Technical Vault: Ansell ActivArmr® 80-600 Cut and Heat Resistant Industrial Gloves

The Ansell ActivArmr® 80-600, formerly known as PowerFlex® 80-600, is a durable industrial glove engineered for workers who need cut resistance, contact heat protection, puncture resistance, abrasion resistance, and wet/dry grip. It combines a natural rubber latex palm coating, raised crinkle finish, and 10-gauge aramid knitted liner for machinery, equipment, forging, forming, and material handling applications.

This Technical Vault summarizes the verified construction, performance standards, material profile, heat/cut protection profile, grip characteristics, application guidance, inspection points, storage notes, and use limitations for the ActivArmr® 80-600.

Vault summary: Durable palm-coated natural rubber latex glove with raised crinkle wet/dry grip, aramid liner, ANSI A2 cut resistance, ANSI level 4 abrasion resistance, ANSI level 5 puncture resistance, EN ISO cut level C, EN 407 X2XXXX contact heat performance, and knitwrist cuff for cut and heat industrial handling.

Standards note: Ansell’s current product page identifies ANSI/ISEA 105-2024 performance as 4 / 5 / A2 and identifies the glove as meeting EN ISO C cut performance. Confirm the exact regional certification markings on the product packaging or product data sheet supplied with your lot.

The ActivArmr 80-600 carries an EN 407:2020 X2XXXX rating. The second position indicates contact heat level 2. This rating supports limited contact heat handling, but it does not make the glove suitable for open flame, molten metal splash, steam, or prolonged high-thermal-mass contact.

• Forging operations
• Extruding, bending, and punching shapes
• Glass handling
• Metal handling
• Plastics handling
• Machinery and equipment work
• Wet and dry industrial material handling
• Handling components where cut, puncture, grip, and limited contact heat hazards overlap

• Users with known or suspected natural rubber latex allergy
• Chemical immersion or validated chemical breakthrough protection
• Oil or grease handling where an oil-resistant nitrile glove is required
• Open flame, molten metal splash, steam, or prolonged high-heat exposure
• Moving blade hazards or powered cutting tools
• Needle, hypodermic, or ultra-fine puncture hazards unless separately validated
• Electrical protection
• Sterile cleanroom processing unless separately validated for the controlled environment

Select the ActivArmr 80-600 when the job requires a glove that prioritizes wet/dry grip, aramid cut resistance, contact heat protection, puncture resistance, abrasion resistance, and flexible handling control. It is best matched to machinery and equipment environments where workers handle glass, metal, plastics, shaped components, or hot-contact materials within the glove’s rated limits.

The ActivArmr 80-600 uses a natural rubber latex coating. Natural rubber latex can cause allergic reactions in sensitized individuals. Do not use this glove for workers with known latex allergy or in facilities where latex-containing PPE is restricted unless reviewed and approved by the appropriate safety, medical, or industrial hygiene authority.

• Inspect the latex coating for cracks, tears, cuts, peeling, worn-through areas, or loss of raised crinkle grip texture.
• Check fingertips, thumb crotch, and palm contact zones for abrasion damage or punctures.
• Confirm the aramid liner is not torn, stretched out, contaminated, or heat-damaged.
• Do not use gloves contaminated with unknown chemicals, oils, greases, or incompatible substances.
• Allow gloves to cool between heat-contact cycles when needed; accumulated heat can reduce real-world protection.
• Replace gloves when coating integrity, grip performance, thermal performance, or protective function is visibly compromised.

• Store gloves in a clean, dry location away from excessive heat, direct sunlight, ozone, ignition sources, and sharp objects.
• Keep gloves away from oils, greases, solvents, and incompatible chemicals unless separately evaluated for that exposure.
• Avoid crushing, folding, or contaminating the raised crinkle coating surface during storage.
• Use clean, dry hands when donning gloves to maintain liner comfort and reduce contamination transfer.
• Follow site PPE procedures for reuse, inspection, laundering, heat exposure tracking, and disposal.

The ActivArmr 80-600 is an industrial safety glove, not a sterile cleanroom glove. For controlled environments, evaluate the glove against the site’s particulate, extractable, latex, contamination, heat-exposure, packaging, laundering, and gowning requirements before approval. Use cleanroom-qualified gloves when the process requires validated low-particle, sterile, latex-free, or cleanroom-specific hand protection.

Is the ActivArmr 80-600 latex free?
No. The glove uses a natural rubber latex coating and should not be used by workers with latex sensitivity or latex allergy unless approved by the site’s safety or medical program.

Is the glove fully coated?
No. The ActivArmr 80-600 is palm coated, placing the natural rubber latex coating on the main grip/contact area while maintaining flexibility through the back of the hand.

What is the cut level?
The glove is rated ANSI Cut Level A2 and is identified by Ansell as meeting EN ISO cut level C. It is designed for moderate cut protection but not moving blade hazards.

What heat rating does this glove have?
The glove carries an EN 407:2020 X2XXXX rating, indicating contact heat level 2. Heat suitability must still be validated against contact time, pressure, part temperature, and part mass.

What makes the grip strong?
The glove uses a raised crinkle natural rubber latex palm coating, which improves contact and handling control in dry and wet conditions.

Is this glove good for oil or grease?
It is not recommended as a primary oil or grease handling glove. For oily environments, select an oil-repellent or oil-resistant glove designed for that exposure.

The ActivArmr 80-600 is designed for mechanical hand protection with cut resistance and limited contact heat performance. It is not intended for chemical immersion, electrical protection, oil or grease protection as a primary exposure glove, open flame exposure, molten metal splash, steam exposure, moving blade hazards, high cut-force hazards, or needle puncture protection. Final glove selection should be based on a documented hazard assessment, including material temperature, thermal mass, contact duration, contact pressure, edge sharpness, puncture exposure, grip requirements, latex restrictions, coating condition, and replacement frequency.

Technical insight: Contact heat ratings are controlled test results; real-world safety also depends on the object’s thermal mass, contact pressure, contact duration, moisture, glove wear, and heat accumulated from previous handling cycles.

Product page updated: Mar. 2026 (SOS Technical Staff)

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