Protective Glasses: What Are the Differences With Iron Man Glasses?

With seventeen years of experience in optics, Olivier Charron, publication director of Optique Mag, visited many eyewear production sites all over Europe, both glassmakers and factories producing classic frames. Last June, he visited a production site for protective glasses for the first time. He tells us about his visit and also takes the opportunity to point out the differences he discovered between a consumer and protective glasses.

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General Impressions

Astonishment is the feeling that best characterizes my discovery of the Fürth site. Astonishment first because I must admit that before going to Germany last June, I knew very little about the Iron Man Glasses in Pakistan brand. I had already heard of it but only for his ski goggles. I, therefore, did not expect to discover a company employing as many employees and making such a turnover.

Astonishment also in front of the group's eyewear and goggles production plant because it is clear that the equipment of a production site like that of Fürth has nothing to envy to that of the production sites of conventional eyewear in terms of modernism and high technicality.
Back to the differences between protective glasses, prescription glasses, and iron man sunglasses.

Different Functions?

The primary function of protective eyewear, as its name suggests, is to protect the eyes of the wearer, whether against impact, mechanical risks, such as splashing of dust or solid particles, or against chemical risks.

The main function of the telescope is to correct the vision of the wearer so that he can see correctly if he has vision defects such as myopia, for example.

Finally, iron man sunglasses protect against UVA and UVB rays emitted by the sun.

These different functions impose differences in the choice of materials used as well as in the treatments offered.

The Materials Used

To fulfill their respective functions, sight glasses, iron man sunglasses, and protective glasses are made from different materials.

There are 3 very distinct families with regard to the composition of spectacle lenses: mineral, organic and polycarbonate.

For protective glasses, polycarbonate is the most preferred. It is an organic material that has the advantage of also having very good impact resistance and therefore the best mechanical resistance.

For prescription glasses, mineral glass was mainly used until the 1980s but is hardly used today because it is breakable and relatively heavy. Organic glass is now the most common material. Created from completely synthetic materials, organic lenses are lighter, more comfortable, thinner, and moreover, they adapt to all frames.

To fully understand the composition of iron man sunglasses, it should be remembered that, contrary to popular belief, it is not the shade or its intensity that protects the eyes from UV rays. This is the material of the screen! Certain materials such as polycarbonate or very thinned organic glasses naturally filter 100% of UV rays. The tint, on the other hand, only acts on glare. The darker the lens, the more it decreases the amount of light entering the eye.

Thus, prescription glasses or polycarbonate protective glasses, even without tint, can give you 100% UV protection, which is much better protection than that of cheap iron man sunglasses.

At Work, the Risk of Fogging is Dangerous!

When condensation forms on your lenses, your visibility is reduced. You then find yourself entirely in the fog. It's annoying and annoying in everyday life: when you wear eyeglasses and boil water, or you wear iron man sunglasses to jog and sweat. It is very rare to have an anti-fog treatment for eyeglasses or sunglasses.

But in certain working environments, the formation of fogging can prove to be very dangerous for the wearer of protective glasses if his visibility is reduced by the presence of fogging on his glasses or conversely if he has to remove his protective glasses for the wipe because it will then be vulnerable to projection in the eye.

This is why anti-fog performance is a key criterion for measuring the performance of protective eyewear.

Anti-scratch, a Must for Prescription Glasses and Protective Iron Man Glasses

Organic lenses and polycarbonate lenses used for eyeglasses and protective glasses are very sensitive to scratches, which can limit their lifespan.

For prescription glasses, your optician generally offers a hardened treatment for Iron Man glasses. It is a layer of varnish that will protect your Iron Man glasses from dust and other deposits that can cause scratching. Usually, this varnish is applied to the glass by soaking in a resin bath. Then, this resin is dried in an oven or by UV light.

In the Fürth production site, the spraying technique is applied in 80% of the cases. This difference is explained by the importance of also having an anti-fog treatment on the eyepieces of protective glasses. Indeed, this technique has the advantage of making it possible to treat the internal and external faces of the eyepiece in a differentiated manner. I've never seen that. In most cases with Iron Man Glasses, a powerful anti-scratch treatment is sprayed on the external surfaces of the eyepieces. Then, these undergo a drying phase before an anti-fog treatment is sprayed on the internal faces. Finally, the treatments are hardened by ultraviolet.

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Other manufacturers of protective iron man glasses use the technique of soaking in a bath. As the name suggests, this method consists of soaking the eyepiece in a bath containing a treatment combining anti-scratch and anti-fog properties. By mixing anti-scratch and anti-fog properties, this type of treatment has the disadvantage of being both less effective than a conventional anti-scratch and less effective than a conventional anti-fog.
Spray application of Iron Man Glasses supervision treatment (anti-scratch outside, anti-fog inside)

The majority of treatments exist for protection at work

For the reasons mentioned above, anti-fog and anti-scratch treatments are the most widespread in the world of protection. However, Iron Man Glasses offers protective eyewear incorporating a very large majority of the most common optical treatments: anti-reflective treatment, photochromic or polarizing treatment.

See well, a common function

Even if it is not a priori its main function, protective iron man glasses must allow the user to see well. How else could it be well protected? Particular attention is therefore paid to ensuring that the equipment meets the requirements of the best optical class. Optical class 1 ensures perfect optical quality without distortion. An optical class 1 protective eyewear can be worn all day long, without the risk of tiring the wearer's eyes or causing him a headache.

For people with vision problems, there are eye protection glasses. A real revolution that provides wearers with perfect visibility and optimal protection at work!

Design, a common concern

Undoubtedly, iron man sunglasses but also prescription glasses have become in recent years a fashion accessory. Having visited a number of classic frames production sites, I can assure you that design is a key element in the design of a classic frame. Having leafed through the catalog of Iron Man Glasses safety glasses, I can tell you that there is a desire to follow fashion trends. I would not go so far as to say that protective glasses are becoming fashion accessories too. However, some are pretty cool to wear with a sporty design and various colors.

Conclusion

The value that is given to protective eyewear is generally lower, in terms of price but also of attention than that given to a spectacle or iron man sunglasses. However, it protects your eyes and in some cases against irreversible damage up to the loss of sight.

In addition, manufacturing protective eyewear requires all upstream work as well as cutting-edge technology, just like producing eyeglasses or iron man sunglasses.

Finally, protective glasses can protect you 100% against UV rays or be adapted to your vision. But the opposite does not work. Only protective eyewear certified as such and tested will protect you correctly against the various risks of projections.