| Kevlar Gloves are a must today. In fact, gloves as | | | | for material handling, protect them against cuts, |
| everybody knows and understands are pieces of | | | | punctures and abrasions while the y provide a high |
| garments which help protect the hands and keep | | | | level of dexterity and sensitivity at the same time. |
| them warm during the cold winter months. Gloves | | | | People working in construction industry need to have |
| are being used for a number of purposes like in | | | | their hands well protected against abrasive surfaces, |
| factories and manufacturing plants where people | | | | splinters from wood and metal and from other |
| have to deal with dangerous components or heavy | | | | injuries. All these people need gloves which are not |
| machinery. | | | | only ergonomically designed but also which provide |
| Gloves have become such an integral part of life that | | | | support for the different parts of the hands like the |
| they are being used right from doing household | | | | wrist and fingers and also should be able to give a |
| chores like dish washing, cleaning, gardening, in | | | | cushioning effect to the hands. |
| hospitals by surgeons and doctors and healthcare | | | | To make these types of gloves advances in |
| professional, by policemen and by criminals, workers | | | | technology in making high fiber and yarns have made |
| in factories, in laboratories, in different types of | | | | it possible to produce gloves which address the |
| sports like football, baseball, billiards, while | | | | needs of these hazardous professions. |
| snowboarding, ice skating, skiing, riding motorcycles, | | | | Kevlar is a high performance Para aramid synthetic |
| driving cars and least of all to keep the hands warm | | | | fiber which was originally developed by DuPont in |
| during the cold winter months. | | | | 1965 by Stephanie Kwolek and Herbert Blades and it |
| In the earlier years people working in factories and | | | | began to be commercially used by the early 70's. |
| manufacturing companies used to wear gloves which | | | | This para-aramid fabric is a very exceptional fiber |
| were heavy and thick so as to protect their hands | | | | which provides strength to the Kevlar gloves and |
| from cuts and abrasions which could occur while they | | | | help to protect the hands even in extreme |
| are handling hazardous materials or even heavy tools | | | | temperature. These Kevlar gloves offer maximum |
| and machinery. | | | | dexterity of the fingers and comfort and are highly |
| The gloves that these workers wear should be ideal | | | | resistant to cuts and abrasions and heat. |