Statistical study and investigation of the cut resistant and thermo-physiological performance of protective gloves: A New Prospective

Int J Occup Saf Ergon. 2024 Feb 2:1-24. doi: 10.1080/10803548.2024.2313915. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTINTRODUCTION: This research presents the work carried out to investigate the performance properties of protective gloves besides improvement in thermo-physiological comfort properties.METHOD: The knitted gloves prepared from filament Stainless steel, filament Kevlar, staple spun Kevlar, and filament Glass were used in the core. While 100% Viscose rayon and 50/50% Polyester /Viscose rayon were used in the sheath. Gloves were tested for cut resistance, tear resistance, puncture resistance, and abrasion resistance which were of the prime focus and thermo-physiological comfort properties were also tested. In this research a multi-response optimization technique i.e. Principal component analysis was applied to identify the best yarn combination for gloves based on the above-mentioned properties. Thermal images were also taken in constant ambient conditions for temperature distribution maps across the hand's surface.FINDINGS: All the results were evaluated statistically with analysis of variance and conclusion was made that the effect of core yarn on thermo-physiological properties are less significant. The result revealed that samples having dual core yarn exhibited better in terms of overall properties. The sample having dual-core filament Kevlar and staple spun Kevlar are ranked the best. In addition, developed samples exhibited better comfort properties than the control sam...
Source: International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics - Category: Occupational Health Authors: Source Type: research