Welding lens, Welding Helmets, Speedglass, Fibremetal, 3M, Tiger Hood Please see the Shade Selection Chart below for the selection of the welding Filter Lenses.
Shade Selection Chart for Welding Filter Lens
Welding Operation
Sugg. Shade Number
Torch Soldering
2
Torch Brazing
3 or 4
Light Cutting up to 1"
Medium Cutting 1"-6"
4 or 5
Heavy Cutting over 6"
5 or 6
Gas Welding (Light) up to 1/8"
Gas Welding (Medium) 1/8"-1/2"
Gas Welding (Heavy) over 1/2"
6 or 8
Shielded Metal-Arc Welding up to 5/32" electrodes
10
Shielded Metal-Arc Welding 3/16"-1/4" electrodes
12
Shielded Metal-Arc Welding over 1/4" electrodes
14
Gas Metal-Arc Welding & Flux Cored
60-160
11
160-250
250-500
Gas tungsten-Arc Welding
less than 50
50-100
150-500
Air Carbon (Light)
less than 500
Air Cutting (Heavy)
500-1000
Plasma Arc Welding
less than 20
20-100
100-400
400-800
Plasma Arc Cutting (Light)
less than 300
9
Plasma Arc Cutting (Medium)
300-400
Plasma Arc Cutting (Heavy)
Carbon Arc Welding