Breakthrough: Lightweight gloves for heavy-duty work
Rayza RX556 - The original gamechanger
The STALSEN Rayza RX556 has become a standout in lightweight hand protection built for heavy-duty work. Adopted across many industries including manufacturing, construction and rail to name just a few, this is a lightweight glove that can endure abrasive environments above and beyond any other glove out there.
Truly built to last, the Rayza RX556 combines:
- Unbeatable flexibility with touchscreen compatibility
- Advanced cut (Index E) and puncture (Level 4) resistance
- Robust, highly durable nitrile coating
It has achieved perfect levels of comfort, functionality and protection for heavy-duty work.
Driven by the success of our Rayza RX556, we have expanded the range with two new sister gloves, the Rayza RX555 & Rayza RX564, all of which are designed to push boundaries of what lightweight protection can achieve.
THE RAYZA RX555
The Rayza RX555 is designed for dry or slightly oily conditions, but has the addition of a thumb-crotch reinforcement. This provides added durability to the area between thumb and first finger, which tends to wear down at a faster rate in abrasive environments.
- Unbeatable flexibility and dexterity due to the ultra-lightweight liner
- Touchscreen compatibility
- High cut (index E) and puncture (level 4) resistance
- Outstanding grip in abrasive environments
- Enhanced durability between the thumb and first finger
THE RAYZA RX564
The Rayza RX564 is suitable for dry conditions but with the addition of ¾ dipped nitrile coating for added protection against oil and liquid across the back of the hand.
- Unbeatable flexibility and dexterity due to the ultra-lightweight liner
- Touchscreen compatibility
- High cut (index E) and puncture (level 4) resistance
- Outstanding grip in abrasive environments
- 3/4 dipped coating enhances protection against oil on the back of the hand
“We used to get 8-10 metal splinters a year with our previous gloves, but since using the RX556 glove, there hasn’t been a single one.”
– Steel fixer, Manufacturing
“Outstanding glove for tough rail trackwork.”
– Section Supervisor, Rail
“Everyone on our site chooses the RX556.”
– H&S Manager, Construction
“The guys prefer this glove as it’s super thin.”
– Works Delivery Manager, Rail
“The guys all really like this glove and find them to be a very comfortable fit.”
– Section Administrator (S&T), Rail
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The Importance of Correct Glove Size
Glove size matters more than you think
In some industries, hand injuries typically make up between 28% and 65% of all recorded injuries. These range from minor nicks to life-changing damage – and sometimes, even amputations.
What are the most common problems associated with wearing the wrong-sized gloves?
- Decrease in comfort
- When gloves are too big they increase irritation, if they are thermal gloves they also allow cold air in and so do not keep hands warm.
- When gloves are too small they can restrict blood flow which causes a tingling sensation in your fingertips. If circulation is compromised, this can increase in swelling of the hands.
- Loss of functionality
- When gloves are too big they lose dexterity, precision and grip becoming a hindrance to everyday tasks. Touchscreen compatibility is also affected.
- When gloves are too small they affect the flexibility of the hand, further impacting work.
- Loss of vital protection
- Loose gloves can get caught, especially dangerous in revolving parts of machinery, this leads to injury.
- When gloves are too small they do not protect the wrist adequately where one of our vital veins is located, this could lead to death.
All of the above inevitably lead to the removal of gloves, which means zero protection and hand injuries begin to occur.
Rayza RX589 - Innovation Leads To Superior Impact Protection
Rayza RX589 - innovation leads to superior impact protection
The Rayza RX589, is arguably the most innovative impact glove out there. With a unique combination of features that you won’t see in any other impact glove, it will dramatically improve safety for those at risk of impact hazards and for this reason it has even been made a finalist for the BSIF PPE innovation awards!
With hand injury reduction at the heart of its development, the RX589 has been designed with feedback from a broad range of industry sectors where there is a high risk of injury from impact and where hand injury numbers have been increasing. These include oil and gas, highways, rail and construction.
Our product team looked closely at ‘why’ impact injuries were happening, this uncovered a definite need for a more FLEXIBLE, DURABLE and PROTECTIVE impact glove. So, we set about developing the Rayza RX589, a glove that would was designed with no compromise in any area.
Through innovation, the Rayza RX589, although tricky to develop, has achieved superior impact protection and the feedback speaks for itself. It has already started to reduce hand injuries for many of our partners.
Tried & tested, this is a glove that people want to wear.
What you need to know:
FLEXIBILITY
- Modular impact pads gives unbeatable flexibility
- Lightweight 18-gauge cut resistant liner (index F)
DURABILITY
- Nitrile palm coating for oily and wet conditions
- Leather thumb-crotch reinforcement makes it ultra durable
PROTECTION
- Full impact (level 2) across the whole back of the hand
- Lightweight 18-gauge cut resistant liner (maximum – index F)
- Modular impact pads allows for full protection across the knuckle with no gaps!
- Bright yellow modular pads also increase the visibility of the hand which in turn increases safety, particularly for those doing visual communications such as signalling
For further information, view the RAYZA RX589 product page and data sheet here. Or to request your sample pair, click here.
“The lifting operations supervisor says they are great – they have already saved a black finger for a slinger, and they are only on trial.”
– HSE Manager
“We have only had positive feedback on this glove, it has lasted 2 weeks for some of our operatives, when we usually replace gloves every other day.”
– HSE Manager
“It’s all in the flexibility, it doesn’t have the usual drawbacks of the common impact gloves.”
– HSE Manager
Supporting EASST charity and sister charity, Fire Aid
STALSEN are proud to be supporting the charity EASST, Eastern Alliance for Safe and Sustainable Transport and their sister charity FIRE AID.
Both charities have received a donation of STALSEN gloves to help across a variety of projects in multiple countries.
To learn more about these charities visit:
https://www.easst.co.uk and https://fire-aid.org/about-us/.
So far, STALSEN gloves have reached the following projects through the EASST:
- Emergency service officers in the Lviv region of Ukraine
- The City Road Police in Ukraine, who received the gloves as an appreciation for their co-operation in a research project to increase the use of child car seats
- The fire service in the city of Korosten (Zhytomyr region) with whom they have close links and ongoing projects providing post-crash care equipment and training.
In addition, FIRE AID is planning to send STALSEN gloves to the Fire Service of Maldova where they are working with firefighters who have no gloves for any activity.
Impact’s Founder, Oksana Romanukha said:
"Such gloves are in great demand in the daily life of a Ukrainian rescuer. Specialist equipment to protect rescuers when they arrive at the scene of a road crash can be limited. These gloves will ensure that over 500 emergency service workers will now be safer when they go to the aid of road crash victims. We are grateful to STALSEN for providing this precious equipment to Ukraine.”
RAYZA RX562 commended by BSIF for innovation.
STALSEN’S RAYZA RX562 GLOVE COMMENDED BY BSIF FOR INNOVATION
We are proud to announce that the Rayza RX562 has been commended by BSIF for innovation. The recognition was made at the prestigious Safety and Health Excellence Awards on May 1st, 2024.
The Rayza RX562 is the first 21-gauge glove to the UK market. Combining maximum dexterity with maximum cut protection, it has already been revolutionary in transforming safety for so many, keeping gloves on hands, thereby reducing hand injuries.
For more information, check out our datasheet here.
HIGHWAYS ENGLAND BLUE STAR AWARD
The prestigious Highways England Blue Star Award – an accolade awarded to projects which demonstrate exceptional performance or innovation.
The prestigious Highways England Blue Star Award – an accolade awarded to projects which demonstrate exceptional performance or innovation.
The latest Blue Star award has been presented to the M27 motorway upgrade scheme for safety innovation, after McCann introduced industry-defining hand protection for the workforce on the project, with the support of Bam Morgan Sindall Infrastructure Joint Venture (bmJV).
At STALSEN, we are delighted to have partnered with McCann to introduce the Rayza RX565 glove to replace their standard issue work gloves, in order to reduce the risk of hand injury, improve hand health, reduce environmental waste, and improve operative satisfaction and uptake.
McCann were facing a common challenge in the workplace where standard issue gloves were not adequate, as McCann’s Project H&S Manager Dave McPherson summarised: “We consulted our workforce and much of the feedback we received suggested that no single glove offered the right levels of comfort and dexterity for multiple jobs. This means that operatives frequently change their gloves throughout the working day, often multiple times per hour – creating barriers around practicality and convenience. This can create a vicious circle because if products are not popular with operatives and they don’t like wearing them or they wear the wrong glove for a given task, we can end up with a higher probability of accidents. All of this makes it harder to achieve high levels of compliance – creating an ongoing challenge around ways of thinking about hand safety.”
Because of the way we work at STALSEN, starting with the challenge and not with the glove, we took the brief from McCann, applied our experience, and as a result the Rayza RX565 seemed the perfect answer.
The beauty of the RX565 is the story of innovation that formed its three-layered design, as the graphic below outlines.
While ensuring a high level of cut protection, the Rayza RX565 also enabled a vast improvement in hand health. Either from wearing no gloves, or from wearing the wrong glove, wearers previously faced a significant risk of developing serious long-term health problems associated with uncontrolled exposure to concrete or other hazardous materials, including sensitization to chemicals and occupational dermatitis. The Rayza RX565, being fully coated rather than open-backed, ensures that the whole hand is protected at all times.
Crucially, all of this protection is achieved without sacrificing dexterity – which is vital, so that the protection nor the comfort inhibits the functionality of the glove. Using gloves which are too cumbersome makes handling objects or performing tasks incredibly difficult. The RX565 is an 18-gauge liner so it’s very lightweight, allowing wearers to feel what they’re working with while knowing they have the protection they need.
Following the highly successful implementation, we received extremely positive feedback from various stakeholders within the M27 project.
“Since introducing the new glove, the project has reduced glove consumption by over 60% and reduced non-compliance with hand protection requirements to zero. This is fantastic to see,” – Dave McPherson, McCann
“We are extremely proud that the M27 is associated with this brilliant innovation which fully complies with Personal Protective Equipment (Enforcement) Regulations 2018. The glove’s adaptability has proved to be a major benefit as it is multi-operational while also being waterproof, cut resistant, light and supportive of dexterity. It is even known to be resistant to lean concrete. The glove is more efficient by eliminating the need to replace it for various tasks undertaken by the same workforce and has been a huge asset in our working practices.” – Victor Johnson, Highways England’s Project Manager
“The safety and wellbeing of everyone involved in delivering our schemes are of paramount importance to us, and by working with McCann we have reduced the potential for hand injuries on our M27 scheme, we’re also making our operations and the industry a safer and more productive environment.” Nigel Fullam, BMJV Project Director
For further information on the Rayza RX565, click here to visit the product page and view the data sheet.
