At Singer Safety, we offer high-quality welding safety equipment to protect you and your workers in welding environments. In this article, we’ll discuss the purpose of welding safety equipment, the difference between welding curtains and welding screens, things to consider when choosing welding PPE, and how you can learn more about our welding safety products.
The Purpose of Welding Safety Equipment
Welding safety equipment has many applications, but its main purpose is to protect workers from welding hazards like sparks, ultraviolet (UV) radiation, and intense light. Here, we cover some of the main reasons you should consider installing welding safety equipment.
Protection from UV and IR Radiation
Welding generates harmful UV and IR radiation, which can cause eye injuries like “welder’s flash” and skin burns. Safety equipment like welding curtains and screens create a barrier to stop radiation, which can protect both the welder and nearby workers.
Spark and Spatter Containment
Welding produces dangerous sparks and molten metal spatter that can travel across a room. Welding safety equipment can hold these sparks in, lowering the risk of fire or injury and keeping workers safe.
Better Visibility
The intense light produced by welding can be a distraction for other workers in the area. Welding curtains and screens minimize this bright glare, allowing employees to focus on their own work.
Improved Welding Environment Safety Compliance
Welding safety equipment can help companies comply with safety standards set by organizations like OSHA, which mandate protective welding measures.
Better Productivity
By creating a specific area for welding, welding PPE allows workers to focus without worrying about hurting others. This improves productivity since it reduces interruptions.
Welding Curtains vs. Welding Screens
Welding screens and welding curtains are both used to protect workers, but they serve slightly different purposes and are best used in different ways.
Welding Screens
Welding screens are typically made with a frame that holds a transparent or semi-transparent panel made of flame-resistant material, such as tinted vinyl. They are often mounted on wheels or designed to be lightweight and easy to reposition, making them great for temporary use.
Welding screens primarily protect nearby workers from harmful UV radiation, sparks, and spatter while at the same time allowing workers to see through the tinted material. This means they can perform tasks without direct exposure. These screens are commonly used in places where welding tasks need to be separated but still be visible.
Welding Curtains
Welding curtains are panels made of flame-resistant and UV-blocking materials like vinyl. They are designed to hang from rods on tracks and can create large enclosures, making them great for containing big welding areas.
Welding curtains can be moved aside like a traditional curtain when they’re not needed, usually rolling along a track out of the way. While they protect workers from UV light, sparks, and spatter in the same way welding screens do, welding curtains are better for enclosing large areas, reducing noise, and containing fumes. Since they require hardware to install, they are also best for permanent setups.
Main Differences
Welding screens are more portable and typically used for smaller tasks. Welding curtains are better for fixed, large-scale separation.
Curtains offer a broader coverage area, while screens are more compact.
Welding screens are often transparent or semi-transparent, whereas curtains can be either opaque or transparent, depending on your requirements.
Singer Safety’s Welding PPE
When it comes to welding, safety is non-negotiable, and Singer Safety is here to make sure you have the best protection for the job. Our welding PPE will protect workers from the heat, sparks, and UV radiation that comes from welding. Whether you need durable welding screens or flexible welding curtains to block off larger areas, our products offer both quality and functionality.
Portable Welding Screens
Singer Safety is the industry leader in welding and safety screens, and we offer a line of portable safety screens for manufacturing operations. We also offer replacement panels.
Roll Up Safety Screens
Our roll up safety screens are a flexible solution for your cutting and brazing operations.
Tri-Fold Safety Screens
Singer Safety’s tri-fold safety screens provide visible safety warnings and barricades around hazardous areas in your facility.
TEMP/TEX Welding Blankets
Our high-quality TEMP/TEX welding blankets can be used in welding, cutting, and brazing operations.
Trans-Vue Welding Curtain Rolls
Singer Safety offers welding curtain rolls that allow you to create welding curtains fast in any location.
Welding Curtains
At Singer Safety, we manufacture high-performance welding curtains.
Portable Safety Screens
We offer a wide range of high-quality, high-performance materials for our portable safety screens.
Plastic Barrier Safety Screens
Our transparent plastic barrier screen protects workers and the patrons they serve from splash and airborne particles.
Fasteners and Accessories
We carry a line of fasteners and accessories to secure your welding and safety screens, panels, and curtains.
Things to Consider When Choosing Welding PPE
With so much welding PPE to choose from, there are a few steps you can take to make sure you’re purchasing the best equipment for the job. To start, think about the duration and frequency of your welding tasks to decide whether lightweight or heavy-duty materials would be better. Additionally, your work environment—whether it’s outdoor, high-temperature, or in wet conditions—may influence your choice of materials and design.
For larger or more intense welding projects, you’ll want to choose welding PPE like welding screens that can cover a wide area and can withstand long exposure to heat, sparks, and molten metal. For temporary projects, flexibility might be more important, and you can consider welding PPE like portable safety screens.
Learn More About Singer Safety’s Welding Safety Equipment
Protecting workers is important in any welding environment, and Singer Safety offers a full range of welding safety equipment to meet your needs. From durable welding screens to flexible welding curtains, our products are crafted with only the highest quality materials. Explore Singer Safety’s welding safety equipment today and discover how we can help protect your team and your operation.
