Read the Mark: The New Blue Max® Welding Glove
Read the Mark: The New Blue Max® Welding Glove
Blue split leather welding gloves are a favourite on benches and job sites across Australia. Until now, there hasn't been one in the Elliotts range. The new Blue Max® welding glove changes that.
It's built for everyday MIG and stick welding, fabrication and maintenance. And like every Elliotts welding glove, it's independently certified by Intertek SAI Global to today's standards. Great protection and value, with the proof printed on the cuff.
Built for everyday welding
The Blue Max® is a simple glove, built properly. Every feature is there to protect the hand and make the glove last.
- Soft blue split leather, comfortable from the first wear
- Additional leather reinforcing from the palm to the first finger, where you grip and handle the work
- A reinforced knuckle bar strip across the back of the hand
- Welted wear seams for added protection and longer wear
- Cotton fabric lining
- Heat-resistant aramid thread
Read the Mark: What's on the Blue Max® cuff
Every number on a welding glove cuff tells you something about how it performed in testing. Here's what the Blue Max® markings mean.
EN 407:2020 · 424344
EN 407 rates protection against heat and flame. The six digits are six separate tests, each scored from 1 to 4, with 4 the top of the scale.
Top level for flame, convective heat and molten metal, with no X's. Every property has been tested, to the current edition of the standard.
EN 388:2016 · 4243C
EN 388 rates protection against mechanical risks.
Abrasion and tear are both at the top level, which counts for a glove that spends its day handling steel. If your site sets a cut level for welders, ask us about our cut resistant welding gloves.
EN 12477 · Type A
Heat resistance on its own doesn't make a glove suitable for welding. EN 12477 is the standard written for welders' gloves. Type A prioritises protection for heavier work such as MIG and stick welding. Type B prioritises dexterity for TIG.
The Blue Max is certified to EN 12477:2001+A1:2005, Type A, with Dexterity 3 under AS/NZS 2161.2:2020.
EN 1149-2 · Static
Welding often happens near fuels, gases or combustible dust, where a static discharge can become an ignition source. EN 1149-2 assesses how well a material dissipates static charge.
The Blue Max® is tested to EN 1149-2, as is every welding glove in the Elliotts range.
The Certified Product mark · SMK41830
Anyone can print a pictogram and a row of numbers on a glove. A certification mark and licence number are different. They show that an independent body has reviewed the testing, materials, manufacturing and labelling, and keeps checking. You can look the licence up yourself on Intertek SAI Global's public register.
The Blue Max carries the Intertek SAI Global Certified Product mark, licence SMK41830.
Certified to today's standards
In January 2011, Elliotts became the first company to have welding gloves certified to Australian standards. This year we moved the heat and flame certification of our welding gloves to EN 407:2020, the current edition, and Elliotts was the first company certified by SAI Global to EN 407:2020.
Every new Elliotts welding glove launched is certified, and the Blue Max® is no exception. It's certified by Intertek SAI Global to AS/NZS 2161.2:2020, AS/NZS 2161.3:2020, EN 12477 Type A, EN 388:2016 and EN 407:2020.
Get the Blue Max®
The Blue Max® welding glove, part number 300BLUE, is available now. Download the product data sheet for the full specification, or talk to your Elliotts representative.