Work Gloves Glossary
For your conveniance, we have provided below a list of the most commonly used terms for work gloves, and their meanings.
• Antibacterial
It refers to a substance that inhibits the expansion of bacteria. Then, an antimicrobial product is also antibacterial but the reverse doesn’t work .
• Antimicrobial
It refers to an agent that inhibits the expansion of micro-bacteria.
• Aramid Fibres
A group of strong artificial fiber and warm-resistant. Most commonly used in military and aerospace case, for the manufacture of bulletproof jacket, and as an alternative in the using of asbestos. "Aromatic polyamide" is the original name. Fibers of molecules’ chains are oriented in the fiber axis, and can exploit the strength of chemical bond
• Band Tops
Material's band used on gloves as a cuff.
• Binding
Thin material used to connect the cuff on gloves as red-lined jerseys and drivers' styles.
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• Clute Style
A glove whose seams are sewn into the backside of the glove for each fingers and right thumb
• CPPT
Cut Protection Performance Test (CPPT) - cut resistance's scale of a substance. Measure its capacity to resist from cuts’action under a load with a sharp blade. The resistance against a cut is measured by the capacity of a load to cut a material on a 25 mm distance.
• Cut and Sewn
Canvas, leather or jersey fabrics are cut according to a model into components. By sewing each other we will obtain a glove.
• Dipped Gloves
For producing unsupported gloves, we soak directly into a polymer a ceramic mould. We use a fabric ‘glove' spread over a mould for palm-coated gloves, and after soaked in a polymer.
• Drivers' Glove
A complete leather glove.
• Duck
Launderable single-ply cotton material used in gloves.
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• Dyneema®
Dyneema® is the world's resistant fiber. The inventor and producer of this fiber is DSM Dyneema®.
Its polyethylene fiber permits to obtain a minimum weight for a maximum robustness. This combined is15 times more resistant than superiority steel and aramid fibers are 40% less resistant. Dyneema® is very resistant from damp but also in duration, chemical products and sun light. Its utilization is very versatile. Indeed, this component is used by police and military force for bullet resistant clothing and armor, but also in metalworking for safety gloves, in fishing for nets and cables, ropes, offshores and shipping companies. Dyneema® is also used for sporting products and in the medical sector as fine. • Ergonomics
A majority of equipment for personal protection that are sold today must take into account ergonomics, which must correspond to the worker for his work but also to the user of the product. Ergonomic dangers are risks for the musculoskeletal system of the worker which can occur due to their workplace conditions. Most famous musculoskeletal hurt are carpal tunnel syndrome (affect the wrist and the hand) and tennis elbow (inflammation in the elbow). Ergonomic injuries occur with recurring and vigorous actions, uncomfortable postures and extreme temperatures that come up from inappropriate way of work and a poor ergonomic consideration for equipment, workstations and tools.
• ESD
Electrostatic discharge or accumulation of static, which is able to pollute electronic components.
• Fabric Weight
Expressed in ounce, it’s the full square yard weight of fabric where the glove is sewn from. For example, if we use 24-ounce of fabric, we could have a black glove weighs 24 ounces.
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• Finger Tips
It’s an additional piece of leather which protect from wear. Incorporate into some leather-palm glove models.
• Fire-retardent/Flame-resistant
It’s a material that permtis to postpone or avoid fire. Flame retardent are normally used for fire fighting. The most famous fire retardant is the water, but it classically refers to chemical retardants.
There is other form of fire resistant material like coating used on object like the fire retardant spray used on Christmas trees. A fire test needs to know if the glove is fire resistant or retardent. This requires to see if, when the glove is removing from flame, it
Our test to see if something is fire retardent or fire resistant involves exposing a glove to direct flame to get it to burn, then removing the flame source to see if it continues to burn or self put out. Then, if the fire self put out, it means that the glove is flame retardent or fire resistant. Fire-resistant is a characteristic whereas the term fire-retardant is more for the substance used, to make the glove fire resistant.
• Fleece Lining
It’s a soft cotton used for reducing all chafing in leather gloves and also for additional heat.
• Foam Lining
Normally flocked-lined with nylon or fleece covered, it's a polyurethane coat. It gives the perfect glove lining for warmth.
Polyurethane layer, generally covered by fleece or flocked-lined with nylon. Provides a good glove lining for warmth.
• Fourchette
It's the sidewall part stuck between the bottom and the top of glove fingers made with extra material.
• Full Lining
It’s a ‘glove-within-a-glove'. Means that the lining coats the full surface of the glove inside.
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• Gauntlet Cuff
It's a bonded material's band of 4 to 4 ½-inch thick sewn as a cuff to a glove. If necessary, gauntlet-cuff gloves can be removed promptly thanks to their design.
• Gunn Pattern
It's a fully wrapped leather model with index knuckle-straps, fingers, fingertips and thumbs in leather. It has a shirred-elastic back with a wing-thumb design and continuous pull. You can wearer it very easy on/off thanks to their smart open-cuff design.
• HAZMAT
Hazardous Material.
• ISO
International Organization for Standardization.
• Kevlar®
Kevlar® is the trade name for a light, in synthetic fibre of para-aramid, associated to other aramids like Nomex and Technora. It has been developed by Herbert Blades and Stephanie Kwolek at DuPont in 1965 and first marketed in the early 1970s. Classically it is sewn into fabric pieces or ropes utilized as such or as a components for composite material.
• Keystone Thumb
It's a kind of inset thumb on full-leather glove models. Offers extra wear and superior ease.
• Knit-wrist
It's a elasticized material band sewn on gloves as a cuff that keeps the glove on its place in complete safety.
• Knuckle Strap
It's a leather band on the back of a glove which cover all the knuckle part to afford an additional hit protection.
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• Lining
internal materials used to offer more comfort and warmth.
• Nap
In fabric gloves, the loose ends of woven fibres that appear fluffy. Nap-out on chore gloves, nap-in on cotton-flannel styles. In leather-palm gloves, a "nappy" appearance is the loose ends of leather fibres, which usually indicates poor quality.
• Neoprene
For rubbers based on polymers of chloroprene, DuPont Performance Elastomers trade name is neoprene. We find that component in a large range of milieu such as laptop casing, electrical lagging, in wetsuits and fan belts of car.
• NIOSH
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (USA).
• Nomex®
This brand, Nomex®, is listed for producing flame resistant material invented and improved by DuPont in the 1960s and has known its initial commercialization in 1967. Originally use in the space program for parachutes. It can be considered an aromatic nylon, the meta variant of the para-aramid Kevlar. Fiber and sheet are the two forms in which it can be sold. Nomex® is employed as a fabric thanks to its flame and heat resistance properties which are essentia in this.
• Out-seam Sewn
Seams ans stitching on the exterior facade. Rarely used for work gloves due to their high defenselessness of stitchings to abrasion.
• Pile Lining
It is an acrylic material, bulky, which is used in gloves for additional warmth.
• Plasticized Cuff
It’s a water resistant adhesive stratified between two coats of fabric.
• Polymer
This material can be liquid and used as an outside layer for gloves such as rubber, neoprene, vinyl, nitrile, or PVC..
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• PPE
Personal Protective Equipment, such as gloves.
• Reversible
We most frequently use jersey material for reversible gloves. An unique seam is made around all the glove. A detached cuff is sewn on the glove at the end of the fabrication preocess. The glove can be wear on each side thanks to the reversible design.
• Rhoyvl
Rhovyl ® is a fiber which hold a very elevated level of thermal insolation against cold temperatures. It wicks humidity thanks to its high capillarity structure for the best dry comfort. Fire resistant is one of its natural characteristic, doesn’t melt down or form liquid droplets.
Resists to mold and other biological agents that can be destructive. It’s really an easy maintenance fiber thanks to its quick drying and machine washable properties.
• Roper's Glove
A modified drivers' style, usually a clute pattern of thin deer, goat or elk top grain leather. Keystone thumbs or English inset thumbs are common.
• Rubberized
Denotes the linking of materials layers for a glove cuff. Rubber cement is employed for this.
• Safety Cuff
It's a bonded material's band of 2 to 2 ½ inch thick sewn as a cuff to a glove. If necessary, safety-cuff gloves can be removed promptly thanks to their design.
• Shoulder Split
From Suede, we take this leather from the side of the cow, famous for its robustness and sustainability.
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• Shirred Wrist
It's an elastic band sewn in the back of a glove into the wrist part to close the fit.
• Side Split
From Suede, frequently more robust and sustainable than shoulder split, we take this leather on the side of the cow.
• Slip-on Style
It’s a glove without cuff. An slip-on styling example is drivers gloves .
• Straight Thumb
Very frequent in fabric and drivers' gloves, the thumb is straight with the index.
• String Knits
It’s a fabric glove in a single piece obtained thanks to a knitting machine, instead of sewing several pieces together.
• Supported Gloves
Using a shell or lining to produce chemical-resistant gloves.
• Thermal
It’s a reference to the lining. This material trap air which will isolate from cold.
• 3/4 Back
It’s a description term for a leather-palm-style glove which back is leather 3/4 from the wrist to finger tips.
• Thumb Shield
It’s an addotinal quantity of leather sewn on a high-abrasion part of the glove, the thumb-to-palm, and permits to incredibly reduce wear. Used in different leather-palm and drivers' styles.
• Top Grain
It’s an exterior animal’s coat hide with the hair having been detached with chemical method.
• Unsupported
A glove produced with no fabric coating.
• Welder's Glove
These gloves are resistant to welding sparks, lined in order to get the best withstand against heat.
It’s habitually completely in leather as its gauntlet-type cuff which can also be in leather.
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• Welt
It’s a thin leather band put on seam part in heat, abrasion or stress sensitive area. Give a product more sustainable and adds safety.
• Wing Thumb
It’s a sort of glove construction which put the thumb obliquely across the palm. Normally in leather-palm gloves. Increase the ergonomic..
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