subject: Special Socks Designed For Mining Workers [print this page] When a pair of socks is designed from scratch specifically to suit the mining industry, we just had to check out a pair and see how good they are! The feet of a miner have a hard time thats for sure - stuck in rubber or leather boots for twelve hours on end through heat, cold, dirt, mud and water. Were on our feet a lot and our boots always eventually end up full of dirt or leaking water at some point. The socks we wear are pretty important then in keeping us comfortable, hygienic and productive shift after shift. Ive just been sent a pair of socks that have been designed by a miner, specifically for use in the mining industry, both surface and underground. The socks are produced and sold by Miners Corp Essentials, a Perth-based company started by a miner who saw a need and came up with a solution! The socks feature a number of elements custom made to make them more practical, durable and comfortable in a mining environment: (1) Elastic at the top helps the sock stay up above the top of a gumboot or long boot (2) Elastic section around the middle of the foot keeps it in place in your boot (3) Thick, hard wearing material (and Im told theyre made in st1:country-region w:st="on" New Zealand to ensure the quality) (4) Sanitized to reduce foot odors etc (5) Constructed to maximize moisture absorption (6) Good cushioning under all of the foot Ive been trialing a pair the Miners Corp Gumboot socks for a few months now, with long lace up boots, gumboots, and short elastic-sided boots. The material is holding up well despite the amount of wear Ive been giving them, and the amount of times theyve been wet and dirty. They fill my boot well but didnt heat up my feet when it was warm. They seem to wash out well, and the elastic is all staying nice and tight to keep them up above the top of the gumboot (the way I like it!). In fact after a few months of wear theyre still as undamaged and tightly fitted as when I got them. Overall, Miners Corp seem to have done a good job of designing a sock with the right features for mining environment for manufacturing impact crusher and other professional vibrating screen, and then gone and got them made out of some quality materials to make sure theyll last. Let me know in the comments section below if youve tried them, and what you think of the idea are there any other features they should have added? Mobile crushers:http://www.hxjqchina.com/product-list_21.html Stone production line:http://www.crusher-machine.com/stone-production-line.html
