What are the benefits of free-standing welding curtains?

Free-standing welding curtains offer unmatched flexibility for industrial workspaces. They can be repositioned instantly to wherever welding or grinding is taking place, providing immediate protection for nearby personnel from UV flash, sparks, and debris without requiring permanent overhead tracks.

How difficult is it to assemble the portable welding frames?

Assembly is quick and straightforward. The frames use a slip-fit or bolt-together design that can be completed in minutes using basic hand tools. Once assembled, the welding curtains attach easily via heavy-duty ties or grommets.

Are the welding curtains fire retardant?

Yes, all our welding curtain materials are fire retardant and meet EN 1598 standards, ensuring they form a safe barrier against sparks and hot metal spatter.

Do these screens protect against UV arc flash?

Yes. Our tinted welding panels (available in amber, dark green, and red) are engineered to filter out harmful ultraviolet and blue light radiation produced during the welding process, protecting the eyes of workers in the vicinity.

Can I connect multiple frames together?

Absolutely. Our modular frame designs allow you to join multiple screens together to create multi-sided enclosures or long continuous safety walls depending on your workshop requirements.

Are the frames available with castors?

Yes, we offer optional heavy-duty locking castors for our free-standing frames, making them highly portable and easy to manoeuvre across the factory floor.

Choose From Solid or Strips

Red PVC strip welding curtains suspended from a free-standing frame to divide and protect large industrial welding areas.

Free Standing Welding Strips

Free-standing welding strip curtains permit entry
at every point around the enclosure, giving
personnel and materials rapid, unhindered access.

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Industrial welding safety curtain enclosure with heavy-duty PVC panels creating a free-standing protective curtain barrier around a workstation.

Free Standing Welding Curtains

A cost-effective alternative to full strip enclosures,
the solid soft-wall curtains are fabricated from
0.35 mm vinyl and glide smoothly side to side.

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Rugged Industrial Hardware

Galvanized steel track and hardware supporting free-standing strip curtains in a heavy-duty industrial setting

Strip Hardware

Welding strips attach to the galvanised steel frame using the same studded mounting hardware found on conventional strip curtain doors, locking each strip firmly in place. This prevents strips from dislodging when materials or personnel pass through. You can configure a fully enclosed four-sided free-standing welding cell or a single-sided welding wall — we accommodate almost any layout your workshop demands.

Curtain Hardware

The soft-wall welding curtains glide side to side on roller hooks that travel within the curtain track, allowing swift and unhindered passage from one side of the enclosure to the other. As with the strip curtain variants, virtually any layout is achievable — from fully enclosed four-sided welding bays to single-sided divider walls. The bolt-together track framework is designed for rapid deployment on site.

Photo Gallery

Grey free-standing industrial welding curtain creating a protective screening barrier across a factory floor workspace

Blue free-standing welding curtains forming an enclosed industrial work cell for welding safety and light control.

Mobile yellow welding curtain enclosures arranged in a factory, forming individual workstations with light filtering and welding safety protection.

Red transparent welding curtains installed as a continuous safety screen to shield adjacent factory work zones.

Enclosed free-standing welding curtains surrounding an active welding process to contain sparks, light, and fumes.

Close-up view of PVC welding strip curtains in free-standing installation showing texture and overlap

Hardware Material Strips Solid Curtains FAQ Layouts Benefits

Hardware

Construction

Galvanized steel - Hot-dip galvanizing (HDG)
Lifetime warranty

Uprights

50mm or 50mm OD tubes
Tube size selected based on curtain heights
Max height is 3.6m
Maximum distance between uprights is 3m for Vinyl
curtains and 2.4m for strip curtains.
Layout drawing provided with each order for your
approval

Base Plates

30cm x 30cm
9.5mm lag holes located in each corner

Assembly

Your order will arrive as a bolt together kit
Simply assemble hardware and then hang the curtains

Strip Mount Style

Strips attach to horizontal cross members
Strips bolt on for secure locking
Strips can unbolt to be replaced quickly

Rolling Curtain Mount Style

Curtains attach to nylon roller hooks
Curtains roll side-to-side for complete access

Material

Strip Colors

Tinted - Bronze
Tinted - Aztec Red
Tinted - Blue
Tinted - Orange
Tinted - Bronze
Opaque - Black
Opaque - Blue
Opaque - Green

Curtain Colours

Tinted - Shade 8
Tinted - Blue
Tinted - Yellow
Tinted - Red
Tinted - Dark Green
Tinted - Charcoal Grey
Tinted - Orange (Also in 40 mil thickness)

Opaque - Blue
Opaque - Yellow
Opaque - Red
Opaque - Green
Opaque - Grey
Opaque - Tan
Opaque - White
Opaque - Orange

Canvas - Olive Duck Green
Canvas - Blue

Ratings and Certifications

Made with formula compound to reduce hazardous UV rays
CFM and NFPA-701 flame retardant certifications
Canvas also meets CPAI-84
Exceeds OSHA requirements
5 Year warranty on manufacturing defects

High Temperature Ranges

All strips and vinyl curtains have a temperature max of 70° C
Canvas has a temperature max of 560°C
If higher temperatures are needed then use our line of Heat Rated Strip Curtains

Which Material Is Right For Your Application?

All material is rated for light to medium welding and grinding operations.
Choose the canvas material for close proximity heavy welding or high heat areas.

WARNING: Tinted transparent vinyl screens provide protection for casual passerby only and are not intended as a substitute for normal eye protection for close or long-term viewing. The user must wear protective eye-wear suitable for the application. Clear transparent vinyl does not reduce harmful UV light from welding operations.

Strips

Strip Styles

Available in two widths/thicknesses
- 20cm wide x 2mm thick
- 30cm wide x 3mm thick

PVC Strip Size Has 2 Aspects

Strip Width
and Thickness

How We Choose The Correct Strip Width

By using the simple chart shown below, you can choose the appropriate
width of strip. For instance, if you have a very tall opening that you are
trying to cover and the strip width is too narrow it will curl at the bottom.
The taller the opening the wider the strip must be.

As an example if you have a 3.6m high opening and it will be located indoors
then ideal strip as shown in the chart below would be a 30cm wide strip.

How We Choose Strip Thickness

When choosing a strip thickness you should consider what will be traveling
through the strips.

2mm - Ideal for heavy foot traffic and light industrial traffic
3mm - Ideal for moderate to heavy industrial traffic

Things to Consider

Not all strip widths have all thicknesses available.
30cm strips with 100% overlap are not ideal for foot traffic due to the force required to walk through them.

How We Choose The Correct Strip Overlap

We first consider the type and volume of traffic.

Personnel – Doors for people-only access should utilize small sized strips
with less overlap. Consider or 20cm material with 33% to 67% overlap.
Pallet Trucks – This indicates the door will get heavier traffic including
material pallets, typically accompanied by a person. In this scenario 20cm with
25% or 50% overlap is the best option.
Forklift Traffic – Forklift traffic indicates strip doors will face more abuse.
Consequently, large PVC vinyl strip sizes are the best bet. Also consider the load
the forklift will carry as the strips will drag over the load. If the load is light, very
large strips may drag it off the forklift. Consider 30cm material with 50% to 100%
overlap.

Chart Of Overlaps

Solid Curtains

Comparison of the different 14mil Vinyl Curtains

Common Questions

Will the Vinyl hold up to flying sparks?

The 14 mil vinyl material will hold up to hot common flying sparks, as shown in the picture
below. However, keep in mind there are different kinds of sparks. There are sparks from
grinding and welding metal which these curtains work great for. Then there are molten
sparks coming from very close heavy welding. For that type of an application, we would
recommend the canvas material.

What's the difference between clear Vinyl and tinted Vinyl?

The vinyl that we use for clear curtains is the same vinyl use for the welding curtains.
The welding curtains however are thinner at 14 mil thick while the clear curtains we
provide are 20 mil thick. Both of them can be used for welding applications except
the clear material of course will not block any harmful UV light. If that is not a
concern than both materials should work fine.

FAQ

Can you make any design?

Yes. We have provided thousands of custom welding enclosures of all shapes
and sizes. Many of them were sent to us as a simple hand sketch that was
emailed or faxed. Whatever your design, our team will work with you to
included whatever features you are looking for, from multi-sided custom
welding booths to simple one-sided welding curtain walls.

Can we have multiple colours?

Yes. You can have up to 3 different colors on the free standing welding curtains.
Most customers choose one color for the top and bottom and a tinted
color for the vision panel in the middle. You can also choose the heights
of the different colours. There is no price increase for using different colours.

Can we use a combination of PVC strips entrances with solid curtains?

Yes. In fact, that is the most economical way to supply larger welding enclosures.
You only use welding strip curtain access points where they are needed and use
the less expensive 14mil Vinyl curtains for all other areas. The entire curtain wall
can be installed using the roller track, which allows it to roll side to side as well.
Simply tell us the size and location of the welding strip doors that you need and
they will be part of your kit.

Does OSHA Approve These Curtains?

OSHA does not approve products. They only advise what precautions should
be taken to provide a safe work environment. It is up to the user to
determine what products they need to protect their workers. The OSHA
regulations for welding curtains can be found online: Subpart Q-1910-252
Welding Cutting and Brazing.

See this link for the documentation: Download

What curtains can we use for MIG Welding?

All of our standard vinyl welding curtains are okay to use with MIG welding. If you
have heavy close proximity welding, then please use our canvas welding curtain
material.

Are they Approved Hot Work Welding Curtains?

Hot work welding curtains are a type of material that is used for heavy welding
operations. These are applications where there will be high temperatures, sparks,
molten splashing, and heavy slag present. To meet this specification you would
need to choose the canvas shade material.

Layouts

Common Layouts

AKON can supply just about any layout you can think of. Below
are some common styles. They can be single-sided, double-sided,
triple sided, four-sided or multiple straights to create complete
enclosures. Simply inform AKON about your desired welding
curtain divider design and we will have it fabricated exactly as
you need it. For customized layouts, sketch your design and upload
it using our online RFQ form. See button below.