
TAKING CARE OF YOUR HANDS THIS WINTER
Safety is important 365 days a year, but it is especially important during the winter months, when there are weather hazards everywhere you turn.
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7/10/2021
We’ve had a lot of feedback from professionals in the industry that there is a real grey area between the old cut levels and the new indexes and we know that it may be tricky to understand.
So, we’ve created this brief guide to help demystify the new standards, understand how to check the protection levels and ultimately ensure you are keeping hands safe.
The cut level 1 to level 5 for gloves you are familiar with hearing, originates from this standard, and it’s based up the Coupe or rotating blade test.
Every rotation of the blade equates to an index and as the number of indexes increase before the penetration of the blade through the glove the higher the rating it will be awarded.
The coupe test measures the number of rotations of a blade before penetrating the glove. The more rotations, the higher the rating that will be awarded.
TEST TYPE | LEVEL 1 | LEVEL 2 | LEVEL 3 | LEVEL 4 | LEVEL 5 |
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Circular blade cut resistance (index) | 1.2 | 2.5 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 |
The weakness with the Coupe test is:
This is the new requirement for a straight blade cut test – your indicator to this rating is the 5th digit (which is a letter).
The resistance rating of a glove with this test is based upon the level of pressure applied to a straight blade (measured in Newtons) before penetration.
TEST TYPE | LEVEL A | LEVEL B | LEVEL C | LEVEL D | LEVEL E | LEVEL F |
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Straight blade cut resistance (newtons) | 2 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 22 | 30 |
Safety is important 365 days a year, but it is especially important during the winter months, when there are weather hazards everywhere you turn.
We are excited to launch the Rayza RX553 and Rayza RX567; gloves cleverly designed and engineered to keeps hands working this winter.
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This testing contrasts to theCoupe test in that:
Picture it like decimalisation, where we transitioned from pounds, shillings and pennies to pounds and pence. There is not exactly any correlation between the 2 cut standards, as the tests are very different.
Be aware of the ‘old money’ (aka Cut Levels 1-5) that are still around in gloves.
The 5th letter is your safest guide to ensure your hands are protected.
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