Customer Service Wants to Help – FAQ

Question 1: How thick are your nitrile gloves?

Disposable gloves are measured in mils, a mil is 1/1000 of an inch. This is measured using a micrometer. Since a micrometer measures a small portion of the surface area of a glove, often times you will see a range of mil thickness. Because gloves are dipped when they are produced, there is a difference in thickness in areas of the gloves (usually the palm and the fingertips).

Although this has been the way glove thickness has always been measured, there is a new and more accurate measurement style. The overall glove industry is moving to using gram weight rather than mil thickness. This is to ensure that the weight of the glove proves how much raw material was used in the product. Ammex is adding this new measurement style in new marketing materials.

Here are our 9 different Brands/Styles of Nitrile gloves and their thickness:

Ammex Nitrile – 4mil
GlovePlus Heavy Duty Nitrile – 8mil
GlovePlus Nitrile – 5mil
GlovePlus Nitrile Black – 5mil
Gloveworks Nitrile – 5mil
Slate Nitrile – 3mil
Xtreme Nitrile – 4mil
Xtreme 3 Nitrile – 3mil

Question 2: Why have both Exam and Industrial grade gloves?
You will notice that all our gloves are labeled Exam or Industrial. Exam gloves can be used for any application, while industrial are limited in their application. So why aren’t all gloves just exam gloves?

When gloves are going to be used in a medical environment, the gloves must be tested, approved and labeled properly to guarantee safety. This involves special testing at the manufacturer in accordance with FDA regulations as well as random shipment inspection to ensure compliance. Of course with the additional requirements, there are added costs in manufacturing and distributing them.

Although industrial grade and exam grade gloves may seem similar, industrial grade gloves have not gone through the additional testing you would want if you were going to be coming into contact with blood or bodily fluids. If you were going to use gloves in a painting application for example, you would have no need for an exam glove. Having industrial gloves gives you the choice of having a lower price when the medical need isn’t there.