Analysis of clothing microclimate conditions for lower body part workwear dedicated for motor impaired employees

Workwear dedicated for motor impaired employees was designed. The woven fabrics used meet the requirements for light to moderate effort according to PN-P-08525:1998, reaching suitable level of water vapor resistance meanwhile. The workwear’s design was carefully chosen to meet the requirements of motor impaired employees during their work activities. The analysis of microclimate was carried out to investigate the garment’s ability to transport water vapor outside from gaps between body part and item of clothing. Two sets of workwear were tested, showing that both garments’ construction and woven fabrics properties influence thereon

Comfort-Related Properties of Workwear for Employees With Motor Disabilities

Activisation is very important for motor disabled persons and helps them to integrate with the whole of society. Physically disabled persons face many occupation related obstacles at work, mainly connected with the presence of architectonic barriers and the occupational environment. An important part of the employment process of locomotor disabled workers is the adjustment of work stations to the worker’s needs, providing workwear, rooms and work plant surrounding adaptation. Analysis of workwear available on the market shows that commercial offers do not cover workwear dedicated especially for physically disabled persons. The main goal of workwear design and construction is to provide complex comfort for the user, whose needs and expectations differ from able-bodied employees. In this study the general assumptions of textile material selection for workwear dedicated for locomotor disabled employees are presented, together with the results of tests carried out for selected textile materials

The database of 3D body scanning measurements

Safety and comfort of work wear is defined by the materials used and fit of the garment. The ergonomic fit of work wear is highly dependent on body size. It is noticed, that comparing to old body size data bases, human body has changed and new tables are to be developed. In this work contactless automatic 3D body scanning procedure was employed, which generates set of 152 measurement data in just 15 seconds, and also portable device. Significance of each measured point for garment design and comfort of wearer is defined by the type and functional purpose of garment. Based on types of most common work wear twenty-four body measurements were chosen as the important for being analysed in depth. Almost 550 work wear end users from chemical industry in Finland, military in Estonia and Latvia and construction workers in Poland were scanned. Obtained database allows for identification of typical and untypical silhouettes and arrangement of them in new dimensional ranges. Comparison of workers body dimensions with measurements of their work wear shows disparities on right adjusting of clothing for worker’s silhouette. The results of individual measurements shows significant relations with each other which should be considered at creating new size charts for work wear

Smart Clothing - Survey of existing wearable technologies and needs of end-user segments

Personal protection clothing has a role of protection against environmental and manmade hazards, have to assure comfort of worker and preserve human performance ability and life over long period of time. The trend in the design of workwear covers incorporate of specific electronic features for physiological monitoring, cold and heat protection, monitoring chemical and biological hours in the environment, fire protection, etc. This study was focusing on technological solutions and materials available in the market that are capable to satisfy users from military, firefighters, chemical and construction industry. The report reflects also techniques for integrating electronic components into garment