Pressurized Welding Habitat
An adaptable modular system of interlocking fire-retardant, rubber-coated fibreglass panels that forms a pressurised containment barrier around a hot work site.
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Panels
The Envelope
- Panel sizes
- 1 × 1 m · 1 × 2 m · 2 × 2 m
- Fire rating
- 550 °C continuous rating / 800 °C melt point
- Material properties
- Fireproof, Antistatic, Zero halogens
- Supply ducting
- 300 mm antistatic reinforced supply ducting (optional air conditioning or heating)
- Extraction ducting
- 150 mm antistatic reinforced fume extraction ducting
Uniform, flexible fire-retardant fabric panels joined by one-metre interlocking zips that feed from the external to the internal face. Panels are oriented so male zips join female zips and adjoining zips align in the direction of operation — enabling an enclosure of almost any shape and size around any worksite.
Monitoring
Pressure & Airflow
- Differential pressure
- Alarms below 25 Pa habitat overpressure
- Airflow
- Alarms below 0.4 m³/s supply airflow
- Alarm system
- 3 alarm tones
- Alarm system
- 3 coloured indicator lamps
- Alarm system
- 1 high-visibility beacon
- Alarm system
- 12 distinct alarm conditions
Airlock
Controlled Entry. Instant Escape.
- ✓Internal door with door vent
- ✓External door with magnehelic pressure gauges
- ✓Airlock top panel section
- ✓Airlock bottom panel section
- ✓Full-size lightweight doors with spacious viewing area
- ✓Push-bar emergency escape on every door
- ✓Reversible door and panel sections
- ✓Single-door operating procedure available
- ✓Airlock volume expandable using standard habitat panels
- ✓Only one airlock door opened at a time to maintain overpressure
Sealing & Protection
Sealed to the Steel
Fire tape
Enhancing seals, secondary fixings and minor panel repairs
100 mm Velcro loop
Sealing and covering all exposed internal zips to stop egress of air and sparks
50 mm adhesive hook & loop
Sealing habitat panels to external structures — steel beams, deck plates and pipework
Cambuckle straps
Securing and hanging habitat panels and ducting safely
Silica drape (900–1400 °C)
Packing large gaps such as H-beam voids and protecting cables from extreme heat
Welding blanket floor (250–550 °C)
Hard-wearing floor protection that withstands foot traffic and molten slag
Certified System
ATEX / IECEx Certified Components Throughout
Every electrical and mechanical component in the habitat package is supplied with hazardous-area certification. Certificates available on request.
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