The profession of a welder is important and in demand, a specialist in his business will always be at work. A good seam will help experience and knowledge, and personal protective equipment will help protect yourself from industrial injuries during welding.
The most common injury in this profession is a burn of the eyes or skin. You can get it when working with a gas torch, during semi-automatic welding or during manual arc welding. Splashes of hot metal and flying sparks in your eyes can cause serious injury. Open areas of the skin are protected by a special non-combustible welding robe, long gaiters are put on the hands, and eyes and face are covered with special glasses.
Welding glasses
Safety regulations require the welder to work in personal protective equipment. These include special glasses. They are made of dense plastic resistant to aggressive environments.
They should be well fixed on the head and fit snugly to the face. Glasses serve to protect the worker’s eyes from bright light flux during welding or
plasma cutting of metal, from hot sprays and hot sparks. Welding glasses are necessarily equipped with protective filters that protect the eyes from infrared and ultraviolet radiation when working with hot metal. The filters installed on the glasses are divided into three categories according to the degree of darkness and are used for welding work of various intensities:
1. In the open air.
2. At medium power.
3. At high power.
The filters are installed on top of glasses with ordinary glasses in a rotating additional frame. They can be lowered at the beginning of welding work and raised at the end or in order to see the quality of the seam.
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Modern industrial technologies have made welders a wonderful gift. Created the latest personal protective equipment - welding chameleon glasses.
The features of these glasses are that the dimming of the glasses in them occurs automatically at the first flash. When the light intensity decreases, the glasses brighten, and under normal lighting become almost transparent. The employee does not have to be distracted, take off glasses to see the quality of the seam, while saving time.
Benefits
Chameleon glasses are equipped with two sensors that monitor the light intensity and instantly switch the darkening of the glasses. The delay is half a second, for such a short time it is impossible to catch a "bunny". The principle of action of fast darkening of glasses works on the polarization of liquid crystals at voltage. You can work in them at temperatures from -5 to +55 degrees. The advantages of chameleon glasses are as follows:
- Ease.
- There is no feeling of constriction of the face.
- Have ventilation, do not watery eyes.
- Provide a good overview.
- Glasses do not fog up.
- Fit tight to the face.
Welding glasses are ideal for working in tight, narrow places where the use of a mask is not possible.
Area of use
Welding glasses as a means of personal protection, necessary at the request of safety regulations, are used when:
- Manual arc welding.
- Oxygen welding.
- Work on a semiautomatic device.
- Work with a gas burner.
A wide range of products on the modern market allows the buyer to choose the right product at affordable prices.
When buying glasses for work, it is recommended to try them on the spot in order to pick up a copy with a better fit to the face. In stores at an affordable cost you can buy good, convenient welding glasses. The price of "chameleons" in comparison with conventional means of protection is higher, in Moscow they will cost about 2300 rubles, but the cost is compensated by their obvious advantages.