KEEPING HANDS SAFE. IN THE EXTREME.
KEEPING HANDS SAFE. IN THE EXTREME.
We are proud to launch our first impact gloves designed specifically for the oil and gas sector, the Rayza RX589 and Rayza RX590, with three further innovations to follow throughout the year.
Life in the extreme
Hands are constantly exposed to high-impact forces, sharp edges, harsh chemicals, and unforgiving conditions – from wet decks to heavy handling and long shifts in extreme environments.
By working closely with a world-leading oilfield services organisation, we’ve based every glove design decision on real tasks, real environments, and real risks, not assumptions.
The result is a range shaped by the industry – engineered for extreme environments and built for the glove wearers who face them.
The problem with traditional gloves
For years, the industry has accepted a compromise: protection vs comfort, durability vs dexterity, safety vs wearability.
The reality is gloves that don’t always meet safety standards and certainly don’t reflect the demands of the tasks or environments.
Re-engineering impact protection
Our impact range has been developed by stripping back the bulk and re-engineering impact protection from the ground up, using advanced materials and design innovation to deliver:
- Maximum protection against cut and impact risks
- Unrivalled flexibility and dexterity
- Lightweight, wearer-approved comfort
- Durability in extreme environments
THE RAYZA RX589
- Modular impact pads give unbeatable flexibility
- Lightweight 18-gauge cut resistant liner (index F)
- Nitrile palm coating for oily and wet conditions
- Leather thumb-crotch reinforcement makes it ultra durable
- Full impact protection (level 2) across the whole back of the hand
- Touchscreen compatible
THE RAYZA RX590
- Lightweight 18-gauge cut resistant liner (index F)
- Unique waterproofing technology which maintains the breathability whilst offering maximum protection from liquid penetration
- Full impact protection (level 2) across the back of the hand
- Bright yellow reflective modular pads increase the visibility of the hand
- Touchscreen compatible
IF YOU'RE LOOKING TO REDUCE HAND INJURIES, WE ARE KEEN TO HELP YOU
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.”
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.
Working on sites in the cold can present many risks but keeping hands warm is one of the most important keys to staying safe.
So why is keeping hands warm so important?
We lose heat at our extremities (fingers and toes) before we lose heat in our core. In essence they get cold to keep our trunk warm.
This cold response can have potentially dangerous side effects for our hands; we’ll start to experience effects such as decreased hand dexterity, grip strength, sensitivity and mobility – all the things that make our hands such indispensable tools.
Not only does this mean we can’t do our job as well as we should be able to, continued exposure to cold can even lead to frostbite and other problems such as hypothermia.
Wearing gloves may seem the obvious answer to all of this. However, there are lots of thermal glove options out there – so, where do you start?
What are the important things to look for with a thermal glove?
- Check the mechanical protection – in cold weather, it’s so easy to focus on thermal protection to combat the cold risks. However, the risks of cuts and abrasions are still very much there, the risks that come with cold weather are an additional risk. It’s important that a winter glove doesn’t compromise on cut protection in favour of thermal protection.
- Check the dexterity of a glove, or simply – can the task be done while wearing the glove? A lot of thermal gloves can be thick and cumbersome, which means it’s likely the gloves will need to be removed to carry out the task, and that will leave hands unprotected against the weather, as well as unprotected against all other risks in the workplace.
- Check for waterproofing – select a glove that is water-repellent or waterproof if it’s going to be worn when working in wet or damp conditions. Our body heat decreases much faster if the insulation inside our gloves is wet, so it’s important to keep gloves dry to keep hands warm.
Getting the best out of thermal gloves
- There are a couple of further tips we’d like to share to help get the best of the thermal gloves:
- Put thermal gloves on before you leave a warm environment to enter the cold. This may seem basic, but our body heat is as valuable as gold in cold environments, and we need to do everything we can to retain it. As with many things in life, prevention is better than cure!
Wear the right size gloves – a thermal glove should fit your hand properly. A pair of gloves that are too big allows the cold wind to enter. This in turn means the gloves won’t perform effectively as an insulating barrier against your skin, as well as reducing dexterity and grip strength. On the other hand, gloves that are too small or tight can compromise circulation as well as increase sweating, which actually makes your hands colder, and also are very uncomfortable to wear. - Gloves with slightly extended cuffs can be fastened under jacket sleeves, so that there’s no exposure to the elements around the wrist and lower arm area.
In conclusion, to keep hands safe, warm and working in the winter months, it’s important that wearers are issued gloves that not only insulate their hands, but also provide sufficient levels of cut protection and functionality.
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.
Introducing our safest chemical gauntlet yet
We are excited to launch our safest chemical gauntlet yet, the Rayza RX575.
The RAYZA RX575 combines maximum cut protection (index F) with a superior nitrile barrier; resistant to multiple chemicals (including resistance to Heptane, a bi-product of petroleum), oils, fungi and bacteria.
Also certified for contact level 1 heat resistance, this gauntlet is designed to protect on every front. In fact, it surpasses the industry standards for combined chemical, heat and cut protection.
The increased length compared to a typical gauntlet ensures protection for the lower arm, where there could be a risk of liquid or chemical splashes or leakages.
The unique NBR palm coating also provides excellent grip when handling wet or oily parts, while also increasing the durability of the glove.
WHO IS IT DESIGNED FOR?
The Rayza RX575 is ideal for the following industry sectors where extreme environments mean that hands require superior safety:
- Oil & gas – particularly those who work offshore
- Petrochemical, agrichemical and chemical
- Construction – concreting, piling
- Utilities
- Wastewater
The addition of the Rayza RX575 to our range of gloves that have the highest cut resistance (index F), is fundamental in our pursuit to make hand injuries history.
A new generation of cut resistant gloves
Launching the Rayza RX562 and the Rayza RX563 cut resistant gloves.
We are very excited to bring a completely ‘new generation’ of cut resistant gloves to the market, launching the UK’s first 21-gauge cut resistant gloves, the Rayza RX562 and the Rayza RX563.
In a league of their own as the thinnest gloves with the maximum cut protection (level F), they offer unrivalled dexterity and flexibility.
Designed for even the fiddliest of tasks, this range is perfect for where manual precision and touch sensitivity are required. For example, M&E, signalling, technology, communications. In fact, such is the advanced engineering of this range, three-digit gloves that offer no protection to fingertips or disposable nitrile gloves for precision tasks are now a thing of the past, as is the common requirement to remove gloves to carry out work.
An additional benefit to this range is the touchscreen compatibility, meaning smart devices can be operated while keeping gloves on hands, and keeping hands safe.
THE RAYZA RX562
The Rayza RX562 is designed for dry or slightly oily conditions, with the following key properties:
- Unrivalled levels of dexterity, touch sensitivity and comfort, along with maximum mechanical cut protection
- Touchscreen compatibility
- Unique highly breathable yet tough polyurethane coating.
THE RAYZA RX563
The Rayza RX563 is suitable for dry and oily conditions, due it’s key properties:
- Unrivalled levels of dexterity, touch sensitivity and comfort, along with maximum mechanical cut protection
- Touchscreen compatibility
- Super-grip nitrile coating offers outstanding grip and durability in abrasive environments.
WHAT IS 21-GAUGE?
21-gauge is brand-new technology, enabling us to develop gloves that are over 16% thinner than the current ‘thinnest 18-gauge’, and 40% thinner than the standard ‘thin 15-gauge’. Delivering the most second skin-like feel.
For hands that need to work this Winter
Ground-breaking new thermal range
We are excited to launch the Rayza RX553 and Rayza RX567; gloves cleverly designed and engineered to keeps hands working this winter.
THE STORY OF DEVELOPMENT
After working closely with our clients, we identified that there were no gloves on the market that combined high cut resistance, thermal properties and also maintained high levels of dexterity for wearers. This led to wearers compromising on protection (i.e. wearing a thinner low cut resistant glove) in favour of wearing a warmer glove with no effect on functionality so that they could continue their daily work. In compromising on protection in order to keep hands warm, clearly significantly increases the risk of injury to hands.
At STALSEN, we set about to challenge the status quo; there had to be a way to engineer a glove that didn’t compromise on protection, warmth, comfort or functionality for the wearer.
THE RAYZA RX553
The Rayza RX553 is a truly ground-breaking thermal glove that uses latest technologies to answer the unmet need. Clients who have trialled the glove have labelled it ‘the witchcraft glove’ due its clever combination of properties:
- Ultra-lightweight very high (index E) cut resistant liner
- Lightweight double thermal polyester layer (the same material as long-johns)
- Touchscreen compatibility
HOW IT WORKS
There’s no bulky material to keep hands warm here, it works simply by trapping body heat to help regulate the temperature of your hands – so they are not too hot and not too cold!
THE RAYZA RX567
The Rayza RX567 is a winner for winter. Suitable to anyone working in cold, wet, outdoor environments, it really is the answer for these harsh winter conditions. The following key properties work together:
- Fleece liner for ultimate warmth
- Ultra-lightweight high (index D) cut resistant liner
- Blue nitrile for water repellence across the whole hand
- A further textured nitrile coating for enhanced grip
HOW IT WORKS
Despite the fleece liner, this glove offers greater flexibility when compared to others on the market. The liner is also fully stitched into the glove in answer to common frustrations with thermal gloves where the liner comes out as you doff the gloves.
For more information or to order a sample, please click here. We’re keeping hands safe, warm and working this winter!