| Protective gloves against minimal risks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gloves of simple design (gloves conform to the European standard EN420) offering protection from low level risks. The manufacturer presumes that the user can judge by himself/herself the efficiency against the minimal risks and who will be able to feel the efficiency against the minimal risks of which the effects, when gradual, can be felt in time and without danger for the wearer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Protective gloves against mechanical risks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gloves of simple design (gloves conform to the European standard EN420) offering protection from low level risks. The manufacturer presumes that the user can judge by himself/herself the efficiency against the minimal risks and who will be able to feel the efficiency against the minimal risks of which the effects, when gradual, can be felt in time and without danger for the wearer. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gloves conform to the European standard EN420 for most kind of protective gloves in terms of construction, fitness of purpose, innocuousness, comfort and having obtained a performance level which shows how a glove has performed in a specific test for the mechanical risks accordingly to the EN388, and by which the results of that testing may be graded (excepted for gloves which applies for specific risks accordingly to a specific standard): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
• Resistance to abrasion (4 levels)• Resistance to blade cut (5 levels)• Resistance to tear (4 levels)• Resistance to puncture (4 levels)Level 0 indicates that the glove falls below the minimum 1 performance level.Higher numbers correspond to higher levels of performance |
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Protective gloves against chemicals and micro-organisms Definitions : Penetration is the movement of a chemical and/or micro-organism through porous materials, seams, pinholes or other imperfections in a protective glove material. Breakthrough time is the time taken for a hazardous liquid to soak all the way through from the exterior to the interior of the sample. Permeation is the diffusion at molecular level of a chemical product through the constituent material of the glove. Requirements : a) Penetration. Air and/or water leak tests establish the resistance of the sample to penetration (pass or fail test). b) Permeation. The rubber or plastic films in gloves do not always act as barriers to liquids. Sometimes they can act as sponges, soaking up the liquids and holding them against the skin. It is therefore necessary to measure breakthrough times or the time taken for a hazardo | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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