Avoiding the summertime blues
Bollé Safety
In the not-too-distant past, safety eyewear was expected to perform one modest function: to provide a simple barrier between the wearer's eyes and airborne debris. This limited objective resulted in products that were much less effective at reducing workplace injuries. Particularly prevalent in the more humid summer months, reduced vision due to fogging may have actually been the direct cause of some workplace accidents.
Today, Bollé Safety offers a full range of advanced protective eyewear engineered with the latest technologies to perform flawlessly in a broad range of conditions and specifically for the requirements of multiple industries and applications, including energy, manufacturing, welding, ballistics and many others.
A breakthrough anti-fog/antiscratch coating
Bollé applies its proprietary Platinum coating to both sides of the lens of many of the glasses and goggles in the brand's extensive line of safety eyewear. This industry-leading technology meets or exceeds all applicable ANSI Z87.1 standards, as well as the more stringent European EN166 rules. Resistant to the most aggressive chemicals, Platinum effectively controls the buildup of fog, ensuring the best possible vision in even the most humid work environments.
Lenses: Right tools, technologies for the job
With a broad selection of highly impact-resistant and extremely light polycarbonate lens types, Bollé Safety offers an extensive range of solutions for the challenges of specific industries and environments. Safety managers can choose lenses that transmit from as little as 2 percent to as much as 92 percent of visible light. The spread for absorption of blue light is 11-99 percent. Bollé Safety lens options include:
- Clear -- Approved for permanent wear and certified with perfect optical quality with anti-fog and anti-scratch coatings. 99.9-percent Ultraviolet A/ Ultraviolet B (UVA/UVB) protection.
- Yellow Comfort -- Approved for permanent wear and certified with perfect optical quality, designed for low light situations and improved contrast. Antifog and anti-scratch coatings. 99.9-percent UVA/UVB protection.
- Smoke -- Technology approved for permanent wear and certified with perfect optical quality, designed for superior protection against solar radiation. 99.9-percent UVA/UVB protection.
- Blue Flash -- Filters 99.9-percent UVA/UVB, 90-percent visible light and 47-percent infrared radiation (IR).
- Red Flash -- Filters 99.9-percent UVA/UVB, 87-percent visible light and 60-percent IR.
- Welding Shade 1.7 -- Filters 99.9-percent UVA/UVB and 54-percent visible light.
- Welding Shade 5 -- Filters 99.9-percent UVA/UVB and 95-percent visible light.
For places where excessive glare is an issue, category-leading polarization technology is available.
The bottom line is no matter the situation, with Bollé Safety, workers can be given the precise protection needed.
For more information, visit www. bollesafety-usa.com or call (800) 262-7306.