Technical Vault: Ansell HyFlex® 72-025 Cut Resistant and Food Processing Industrial Gloves

The Ansell HyFlex® 72-025, formerly known as SafeKnit® 72-025, is a lightweight medium-duty mechanical protection glove engineered for workers who need ANSI A2 cut resistance, EN ISO B cut classification, abrasion resistance, flexibility, food handling compliance, launderability, and comfortable repetitive-use performance. It combines a Dyneema® / fiberglass / polyester liner, 13-gauge knitted construction, and a knitwrist cuff.

This Technical Vault summarizes the verified construction, standards, food processing profile, cut performance, sizing guidance, application guidance, inspection points, storage notes, laundering considerations, and use limitations for the HyFlex® 72-025.

Vault summary: Lightweight medium-duty cut-resistant glove with Dyneema®, fiberglass, and polyester liner, 13-gauge white knitted construction, ANSI A2 cut resistance, ANSI abrasion level 3, EN 388 1X4XB, EN ISO B cut classification, latex-free and silicone-free materials, food handling compliance, 60°C / 140°F washing temperature, and 6 pairs/carton packaging.

Proper glove sizing helps improve comfort, dexterity, grip control, and protection. To measure your glove size, wrap a tape measure around the widest part of your dominant hand, just below the knuckles, excluding the thumb.

Fit note: This product is listed in numeric sizes 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. A properly sized cut-resistant food processing glove should feel secure without restricting hand movement. Oversized gloves can reduce control around tools, materials, and food processing equipment, while undersized gloves can increase hand fatigue and accelerate wear.

Standards note: EN 388 1X4XB describes mechanical performance. The “X” in the circular blade cut position means that the ISO cut letter should be used for cut classification. For this glove, the reported ISO cut letter is B.

• Poultry processing
• Food processing tasks where validated by the facility
• Press injection molding
• Handling molded structural parts
• Seizing and finishing structural parts
• Loading and unloading rough parts or boxes
• Foundry operations where thermal exposure is not the primary hazard
• Forging operations where thermal exposure is not the primary hazard
• Press shop operations
• Applying finish to materials and products
• Use as a cut-resistant liner under a compatible outer glove when validated by the facility

• Chemical immersion or validated chemical breakthrough protection
• Liquidproof barrier protection unless worn under a compatible outer glove
• Moving blade hazards or powered cutting tools
• Needle, hypodermic, or ultra-fine puncture hazards
• Primary heat protection, flame exposure, molten metal, or high-heat handling
• Electrical protection or ESD-controlled applications requiring validated ESD PPE
• Impact protection
• Sterile cleanroom processing unless separately validated for the controlled environment
• Tasks beyond the glove’s ANSI A2 / EN ISO B cut protection rating

Select the HyFlex 72-025 when the job requires a glove that prioritizes lightweight cut resistance, food handling compliance, flexibility, laundering durability, and comfortable reusable mechanical protection. It is best matched to poultry processing, light-to-medium mechanical handling, molded parts, rough boxes, finishing tasks, and glove-layering systems where an uncoated cut-resistant liner is appropriate.

• Inspect the glove body for cuts, holes, broken yarns, fraying, thinning, or stretched-out areas.
• Check fingertips, thumb crotch, palm, and high-contact zones for excessive wear or fiber damage.
• Confirm the glove is clean and free from visible contamination before food processing use.
• Check that the knitwrist cuff is intact and provides secure fit.
• Do not use gloves that have contacted unknown chemicals, incompatible cleaning agents, or uncontrolled contaminants.
• Remove damaged or contaminated gloves from food processing areas according to site procedures.
• Replace gloves when cut resistance, fit, cleanliness, or structural integrity is compromised.

• Store gloves in a clean, dry location away from excessive heat, direct sunlight, ozone, sharp objects, ignition sources, and contamination sources.
• Keep gloves separated from chemicals, non-food-contact materials, dirty tools, and uncontrolled contaminants.
• Use clean, dry hands when donning gloves to maintain hygiene and fit.
• Follow facility procedures for laundering, sanitation, glove reuse, foreign-material control, and disposal.
• When used with an outer glove, verify compatibility, fit, food-contact status, and donning/doffing procedure.

Ansell identifies the HyFlex 72-025 as launderable and bleachable. Reuse should still follow the facility’s validated laundering process, sanitation requirements, foreign-material control program, and glove retirement criteria.

• Use the specified washing temperature of 60°C / 140°F unless facility validation requires different procedures.
• Inspect gloves after laundering for shrinkage, fraying, holes, stiffness, contamination, or loss of fit.
• Do not return damaged, heavily stained, chemically contaminated, or structurally compromised gloves to service.
• Maintain clean storage after laundering to prevent recontamination before use.

The HyFlex 72-025 is a food processing and mechanical cut-resistant glove, not a sterile cleanroom glove. For controlled environments, evaluate the glove against particulate, extractable, linting, laundering, packaging, food-contact, and gowning requirements before approval. Use cleanroom-qualified gloves when the process requires validated low-particle, sterile, or cleanroom-specific hand protection.

What is the cut level of the HyFlex 72-025?
The glove is rated ANSI Cut Level A2 and carries an EN ISO cut level B classification under EN 388 1X4XB.

What was this glove formerly called?
The HyFlex 72-025 was formerly known as SafeKnit® 72-025.

What materials provide cut resistance?
Ansell lists the liner as Dyneema®, fiberglass, and polyester in a 13-gauge knitted construction.

Can this glove be laundered?
Yes. Ansell describes the HyFlex 72-025 as launderable and bleachable, with a listed washing temperature of 60°C / 140°F.

Is this glove coated?
No. The HyFlex 72-025 is an uncoated knitted cut-resistant glove.

Is this glove latex free and silicone free?
Yes. Ansell lists the HyFlex 72-025 as both latex free and silicone free.

The HyFlex 72-025 is designed for lightweight medium-duty cut-resistant mechanical and food processing hand protection. It is not intended for chemical immersion, liquidproof barrier protection, electrical protection, primary thermal protection, impact protection, moving blade hazards, needle puncture protection, sterile cleanroom use, or tasks beyond its ANSI A2 / EN ISO B cut rating. Final glove selection should be based on documented hazard assessment, blade or edge type, cut force, processing task, sanitation procedure, outer-glove requirements, laundering method, foreign-material control, glove fit, and replacement frequency.

Technical insight: The HyFlex 72-025 is strongest where lightweight cut resistance, food handling compliance, flexibility, and laundering durability are required; for liquid, chemical, sterile, thermal, impact, or higher-cut hazards, select a glove system engineered for that specific exposure.

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

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