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Our Commitment

Striving for a Higher Manufacturing Standard

 

 
For more than 70 years, we have made leading innovative flame-resistant (FR), arc-rated (AR) fabrics that serve a variety of industrial and technical industries. We engineer our fabrics from the inside out to guarantee their flame-resistant properties for the life of the garment—where many competing fabrics cannot make the same claim.

By now, you know how much we stress sourcing the FR/AR fabric used in your daily wear or PPE garments. It’s important to know who makes the fabric, how the fabric performs in a battery of industry tests and, most importantly, how it performs on the job. It’s not enough to simply know it’s NFPA® 2112-certified or if it provides Category 2 protection according to NFPA® 70E, for example; you need to know and trust in the fabric brand itself.

We are firm believers in this approach for one simple reason—it’s what’s right for our customers and end users.

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FR/AR Garments: Zone Defense

FR/AR Garments: The Zone Defense of Thermal Hazard Protection Programs

 
Are you a March Madness fan? Chances are, you’ve never contemplated the similarities between zone defense of your favorite basketball team and the “defense” that flame-resistant (FR)/arc-rated (AR) PPE plays in mitigating thermal hazard risks in workplace settings. In either case, solid zone defense and FR/AR PPE do more than just one job.

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NSC 2021 – CONVITE

Na próxima semana, a equipe Westex participará do 202ONE NSC Safety Congress and Expo como expositor. Por mais de 100 anos, este evento tem servido como um encontro crucial para a indústria, cobrindo programação educacional, de rede e informativa que acompanha o cenário de segurança em constante mudança. A exposição, em particular, é uma grande chance de explorar ofertas de produtos novos e inovadores ou encontrar as necessidades de equipamentos de segurança que estão por vir. Read More

Introducing the Westex App

Westex Launches Mobile App to Streamline FR/AR Product Selection Process
The first-to-market tool matches products to global safety standards

SPARTANBURG, SC (Feb. 9, 2021)—Westex: A Milliken Brand, announced today the launch of a new product selection app, the Westex App, developed to provide users a way to custom build a FR/AR uniform based on their workforce’s individual safety standard requirements. The free mobile app is available for iOS and Android mobile devices.
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CUIDADO E MANUTENÇÃO DAS VESTIMENTAS ANTICHAMA

Ao desenvolver um Programa de Vestimentas Antichama, os profissionais de segurança investem muito tempo na pesquisa e seleção dos atributos de cada fabricante para atender aos padrões da indústria e fornecer uma vestimenta que entregue proteção e conforto ao usuário. Outro fator muito importante para o sucesso do Programa é a correta manutenção da vestimenta antichama. Read More

Introducing the Polartec® FR Collection

Westex and Polartec Debut Polartec Flame Resistant Collection
Two category leaders collaborate to produce flame resistant/arc-rated knits
certified for the job with overtime comfort.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two Milliken & Company textile businesses—Westex®, a leader in dual-hazard protective textiles, and Polartec®, the premium provider of innovative and sustainable textile solutions—announce a new collection of flame-resistant (FR), arc-rated (AR) knit fabric. Known as the Polartec FR Collection, the collection introduces three unique Polartec fabric constructions engineered with Westex FR/AR fabric technology that provides trusted thermal hazard protection. The products span shirting, insulation and weather resistance fabrics that meet or exceed worldwide protection standards for even the most demanding industries, including oil & gas, electrical, construction, and military use.

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VISÃO GLOBAL DAS NORMAS INTERNACIONAIS E DAS NORMAS AMERICANAS PARA O RISCO DE ARCO ELÉTRICO

Os profissionais que trabalham no ambiente industrial enfrentam diversos riscos, nesse texto vamos nos concentrar em riscos relacionados à eletricidade e mais especificamente ao arco elétrico. Durante um incidente de arco elétrico as temperaturas podem atingir até 20.000° C, o que é mais quente que a superfície do sol, portanto, usar uma vestimenta antichama adequada é fundamental. Read More