Sunday, July 10, 2011

Overalls. What you should know

It's no secret that the clothes are very affects well-being. Although the requirements for her at everyone. Someone enough comfort, the other is ready to put up with any inconvenience for the pleasure to show off in fashionable new clothes. Quite different is the question when it comes to clothes. Responsibility assigned to it, much more, respectively, and choose it must be thoroughly than daily. Regardless of what kind of activities he engaged in and how dangerous production per worker in some degree influenced by a variety of adverse external factors: weather, mechanical, chemical, physical, biological. Therefore, special purpose clothing plays a paramount role. Already in the title incorporated the specific requirements for it. Overalls must ensure safety, protect against harmful factors, maintain a normal functional state of man, his performance during all working hours. In other words, on how successfully solved the problem of supply of personnel needed clothing and other personal protection, depends on many things, including the most valuable - the life and health. In recent years, a host of small and large companies offering services in manufacturing various kinds of garments for special purposes. However, products do not always meet the accepted standards of safety and quality. Try to understand what constitutes appropriate clothing in the present. First of all, the main difference today is to provide special clothing is not 3-5 and over 10 protective properties. These are complex complete products intended for use in all climatic zones of Russia and the CIS, the seasonal conditions with temperature of 60 degrees Celsius to 50 degrees, protect from sunlight and sea water, various aggressive factors in industrial production and the elimination of effects of man-made disasters. For each type of activity there is a particular form of clothing. Degree of difficulty of its execution, the availability of certain components depend on many things: the level of risk associated with the production (the main negative factor), climatic zone, season, etc. So, what is necessary to pay attention to? Buying uniforms, few people think, from what materials it is made. But a quality build on the production characteristics of the fabric not only increases the life of the garment and keeps for a long time, its appearance, but in some cases is absolutely necessary for safety in high-risk processes. Now becoming increasingly popular clothing made of mixed fabrics. They provide a synergistic effect of positive properties of cotton and polyester. This blended fabric has other qualities than just cotton or synthetic. It is sturdy, yet lightweight (under the same terms of strength cotton fabrics twice as heavy). Different tissues have different properties. For example, fire-retardant clothing was and remains vital to energy companies, firefighters, employees of oil and gas industry and other professions exposed to high temperatures. In contrast to Russia, where the development and manufacturing fire retardant fabrics started only two or three years ago in Europe, industry production of such materials and uniforms of them has existed for over 20 years. Using conductive fabric is a strict requirement for the operation of explosion sites - thanks to static electricity, which is formed during active movements, does not accumulate. Of the domestic are the best fabrics containing conductive fibers, which may run-off charge. They do not lose their properties after repeated washings, whereas tissue from one hundred percent cotton, which is achieved by impregnating antistatic, less durable. Particular attention should be given to fixtures. Finishing materials should be selected taking into account the resistance to aggressive environments and specific climatic conditions. Sewing thread, buttons, buttons, fabric fasteners, zippers, clips and tips tightening laces, buckles, hooks and other items of fitting shall be resistant to temperature conditions that are dangerous and harmful factors. No less seriously need to approach the choice of footwear. Of course, the main task of working shoes or boots - protecting the foot from external influences, but do not forget about comfort: work hard, if the shoes are uncomfortable, or rubbing his leg. Modern work shoes - hundreds of specialized and universal models. Reliability, functionality, ergonomics and Q - are the basic requirements that apply to it. Occupies a special place insulated work shoes. It should be made of materials that provide maximum protection against cold and moisture. For example, for the manufacture of soles, many manufacturers use a special cellular rubber, greatly decreases the slip. The basis of any winter shoes - insulation. One option is a multi-layer strip stocking, consisting of woolen cloth, insulation and felt. Important detail - metal or steel toe to prevent injury during operation. Some shoes, like the fabric must have antistatic properties, because a clothing problem of dumping of static electricity is difficult to solve. If we talk about the latest trends, we can not ignore the growing popularity of signaling elements in work clothes. Signal fabric and retroreflective materials are intended to ensure the safety of human beings in poor visibility. EN 471 - the standard for signaling wear high visibility, within the European community for over ten years. In accordance with this method was developed for risk assessment, which allows to each individual workplace attribute signal dress a certain class. Currently, a similar standard adopted in Russia. It regulates the performance requirements for background and lightproof material, size and location of the signal elements in the overalls. All signaling clothing subject to mandatory certification, therefore, acquiring it from those or other manufacturers, it is advisable to first ask if they have a certificate of compliance. Marking items shall be specified signal class clothing and the class of retroreflective material. The higher these indicators, the greater the life of the product and the brighter material will glow in the dark headlamp aiming. The more dangerous the workplace, the greater should be the class of products. Service uniforms - important point, because during the operation clothes will be repeatedly subjected to washing and dry cleaning. It must retain their protective properties. Must be understood that the details of artificial leather and film materials sometimes can not withstand the chemical processing, coating or material on the details of cracks or completely destroyed. Warping is also on the details of reflective materials. It is therefore necessary to check the ability of all the materials that make up the package the product, its protective properties as a function of fiber composition and special impregnations. The appearance of products is also influenced by an indicator such as a change in the size of the wet processing or dry cleaning. Therefore, when choosing a package check all the materials used in upper, lining, knitted and fur trimmings. And finally, a few words about the design. Today, clothing - is not just a means of safety, but also a powerful tool for creating vivid, memorable images of the company. A growing number of companies deciding what to wear an employee does not proceed for reasons of short-term profit, but try to ensure that it is more comfortable and pleasing the eye clothing that reflects the corporate style. There was even a term "corporate clothing, ie clothing, which is also the original card company. And the preference is not so much the creation of a separate type of clothing as a cohesive collection of product assortment. In this case, the complex is solved several problems. It creates a unified corporate identity that allows visually emphasize community and corporate membership of employees using color palette, a single brand identity. In addition, it helps to identify the employee belongs to an organization that is especially true when at the company operates a large number of contractors. Visual definition of an employee belonging to an organization is an important element in security and safety in the company. Thus, high-quality clothing and shoes contribute to the formation of corporate culture.

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