If your job requires contact with coarse, harsh, or chemically corrosive materials, it is necessary to provide reliable hand protection. Properly selected gloves will protect your hands from dirt with hard-to-wash substances, prevent mechanical injuries, chemical and thermal burns, and allow you to work comfortably in the heat and in the cold.
How to choose the right gloves? Modern
hand protection equipment can be divided into several groups depending on their properties:

• Alkali-resistant
• Oil-and-gasoline resistant
• Refractory
• Against mechanical impact
• From low temperatures

Protective Properties of gloves. How to choose the best hand protection

Let’s take a look at how they differ and who each category is for.
Gloves with protection against acids and alkalis (gloves KSSh)
Acid-alkali-resistant gloves are an attribute of workwear necessary for employees of laboratories and enterprises of the chemical, food, pharmaceutical industries. Various models of gloves are used in electronics and electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, shipbuilding and even in agriculture, for example, when working with fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides and other toxic chemicals.
Gloves with protection against the harmful effects of acids and alkalis are available in different materials and have additional properties. For example, rubber gloves are made of rubber and, in addition to excellent resistance to aggressive environments, have high durability. Such gloves are in demand at industrial enterprises of various profiles. Gloves GRANAT, HI-TECH and HIGH-LIGHT of the company SOYUZSPETSODEZHDA have a knitted cotton base with nitrile spraying, thanks to which they are very comfortable to use and protect against punctures and wounds. These are the gloves you should choose for construction.

For small and precise work, for example, in electrical laboratories, N101 MT-R (TOUCH-TAF-L) gloves are suitable. Made entirely of nitrile, they are very thin and do not reduce tactile sensitivity at all.
Latex gloves with a corrugated work surface called KShS type 1 are used when interacting with rough or slippery materials.
Elastic vinyl gloves are indispensable in food production, and medical personnel cannot do without special latex hand protection.

RELATED : Potatoes: crop requirements when growing.

Gloves with protection against oil and gasoline
Workers in the oil and gas, chemical, and automotive industries need special protective equipment. Workwear manufacturers, which have long established themselves in the Russian market, offer a wide range of gloves that are resistant to gasoline, kerosene, oils, paints and all kinds of salts. Depending on the specifics of your activity, you can choose thin and elastic oil-and-gasoline-resistant latex gloves or durable nitrile gloves with cotton coating or on a cotton base, as well as rubber household gloves with cotton spraying and a corrugated work surface that makes it easier to grip. Such protective equipment is used not only in enterprises. A pair of latex or nitrile gloves should be kept in the glove compartment of the car just in case and have at home for minor repairs.

Gloves with flame retardant properties
When performing electric and gas welding, when working with hot or molten metal, there is a great risk of damaging the skin of the hands by sparks, splashes and hot air flow, and it is sometimes unbearable to simply perform work with bare hands in high temperatures. In order to protect the employee’s hands from burns and increase the effectiveness of his actions, the company SOYUZSPETSODEZHDA offers heat-protective gaiters TREK. They are made of high-quality, very durable beef split and protect the hands not only from thermal, but also from mechanical injuries. The cut of such legs is five-fingered, which does not reduce the range of motion, and long and wide cuffs reliably cover the wrists. If you need to weld outdoors in a cold For years, insulated TREK gaiters with fleece lining will protect your hands from both sparks and frost.

In construction, industry, agriculture, logging and daily activities, gloves to protect hands from abrasion, punctures and cuts are the most popular. There is a great variety of models and materials of manufacture. How to choose the right ones for you?
The simplest and most popular are knitted gloves. To increase durability and improve contact with the work surface, they are coated with latex or PVC spraying with different patterns and densities. Thicker and more durable gloves are made by strengthening the work surface with split or leather inserts. The company SOYUZSPETSODEZHDA offers several options for such protective equipment. The models MUSTANG and RUSSIAN LIONS are deservedly popular, in which the split is combined with cotton materials, thanks to which these gloves “breathe”, and it is very comfortable and quite safe to work in them.

Gloves to protect your hands from hypothermia

Working in unheated rooms or outdoors in autumn and winter, you have to protect your hands not only from mechanical injuries, but also from the cold. Knitted semi-wool gloves with PVC coating are elastic, stretch perfectly and do not hinder movement. Such a model will make it easier to perform work that requires precision of movements. Durable and practical, reinforced with hardware leather or split, can also be insulated. Such a model as RUSSIAN LIONS reinforced with fleece, TAIGA, LEATHER COMBINED INSULATED or SPLIT COMBINED INSULATED are produced with a faux fur lining.

Any of them will reliably protect the hands of the employee in the cold.
Let’s summarize our review. The modern market of hand protection products is characterized by a rich variety of assortment. It is not difficult to find a model for any time of the year and type of activity. When choosing the right models for you, do not skimp on quality and do not turn to dubious manufacturers. Good, high-quality gloves last a very long time and do not cause discomfort to employees.