The BM Polyco Limited Innovation Centre

The Innovation Centre
Innovation Centre		Attached to the expanded manufacturing facility in Enfield, The Innovation Centre, has the capability of developing and producing prototype gloves using a variety of different technologies. In this way we are able to develop new and innovative products in house quickly and efficiently. In addition we are able to offer our customers a tailor made service to help solve their hand protection problems. With the added ability to produce small trial quantities the optimum glove can be developed, trialled and modified before committing to large scale production. When this is combined with the comprehensive range of CE test facilities in Polyco’s UKAS accredited Technical Centre, the service and expertise offered to our customers is light years ahead of our competitors.

Testing
The in-house development of extremely high cut resistant gloves, presented a new challenge to the Technical Centre. As glove structures with enhanced cut resistance were developed, the EN388 standard cut resistance test method was found to be inadequate; it was not capable of measuring the higher levels of cut resistance presented by these gloves. A new method was needed. The ISO Cut Test Machine (ICTM) was selected on the basis that it is widely recognised as providing accurate and reliable measurements. This new test method measures the force required for a blade to slice through the fabric in a specified distance of 20mm.		ISO Cut Tester