INTERCEPT Technology cut resistance solutions are part of a portfolio of advanced technologies developed by Ansell, featuring an innovative new knitting technology which blends engineered, synthetic and natural fibres into high performance yarns.

Ansell is offering eight new cut-resistant medium and light duty HyFlex INTERCEPT glove styles, designed to provide the exceptional comfort and dexterity required by the most demanding industrial workplaces.

Cut protection innovation

“We are excited to launch Ansell's INTERCEPT Technology which marks the industry's first comprehensive product development platform for cut protection innovation,” explained Scott Corriveau, President and General Manager of Ansell's Industrial Global Business Unit.

“Customers look to Ansell to provide quality products, and this new, unrivaled technology brings game-changing enhancements to cut protection solutions in the marketplace, while providing great value for our global customers.”

Ansell INTERCEPT Technology is said to enhance hand protection and productivity in work environments where sharp tools and materials are handled, and cut risks are ever-present. These environments include the automotive, metal fabrication and machinery equipment industries.

Development process

“At Ansell, we believe everything starts with first understanding, and then meeting the critical needs of end-users, which revolve around performance, protection and comfort,” said Darryl Nazareth, Senior Vice President of Research and Development for the Ansell Industrial Global Business Unit.

“Through the discovery and development process for INTERCEPT Technology, we learned invaluable insights and have created a portfolio of protection solutions that meet the safety needs of today's global industrial workers.”

Ansell cut protection options

Offered in EN cut level 3, 4 and 5, and ANSI equivalent cut protection styles, the eight new medium and light duty glove styles complement an already comprehensive portfolio of Ansell cut protection options. These new HyFlex cut protection gloves also offer enhanced features such as a silicon-free coating, dirt masking colours, a more tailored comfortable fit, and improved grip and abrasion resistance.

The four new light duty styles are nitrile based and eight times more breathable than similar lightweight gloves and two and a half times more breathable than other cut protection gloves, according to tests conducted in Ansell R&D labs. New engineered fibres are said to offer protection against cut risks and also provide all day comfort for increased worker compliance.

HyFlex gloves range

The styles in the medium duty segment include Hyflex 11-724 that features great flexibility and fit; Hyflex 11-644, engineered with superior comfort and silicon free coating; Hyflex 11-727, designed with increased durability; and Hyflex 11-735, which is said to demonstrate great flexibility.

In the light duty segment features Hyflex 11-531, with exceptional grip performance; Hyflex 11-537, which features three quarter dip protection, Hyflex 11-539, which provides coated protection in a comfortable ultralight weight cut protection glove; and Hyflex 11-541, engineered with superior cut protection in a form fitting ultralight weight glove with enhanced grip performance.

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