Welding fume extraction

Welding fume extraction is necessary to provide a safe working environment and there is an international consensus on the hierarchy of control welding fume and the order in which welding fume extraction is used.

The hierarchy of control is listed below, only when you have exhausted the options available at one level should you move to the next even if a partial solution is possible.

In reality the total solution for the removal of welding fume from the workplace is often a mixture of methods.

1. Can the production of welding fumes be avoided or reduced?
2. Can the fumes be captured using at source extraction such as a welding fume extraction arm?
3. Can source and human be separated by automation with the fumes being captured by a welding fume extraction hood?
4. General ventilation to remove welding fume and personal protection.

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