)
Plasticized—it is a waterproof polyethylene
layer laminated between two pieces of fabric (it is
launderable)
Rubberized—There is a rubber material in
between two layers of fabric
Starched—There are two layers of fabric,
which are laminated and starched together |
Thumb Styles
Normally, there are
four types of design of the glove's thumb, which are Wing
Thumb, Straight Thumb, Keystone Thumb, and Reversible Thumb
(See Illustration 5). For the Gunn Cut Style, Wing Thumb, Straight
Thumb, and Keystone Thumb are applicable for this style. However,
the most common type of design is Wing Thumb in the Gunn Cut Style.
On the other hand, Keystone Thumb is only used in the leather
glove design. For the Clute Cut Style, Straight Thumb is every
popular in the usage of cotton working glove, but Wing Thumb is
the most regular usage in the Garden Glove. Finally, Reversible
Thumb can only be used in the Reversible Style.
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GLOVE
CARE AND MAINTENANCE
By having a good care and maintenance
of gloves in a regular basis of proper care and cleaning, it can
help you to achieve the maximum safety of assuring the industrial
hand protection. Effective and proper care of gloves can also
help you to increase savings due to the longer gloves' lives.
Cleaning and Washing
Most of the gloves
like leather glove, cotton glove, synthetics glove, and strings
glove can perform better and last longer if there is some cleaning
and washing. Moreover, certain types of glove can withstand the
rigors of laundry better than other gloves. Some gloves like leather
gloves, cotton gloves, and string gloves can be commercially laundered
and minimal shrinkage will be very normal.
Synthetic gloves normally require
greater care. A good practice of cleaning and washing gloves at
regular interval with running water while wearing will slow permeation
and contamination. If water for is not adequate for cleaning and
rinsing, general solvents may be needed to the glove. Moreover,
before storage of the gloves at the end of the day or after washing,
dryness of the glove is always recommended.
Inspection
Daily inspection of
the gloves is strongly recommended before wearing. In this way,
we can assure that there isn't any significance of damage of the
glove neither inside nor outside of the glove's surface.
Storage
All of the gloves
should be stored in good ventilated bins or shelves at a regular
temperature room and free from the direct sunlight. In this way,
it can help the glove to be last longer.
STRENGTH
AND USAGE
Synthetic Gloves
The advantages of
synthetic glove are to protect against solvents and chemical resistance,
plus abrasions, cut and puncture resistance.
Dipping Pattern
PVC—it is used for liquid and solvent protection
Vinyl—it is airiness, easy gripping, minimum absorption
of water, of oil, and of grease
Cut-N-Sewn
Pattern
Vinyl (Impregnated and Laminated)—it is mild abrasion
resistance
Unsupported Gloves
The unsupported glove
with greater dexterity in applications is normally used for chemical
protection. The gauge can identify the thickness of a glove by
the measurement of millimeter. A regular thin gauge allows us
to have a sense of touch, and a heavy gauge can provide a greater
protection and durability of a glove
Regular Unsupported
Glove---11 mil to 30 mil thickness
Latex—it is the natural rubber and most popular
elastic substance
Heavy Gauge
Unsupported Glove---45 mil to 50 mil thickness
Latex—it provides the greatest protection and
durability
Cotton Gloves
The advantages of
cotton glove in regular work performance are comfortable and airy.
For the heavier weight cotton glove, it has the ability of abrasion
and heat protection.
Light Weight
(Product Protection)
Inspectors—it consists of cotton or nylon, and
it is reversible; it can also be used as gloves or glove's liners
Single Ply
(Multi-Purpose)
Canvas—There are 6 oz, 6.5 oz, 7 oz, 8 oz, 10
oz, or 12 oz fabrics which are used for general-purpose work performance
PVC dots provide the gripping ability and longer wear.
Jersey—There is 8 ounces of jersey, which is used
for general work performance. PVC dots provide gripping ability
and longer wear.
Terrycloth—it is seamless knit style in various
weights, which can be used for specific degrees of heat protection
Quilted (Heavy
Multi-Purpose and Heat Protection)
Chore—it is used for general purpose work performance
Double Palm—it is used for minimum heat protection
Hot Mill—it is used for moderate heat protection
Strings
String is used for
general purpose work applications and for cut and abrasion resistance
with the high performance yarns when it is working with sharp
objects. Various weights of the string provide longer durability
or additional dexterity where it is needed.
Multi-Purpose Yarns
- 100% Cotton
- Cotton/Polyester Blend
- 100% Synthetic
- PVC coating provides better gripping and
longer wear
Leather Gloves
Leather gloves that
are used in heavy-duty work performance can provide the protection
from rough task, sparks, and heat. Moreover, all kinds of leather
glove can also provide comfort, durability, dexterity, mild heat
resistance, and abrasion protection. Finally, one of the main
cultures of leather glove is to make the glove into a traditional
favorite and style for the industrial workers.
Types of
Leather
Cow Leather
Cow leather is the most
popular industrial glove material and working glove material.
It is because cow leather has plenty of availability and utility
value of a leather glove. In the United States of America and
Australia, cowhide is the major product in the leather's industry.
The advantages of using cow leather to produce a glove are that
cow leather can provide the ability of comfort, durability, excellent
abrasion, and airiness. Chrome tanning of the cow leather can
also provide the function of greater wear or longer lifetime of
the gloves and heat resistance.
Pingskin
Pigskin has the greatest
airiness due to the porous texture of the natural hide. The advantages
of using pigskin as the material of leather gloves are that pigskin
tends to be softer than other types of leather when it is used
as a hand protection. Moreover, it can also withstand the moisture
for not to be stiffening on the surface of the leather. Consequently,
the pigskin can return to the spontaneous softness of the texture
after the laundry is done.
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Layer and Cuts of Leather (See Illustration 6)
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Grain Leather
Grain leather
is the smooth external layer of the hide. This type
of leather can provide the capacity of the durability
and dexterity. |
Split Leather
Split leather is the rough internal
layer of the hide. This type of leather provides less capacity
of the durability comparing to the grain leather. The miscellaneous
types of split leather are side-split leather, shoulder-split
leather, and belly-split leather. Each type of leather has its
respective capacity and availability and the utility value.
Measurement of Glove
How to measure the size of glove?
Leather gloves, cotton gloves, synthetic gloves, and
string gloves can be identified the sizes of the glove
by the alphabetical notation
(S, M, L, & XL) and numerical
notation (6, 7, 8, 9, & 10). Unsupported
gloves use the numerical notation (7, 8, 9, & 10)
to represent the sizes of the glove. Moreover, we determine
the sizes of the glove by measuring the length of the
glove from the middle fingertip to the wrist (See Illustration
7). Consequently, we can decide the sizes of the glove
for both alphabetical and numerical notation according
to the measurement of the length of the glove.
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