Foam – Protective Applications
Posted: Tue Jul 06, 2010 12:55 pm
The potential for foam is near limitless, and far from just being a stop-gap when a specialist material is needed, foam is able to shine all on its own in a wide variety of applications – for example in protective usage.
“Protective products” is an umbrella term to mean a wide variety of vastly different items – from stab vests to helmet linings, and therefore different kinds of foam will suit different applications. However, broadly speaking foam is now fundamental across the board in the safety sector.
Helmets are still a simple but highly effective safety product. However, their efficiency has been greatly optimised through the simple application of memory foam; and specifically memory foam linings add an all important additional layer of shock absorption to helmets, such as horse riding and cycling helmets where head injuries are still the major hazard.
As well as memory foam, confor foams are also ideal for a range of “protective” applications, offering a high level of impact resistance. It is this impact resistance that makes confor foams great for impact vests for horse riders, for example.
Foam is also now fundamental in the emergency services, for, for example, stab vests due to the inherent durability of high density foams.
One of the most positive ways that foam has begun to transform the modern world is in regards to “protective” applications, where only foam can offer a high level of adaptability alongside an inherent durability – which makes foam the new name in protective clothing.
“Protective products” is an umbrella term to mean a wide variety of vastly different items – from stab vests to helmet linings, and therefore different kinds of foam will suit different applications. However, broadly speaking foam is now fundamental across the board in the safety sector.
Helmets are still a simple but highly effective safety product. However, their efficiency has been greatly optimised through the simple application of memory foam; and specifically memory foam linings add an all important additional layer of shock absorption to helmets, such as horse riding and cycling helmets where head injuries are still the major hazard.
As well as memory foam, confor foams are also ideal for a range of “protective” applications, offering a high level of impact resistance. It is this impact resistance that makes confor foams great for impact vests for horse riders, for example.
Foam is also now fundamental in the emergency services, for, for example, stab vests due to the inherent durability of high density foams.
One of the most positive ways that foam has begun to transform the modern world is in regards to “protective” applications, where only foam can offer a high level of adaptability alongside an inherent durability – which makes foam the new name in protective clothing.