In today’s work environment it is more import than ever to recognize our employees as our most valuable assets. This should include their health and safety. If your current manufacturing process is creating weld fumes, then you are creating a hazard for your employees. The best solution to control this is using a source capture system. This utilizes hoods and/or hoses to extract the harmful particulates at or near the generation source.

This source capture of welding fumes also prevents contamination from migrating to other parts of the facility and putting other people/employees at risk as well. Throughout the years, source capture has proven time and time again to be the most effective means of capturing harmful fumes. Extraction arms / snorkels are the most used product to accomplish this.

In some applications it is not possible to have these wall mounted welding fume extraction arms located next to the generation source. A possible solution for this is a mobile welding fume extraction unit that supports a fume extraction arm. The picture shows an example of a welder working on a large section of pipe. In this case it is not possible to have a wall or stanchion mounted fume extraction arm. The mobile extraction unit is portable, self-contained and can be easily moved into position.