Welding Booths & Fume Extraction

Weld fumes contain manganese, hexavalent chromium, and other particulates linked to long-term respiratory and neurological harm. OSHA’s general industry standard caps exposure at 5 mg/m³, and a growing number of manufacturers are targeting far lower limits — as low as .02 mg/m³ — as part of internal policy. Meeting either standard comes down to one decision: how you capture and filter the fume before it reaches a welder’s breathing zone.

Steel Guard Safety offers a complete line of welding booths and fume extraction equipment, covering every stage of that decision — from a full enclosed booth to a single portable extractor for an open floor plan.

Do You Need an Enclosure, or Just Extraction?

Not every application needs a full booth. A portable extractor or central fume collector can capture fumes at the source or through ducting without any enclosure at all — the right call for a single welder on an open floor, or a facility retrofitting extraction onto stations that already exist. Welding booths and enclosures are worth adding on top of that when you also need to contain sparks, spatter, and UV flash from nearby workers — the common case in training labs and shared production floors.

Enclosed Welding Booths — Three Ways to Build One

• Welding Booth Kits — 12-gauge steel construction, custom sized from 4×4 up to the 6×6 AWS standard. Ships as bolt-together panels that pair with your own ducting and dust collector, giving you full control over the extraction side. Best fit for schools and shops standardizing a lab layout with shared walls to cut cost.
• Welding Stations — Self-contained steel booth with 4,000 CFM filtration built in. No ductwork, no wall penetrations, no cement pour. Best fit when you need extraction and enclosure in one plug-and-play unit, or when your layout may change and permanent ducting isn’t practical.
• Welding Booth Curtains — Flame-resistant vinyl curtain enclosures on Steel Guard’s track hardware, rather than steel panels. The lowest-cost way to build individual welding stations, with open-airflow or plenum-vented configurations, though they trade some of the physical durability of a steel booth for cost and speed of reconfiguration.

Fume Extraction Without a Booth

• Portable Weld Fume Extractors — A mobile, source-capture unit for a single welder or workstation. Moves wherever the work is; no booth required.
• Welding Fume Collectors — Central, ducted collectors built for automated, robotic, or multi-station weld cells at industrial scale.

Compare Welding Booths & Fume Extractors

Built for Training Labs and Production Floors

The right CFM for your facility depends on booth size, welding process, and how many stations you’re running — our team sizes each system to your specific layout rather than a one-size-fits-all spec. Whether you’re outfitting a technical school, a union training center, or a full production floor, Steel Guard Safety can help you select and quote the right combination of booth and extraction equipment for your facility, layout, and budget, built to support compliance with OSHA’s welding, cutting, and brazing standards.