Speedglas improves upon what the welder sees
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Your goal is to weld great welds, consistently. Our goal is to provide you consistently clear, comfortable vision – with full-time eye and face protection. Because we make many of our own welding filter components, we can readily test and transfer new technologies. Safety is the prime consideration when it comes to welding PPE. But the 3M Speedglas optics team aims to help welders even more by continuously improving the optical experience of our welding filters.
How to select a welding filter
What does your welding process require from your filter?
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See the difference!
Imagine what more realistic-looking colors and details could do for you:
- Provide better control of your weld puddle – with a view that appears lighter, brighter, and more realistic.
- Help you focus on your welding set-up, welding technique, and inspection of just-completed welds.
- Give you a clearer view of colored welding machine controls – even with your helmet in the safe, down position.
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We’ve enriched your color range!
Compare the light transmittance levels between our Natural Color Technology ADFs and our other filters. Note that the Natural Color filters transmit a much higher percentage of colors like blues and reds, while reducing the greens. And, as always, harmful UV and IR radiation is blocked in all of our filters. ON or OFF.
Your choice of auto-darkening filters (ADF)
The 3M™ Speedglas™ Welding Filter Series 9100 continues our tradition of outstanding optical quality, including uniform shading and minimal distortion across the entire filter viewing area. By selecting just the right setting for each task, you reduce eye strain and improve the quality of every weld.
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- See your welds in a new light, with more contrast and natural-looking colors.
- Grab and go welding with Auto-ON.
- 73x107 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 5, 8, and 9 through 13.
- Weight: 7 ounces
- Delay settings extend the dark state for when the weld pool is still cooling
- When used with the special 9100XXi Silver Front Panel, you’ll have access to the external control for both grinding and the memory modes.
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- 73x107 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 5, 8, and 9 through 13.
- Any shade can be locked-in.
- Weight: 7 ounces
- The tack welding comfort mode may help reduce eye fatigue
- The delay function can be set to delay of the welding filter from dark to light
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- 54x107 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 5, 8, and 9 through 13.
- Any shade can be “locked-in.”
- Weight: 6.34 ounces
- The tack welding comfort mode may help reduce eye fatigue
- The delay function can be set to delay of the welding filter from dark to light
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- 45x93 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 5, 8, and 9 through 13.
- Any shade can be “locked-in.”
- Weight: 5.64 ounces
- The tack welding comfort mode may help reduce eye fatigue
- The delay function can be set to delay of the welding filter from dark to light
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- See your welds in a new light, with more contrast and natural-looking colors.
- 54x107 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 8 through 12.
- Weight: 6.34 ounces
- Compatible with the old 9000 series welding helmet.
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- Our super lightweight filter.
- 42x93 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 8 through 12.
- Weight: 2.86 ounces
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- 44x93 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 8 through 12.
- For 3M™ Speedglas™ Welding Helmet Series 100 (including 100-QR)
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- 44x93 mm viewing area.
- Dark shades 8–12.
- For 3M™ Welding Helmet 10V and 10QR
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Three decades at the cutting edgeSpeedglas veteran Stefan Henriksson is continuously on the lookout for new solutions that improve welder safety. When he started working with the innovator of Speedglas auto-darkening technology in 1982, he was the company’s fifth employee.
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Master of opticsA Senior Optics Specialist with 3M, Kristina Magnusson found her calling when she was still at school. “I wasn’t really interested in school,” she says. “But when I started studying light rays and lenses I found that this was an area that I easily understood compared to others in my class.”
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Guided by weldersWe apply our own brand of problem-solving and we have regularly received awards for our contributions to ergonomic design and functions. Real-world validation of design concepts and international field trials of prototypes are used to verify our products before they are released.
