Fumes created during soldering can cause irritation to nose, throat and respiratory organs. Extended or repeated exposure to soldering fumes may lead to more serious health conditions.
Solder is used by assembly workers in many industries to make electrical connections and to seal copper pipe during plumbing installations. It is typically available in a wire form made from various metals with a core of flux on the inside. Soldering is accomplished by heating the two items to be connected with a soldering iron, and touching the heated points with the solder, which melts, flows, and solidifies to form a permanent connection. Flux helps to prevent oxidation during the soldering process.
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When solder wire is heated, fumes are produced that contain various chemicals. Breathing of these fumes can cause asthma or aggravate existing respiratory conditions. The fumes can also cause irritation of the upper respiratory tract, eyes and skin. Hand soldering offers greater risk because the worker’s head is likely to be in close contact to the fume source. Co-workers in the vicinity may also be at risk of exposure.
Early symptoms of fume exposure can include:
Workers performing the following tasks and processes are potentially exposed to solder flux fumes:
Workers performing the following tasks and processes are potentially exposed to solder flux fumes:
The best way to control exposure to solder flux fumes, as well as lead fumes, is to use a capture-at-source exhaust and filtration system. This works like a vacuum cleaner to remove fumes at the point where they are created and exhaust them outside or through a special filtration system. Downdraft tables and fume extraction arms offer capture at source ventilation.
Installing high quality Downdraft Tables as part of your production process will provide workers with a safe environment to accomplish their work, while ensuring a high level of quality and performance to which you’ve grown accustomed.
Diversitech, a global leader in air pollution solutions, offers a vast selection of Portable Fume Extractors for use with various industrial applications such as welding, soldering, painting and more. Discover our most popular products.
Wall-mounted Fume Extractors allow fabrication shops to cost effectively mount air cleaners on a wall, column or ceiling mount configuration, saving valuable floor space for employees and production equipment in confined floor space environments.
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