Design and research of a new type of anti-vibration gloves with the use of distance knitted fabrics

Abstract

The paper presents tests of vibration damping in anti-vibration gloves with knitted spacers. The research was carried out at the Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Technology and Textile Design. Measurements of the anti-vibration properties of the gloves were made on two types of vibration generating devices - a hammer drill and an orbital sander. Two gloves with spacer knitted inserts with different physico-mechanical parameters and one standard available on the market were tested. The conducted research shows that all gloves have vibro-insulating properties to a different degree.