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COMFORTABLE CUT-RESISTANT GLOVES
Atlanta, GA- Addressing U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports showing more than 250,000 serious injuries to fingers, hands, and wrists each year, Showa Best Glove's comprehensive line of cut-resistant gloves emphasizes both performance and the comfort that keeps the gloves on workers.
Showa Best Glove product manager Mike Carducci points out that the hand injury problem goes far beyond accidents that make it to the Bureau of Labor report. "It is generally agreed that 29 minor accidents and 300 near misses occur for every major accident reported," he said. "The right cut-resistant hand protection does make a difference. That is why so many work applications specify cut-resistant gloves rather than general purpose gloves."
Showa Best Glove currently has more than 24 cut-resistant hand and arm protection models including brands such as Best's Zorb-IT(r), T-Flex(r), D-Flex(r) and Nitty Gritty(r) gloves and Showa's Atlas(r) and high performance lines. At the same time, Showa Best Glove's research team, the world's largest hand protection R&D team, continues to innovate with new glove models combining cut-resistant fibers and surface features such as sponge nitrile for oily slippery applications. Showa Best Glove expects to expand its already comprehensive line with new models to meet specific task needs in the near future.
A Look At Today's Choices
Showa Best Glove cut-resistant glove options protect and provide comfort while wearing and laundering well. Choices include a number of DuPont Kevlar(r) glove models with a variety of coatings for special purposes as well as gloves with stainless steel fibers and gloves woven from the High Performance Polyethelene (HPPE). Each glove model serves specific purposes.
Ideal for critical environments where cut/laceration hazards are present, electronics, circuit boards, semiconductor, small parts assembly the high performance Showa 540, 541 and 545 are HPPE gloves. By combining HPPE fibers with Showa Best's innovative liner technology the wearer experiences maximum comfort and dexterity while being protected from cuts. Both the white 540 glove and the black 541 glove have a polyurethane coated palm, while the seamless gray 545 model has a blue nitrile coated palm.
Specific glove models from the company's D-Flex(r) (with stainless steel fibers) and T-Flex glove lines provide comfort plus cut resistance for applications such as food processing, cutting, glass handling, sheet metal handling, meat and poultry industry, commercial fishing, and restaurants. Models go from the ultra-lightweight, 15-gauge T-Flex 8115 to the form-fitting, comfortable thermal lined T-Flex 8113. Companion T-Flex and D-Flex sleeves extend protection to the arms.
Taking On Glass
A number of Showa Best Glove offerings address the problem of handling glass. For example, the 10-gauge Kevlar(r) lined Showa Atlas KV300, with its natural latex coating, and Atlas KV350, with its nitrile coating, are gloves of choice for the glass handling industry. The gloves are also excellent choices for mechanical and automotive applications, construction, machine or compartment assembly, recycling, and bottling.
When Things Get Slippery
The challenge of fighting cut risk in oily, slippery environments is taken on by the Zorb-It(r) Ultimate 4560 and Ultra 4565. Both gloves feature a Kevlar(r) liner with an ANSI Cut Level 3 rating plus sponge nitrile coating. The 4560 is palm dipped while the 4565 is three-quarter dipped for added protection in extrication. Both glove models are designed to provide protection and grip in oily conditions for mechanical and automotive, construction, machine or compartment assembly, recycling, bottling, and glass handling applications.
There is no question that many people do not adequately protect their hands and arms from on-the-job hazards. Showa Best Glove is working continuously to provide and develop new cut-resistant glove choices to reduce the cut risk for workers everywhere.
About Showa Best Glove:
Showa Best Glove is one of the world's leading manufacturers of hand protection for industrial and medical markets. A wholly owned division of Showa Glove Japan, Showa Best Glove sells exclusively through its worldwide distributor network to end users in every industrial and medical category and is the only glove company manufacturing disposable gloves in the United States.
For more information on Showa Best Glove, visit www.showabestglove.com; or write Showa Best Glove, 579 Edison Street, Menlo, Georgia, 30731.
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