Welding Fume Extractor, Portable Welding Extractors For Fumes

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Welding is a fabrication or a sculptural process for joining two materials. Welding process is carried out by melting the work pieces and adding a filler material to form a pool of molten material which after cooling becomes a strong joint. The filler, the base metal, the base metal coating used during welding and the subsequent gases that are formed during the welding process release small and solid particles in the air which forms a plum. This plum is called as welding fumes. Fumes are produced in all welding processes, but maximum fumes are produced in arc welding process.
Exposure to the welding fumes can cause various health problems. When these fumes are inhaled, they enter into the blood, brain nerve cells, spinal cord and other organs. This causes short term and long term health effects. The short term effects include metal fume fever, irritation of eyes, coughing, wheezing, shortness of breath, bronchitis, pulmonary edema etc. The long term effects include serious diseases such as lung cancer, urinary tract cancer, asthma, pneumonia, emphysema etc. Many of the workers who are working in factories, construction ...
... companies, manufacturing, mining and steel industries who have the maximum exposure to the welding fumes are suffered from some sort of respiratory illness or pulmonary infection.
‘Powertech Pollution Controls’ which is one of the leading pollution control companies has come up with a device called as ‘Fume Extractor’ to take care of all the above problems. The brand name of this machine is ‘FumeKiller®’. Welding fume extractor is one of the pollution control machines which is specially designed to clean the environment where welding is done. It is the machine which is capable of capturing all types of fumes which are produced during the welding process.
The ‘FumeKiller®’ is a kind of fume extractor having wide range of suction capacity starting from 1000 CMH to 6000 CMH. It can be fitted with self balanced fume extractor arm. It works on the principle of electrostatic filtration which can effectively filter and control all sorts of fumes produced while welding. This fume extractor is widely used for removing fumes from following fume generating sources,
• TIG / MIG welding.
• Arc welding.
• Plasma cutting / welding.
• Brazing.
• Spot welding.
Skilled manpower is the biggest asset of an industry. Welding process required skilled manpower. The fumes created in the process of welding affects the health of this skilled manpower. It deteriorates this asset of the industry. Many industries today are making use of welding fumes extractors designed as per their specific needs for the benefits like,
1. Preserving the asset of skilled manpower.
2. Providing safe and clean work environment.
3. Reducing employee absenteeism and turnover.
4. Achieving more quality in the work with the increase in the productivity and thus profitability.