“Foot needs protection, and safety shoes need to be used to provide a kind of safety. However, there are no requirements for shoes in working environments such as construction sites and coal mines, and some people even wear slippers to work on construction sites. my country’s current awareness of foot protection is not enough. “Strong.” Yang Chengjie, president of China Leather and Footwear Industry Research Institute and director of the National Leather and Footwear Industry Productivity Promotion Center, said at the press conference of the Safety Footwear Research Center that this awareness needs to be changed, and special services should be provided according to different occupations and environments. Different safety shoes.
Safety shoes are high-tech and high value-added footwear products. The production process of safety shoes has high requirements on raw materials, auxiliary materials, chemical materials, mechanical equipment, etc. At present, many domestic shoe manufacturers with a certain scale and grade Companies have set their sights on safety protective shoes, a market area previously occupied by developed countries.
“Glue shoes, big-toed shoes, labor protection shoes”, when it comes to safety shoes, many people still have these inherent concepts in their minds. However, today’s safety shoes have long since got rid of a single image, and safety shoes that integrate high technology, new materials and even emphasize functionality have gradually been recognized in the market.
The reporter learned from the China Leather Association that at present, safety shoes have anti-smashing, anti-stab, non-slip, insulating, and wear-resistant functions, but after these functions are implemented, safety shoes tend to become bulky and airtight. For example, most of the toe caps of anti-smashing and stab-proof safety shoes are made of steel, so the weight will inevitably increase. But right now, the development trend of safety shoes is gradually moving towards high-tech content, towards lightness, comfort and multi-functionality.
Compared with traditional safety shoes less than one hundred yuan, the reporter once saw a safety shoe on the market with a selling price of about 500 yuan. This safety shoe is designed with wear-resistant toe protection and reflective strips. The top layer of imported cowhide upper is very soft and comfortable. It has a polyamide moisture-absorbing lining, a removable pre-formed polyester fiber EVA insole, and a bonded PU midsole with shock-absorbing material. ,Rubber outsole. The most important thing is that its toe cap is not a traditional Baotou steel toe, but a non-metallic synthetic material to protect the toe cap and anti-puncture midsole, anti-smashing, oil resistance, acid and alkali resistance, SRC grade anti-skid, anti-puncture, anti-static, heel Shock absorption, wear resistance, high temperature 250℃, cold resistance. This shoe is not only stylish, but the key is its light weight, which forms a strong contrast with traditional safety shoes.
At present, this kind of advanced and high-end safety shoes is forming a trend. Such safety shoes are mainly exported to Europe, South Africa, the Middle East and other countries and regions. The export of medium and high-end multifunctional safety shoes to the United Kingdom and Russia has reached 400,000 pairs and more than 500,000 pairs respectively. According to Liu Mengyu, the technical director of the Rongguang Group Safety Shoe Factory, in less than three years, MKsafety® safety boots have been integrated with injection molding, cold bonding molding, rubber injection, sewing sole molding shoes, and anti-static, anti-puncture, and anti-smashing. New multifunctional shoes with acid and alkali resistance and oil resistance have been introduced to the market one after another.