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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo
Not sure about Kevlar, but in any case it is proper safety practice to wear gloves when handling the robot, or any parts that can have sharp edges, to protect your hands. So some company decided that perhaps they could sell some more gloves by providing a sample in the FIRST KoP...
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I'm not really a big fan of the whole "you need to wear gloves!" thing for two reasons. The first reason is that if robots were
designed to have safe lifting points without any sharp corners, then gloves are useless.
The second reason why I dislike the whole gloves movement is because I've seen too many over-sealous "safety" people telling groups to wear gloves when using tools. OSHA (and industry) guidelines will typically tell you that any time you are working with any kind of tools with fast cutting objects (such as saws, drill bits, end mills, lathes, etc), it is actually more dangerous to wear gloves.
The reason for this is that when a saw blade encounters flesh, it typically just cuts right through. Damage can be bad, but very localized. But when a saw blade or drill bit encounters cloth, it begins to shread the cloth and the fibers get caught in the tool. This sucks your hand further into the machine, ultimately doing much more severe damage if an accident were to occur.
The only time it's a good idea to wear gloves is when you aren't working with any kind of tool, such as materials handling or something.