We also call disposable TPE gloves Thermoplastic Elastomer gloves or Tensile PE gloves. So good tensile and better elongation are their most performance, it feels soft, strong, fit hands well. Some types feel slip on the surface, some customers require it non-slip, sticky film will help them catch things better. Especially in wet kitchen and labs. But for some sticky food, like cakes, noodles, breads, slip gloves will help more when workers making them.  It has influence little of the gloves’ industry before 2020, To be exact, before COVID-19. Because this TPE glove is very few demand in the world, and price is close to PVC glove, not many users prefer to change to use the TPE glove. But the users increase every year, not only the price, but also the environment. TPE gloves are all thinner than vinyl gloves, that means no matter during manufacture or destroy them. It will use less energy, and also it not use plasticization, so will be helpful to environment too.  Today, after the COVID-19, more and more persons try to use it to replace of PVC, vinyl and Nitrile gloves and learn it, and i think will use it more in the future, also will promote the development of the TPE glove and material industry.

TYPES and USE of TPE gloves
Because disposable TPE gloves are made by heat sealed, medical purpose don’t like to use them. But sometimes it still can be used in hospital for nursing or checking, examination, inspect.

TPE gloves divide into three categories according to the quality lever:

AQL 1.5:
Water test approve AQL 1.5 according to ISO 2859-1974, can be used in hospital or even medical purpose when nurse exam patients. Though TPE glove feels not so good as Nitrile gloves, but the cost is only one forth of it. So it is still welcome in hospital. It is as soft as Nitrile gloves, good feeling, strong tensile and can isolate bacteria, blood, water, dust.

AQL 2.5:
Really good gloves, though it only can pass AQL 2.5 water test, but in hair dye and hair washing, they are enough. Same material and same soft as AQL 1.5 TPE glove, strong tensile and strong elongation as well.

AQL 4.0:
Food contact lever, mainly for food industry service, also for machines repair as well. Strong tensile can make sure gloves will not be broken when using, cheap cost make sure it so welcome in food factories and restaurants. Though it is sealed by two film cause it has seal in the edge, but the seal broken tensile is as strong as film, so you don’t need to worry about it.

Non standard:
The gloves that don’t do water test, factories just made them as PE gloves do, no quality standard. I don’t suggest buyer to purchase them though maybe there are cheaper, because no quality control will cause a lot of bad feedback from users. The factories maybe use very little TPE or even no TPE material in it, just use CPE material to cheat users.