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DuPont offers some of the most trusted industrial protection brands in the indus

Industrial Personal Protection

Industrial Protection — Worker Safety Is Our Business

Industrial workers may have a variety of responsibilities while they’re on the job. We only have one — helping to safeguard people against hazards with industrial protection solutions from DuPont.

To be successful, industries depend on their workers. Behind these workers are families and communities who depend on DuPont industrial protection to help keep their loved ones safe. For over 40 years, our scientists, engineers, and technicians have addressed the world’s safety needs with the best in safety technologies and innovations.  We apply real-world experience as owners and operators of industrial manufacturing facilities around the world — offering our own workers the same science-based solutions that we offer yours, including some of the most trusted and innovative brands in the industry, like Kevlar®, Nomex®, Tyvek®, and Tychem®.

DuPont is collaborating with companies around the world, from industrialised to developing nations, to help them understand the applicable safety regulations for the protection of all workers. So whether you’re concerned about meeting revised industry standards or looking for newer, safer ways to provide your workers with enhanced protection, we’ll help you address that responsibility.

PRODUCT AND SERVICE CATEGORIES

  • Chemical Protective Garments & Accessories

    Innovative chemical protective clothing made with industry-leading brands such as DuPont™ Tyvek®, DuPont™ Tychem® and DuPont™ ProShield help workers in hazardous work situations such as asbestos abatement, applying insulation, or handling industrial chemicals.

  • Thermal Protective Apparel & Accessories

    Private and public sector workers who are exposed to heat, flames, fires and electrical hazards rely on the thermal protection made of products like DuPont™ Nomex® and DuPont™ Kevlar® fibres.

  • Controlled Environments Apparel & Accessories

    For a whole range of industries, such as pharmaceuticals, food processing, electronics, surface plating and coating, it’s not just the people so much as the products or processes that must be kept clean and uncontaminated. DuPont offers a range of cleanroom garments and accessories, especially engineered to help enhance protection in today’s demanding biotechnology, pharmaceutical and electronics controlled environments.

  • HazMat Suits & Garments

    When faced with the most hazardous situations, HazMat suits and garments from DuPont provide enhanced protection.

  • Cut Protection

    Whenever workers need superior cut protection, the cut- and fire- resistant properties of Kevlar® fiber fill that need.

  • Fibers

    DuPont collaborates with manufacturers and designers to innovate with performance fibers, including Kevlar®, Nomex®, and those made with Sorona® to develop solutions including those that protect our protectors and lower our carbon footprint.

  • Industrial fabrics

    For workers in potentially dangerous conditions, protective fabrics and apparel from DuPont can help protect from chemicals, dirt and grime and hazardous substances.

CASE STUDIES

INFORMATION & IDEAS

  • Because Tyvek® Makes the Difference

    Touch any garment from the comprehensive DuPont ™ Tyvek® product range and you immediately notice the difference. Antistatically-treated Tyvek® is a unique and versatile material that is tough and exceptionally low-linting, yet extremely light and soft. It is permeable to air and water vapour, yet repels water-based liquids and aerosols, as well as fine particles and fibres.

  • Professor Tytonius & Tyvek® Protection

    DuPont introduces Professor Victor Tytonius, the cyber scientist who specialises in worker protection and chemical protective clothing and materials.

  • Nomex® & the Thermo-Man® Test

    DuPont™ Thermo-Man® is a life-size mannequin equipped with 122 heat sensors dressed in test garments and exposed to a flash fire with temperatures rising up to 1,000°C.

  • Nomex® & Thermal Protection Performance Test

    The Thermal Protection Performance Test measures the thermal protection level of a fabric.

  • Safety and More = DuPont PPE Products

    DuPont provides excellent garments for workers that may be exposed to a multitude of chemical hazards and helps customers to address their needs. Precisely understanding work-related hazards assists safety managers in making their selection from a wide range of PPE products.

  • DuPont Guide on Chemical Risk Assessment

    There are multiple protection needs to consider when choosing chemical protective garments. Performing a thorough workplace risk assessment is essential to selecting safe, comfortable and compliant chemical protective clothing for industrial workers.

  • DuPont Guide on Personal Chemical Protection

    Workers can be exposed to a multitude of hazards, from chemicals, dusts, radioactive particles, fibres, dioxins and lubricants, to biological and phytosanitary substances. DuPont assists safety managers in making their PPE selection and provides excellent chemical protective garments.

  • Donning and Doffing

    Learn more about the correct procedures for the donning and doffing of personal protective coveralls.

  • Electric Arc Protection - Nomex®

    In order to choose adequate protective clothing, the potential incident heat energy (in units of energy per surface area) caused by an electric arc and to which a worker may be exposed, needs to be calculated in a thorough risk assessment.

  • CE Regulations for Nomex® PPE

    CE marks, norms and regulations are important criteria when choosing Personal Protective Equipment.

  • DuPont™ Nomex® Partner Program

    The DuPont™ Nomex® Partner Program is the answer to those in Europe who seek innovative protective solutions from a trusted value chain. DuPont™ Nomex® Partners, identified with the Nomex® Partner seal, are carefully selected for their commitment to ethical principles, strong quality and innovation orientation, and detailed knowledge of end user needs.

  • Gloves made of Kevlar® Q&A

    View answers to some of the most frequently asked questions DuPont receives about industrial gloves made of Kevlar® fibre.