You’ve just found that welding curtains are perfect for your facility. You do some research, find the right ones, and purchase them. You’re happier than ever with the results. But now you’re starting to think down the road. How long will curtains last? How do you maintain curtains? Stop your worrying, this article will tell you everything you need to know about welding curtain maintenance. How Long Do Welding Curtains Last? Depending on how you use welding curtains, they could…
Types of Welding Curtains
Welding poses serious threats to those not properly equipped for the task. While the welder himself may be wearing the proper equipment, bystanders or workers nearby may not. It is important to keep everyone in the facility safe at all times while welding. That is why we encourage the use of welding curtains. They will provide safety for you and your crew from dangerous fumes and gases, potential fires, and ultraviolet radiation. But what type of welding curtain is right…
Dangers Of Welding Fumes And Gases
Welding provides great benefits. But with great benefits come consequences. The product of welding is fused metals, but it also gives off fumes and gases that are potentially dangerous to humans. It is important to understand what these fumes and gases are and how to prevent them from affecting your life. What Are Welding Fumes? Welding fumes are a product of heating a metal above its boiling point. These fumes actually contain particles of metal, along with oxides. Different metals…
Standard Safety Practices In Welding
With welding being so common as well as potentially dangerous, it is important to have safety standards in place. These standards are common among all welders alike and should be practiced with absolute care. If followed, you and your crew can prevent injury and even death. Without further ado, here are some general guidelines to follow while welding. Use Proper Gear When Performing Welding When performing welding, you should always be equipped with the proper gear. This includes a helmet…
How To Avoid Welding Arc Damage
When welding, you will come across various obstacles and hazards. If you aren’t careful, these hazards can be very harmful to you and those around you. One hazard in particular is called arc flash. Essentially what happens is you get a sunburn from the arc itself, except the sunburn is in the back of your eye. We’ll go into more detail about what arc flash is as well as how to prevent it from occurring. So What Causes Arc Flash?…
Health Hazards and Risks of Welding
Welding is necessary when it comes to construction and manufacturing. Metal doesn’t just stick to metal by itself, and glue isn’t the best option. So we melt down the metals to fuse them together. Seems like the best option right? Well, it is, but it comes with some side effects. Welding can be very harmful, and even deadly if proper precautions aren’t taken. You should always follow safety standards put in place to prevent any injury or death. So what…
Welding Curtain Colours – Which Should I Choose?
You’ve probably seen welding curtains at some point in time. They come in all shapes and sizes. They’re used to protect you from the harmful radiation, debris, and fumes that welding gives off. They provide a barrier between those welding, who will most likely have equipment that protects them from hazards, and a bystander working nearby or passing through the area who doesn’t have any protection. There are many different colours of welding curtains. Some are solid colours, while others…
Welding Curtain Fabric – What Are Welding Curtains Made Of?
The materials used in constructing welding curtains is very important for your safety as a welder and those around you. Quality welding curtains are crafted with a material that is flame resistant. This material is also expected to protect those on the other side of the curtain from the harmful radiation, fumes, and debris that welding produces, as well as reduce noise. While the general material is the same, welding curtains are classified in different colours. These colours determine which…
How to Install Welding Curtains
Installing welding curtains can be very simple. It is important to select the right welding curtains for your applications before even attempting to install welding curtains. This guide will help you install curtains that have a permanent place in your facility (rollers, curtain strips, etc.), as well as more mobile types of curtains (booth style, portable, etc.). Once you have purchased the correct welding curtains, it is important to map out an area of where you plan to set up…
How to Choose A Welding Curtain
Welding curtains have been around for quite a while, and for good reason. They help to prevent sparks and fumes from harming bystanders and workers that are nearby, reduce the noise of welding which helps other workers to be unaffected, and provide a clear divide so workers know where welding is taking place. Should anything go wrong and a fire be started, welding curtains are made to be fire resistant and will help keep the flames within the curtains. This…