3M welding helmet makes technology leap with Presto ASIC

Welding safety at new technological heights

Welding safety reaches new heights with the Speedglas™ welding shields with Adflo™ respirator from 3M – a leader in welding safety.

The combined technologies efficiently prevent eye injuries caused by dangerous light radiation from the welding process as well as illness from inhaling poisonous welding fumes, and at the same time offer a high degree of comfort.

Product development the Presto way

The Presto technology experts succeeded in several product improvements, increasing welding safety, enhancing comfort, strengthening reliability, and lowering production costs.

3M in fact reinvented the powered air respirator for welders combining the Adflo™ turbo unit for gas and particle filtering with Speedglas™ Auto-Darkening Welding Shields in a light, compact, all-in-one system.

Improved sound quality

The welding helmet protects the welder against poisonous welding fumes by means of a ventilating system blowing filtered air into the helmet that creates a slight pressure above the atmosphere.

Presto lowered the overall noise from the ventilating system using a passive silencer to increase the general comfort.

Low-cost reliability with ASIC

The electronically controlled Speedglas™ Auto-Darkening Welding Shields offer the welder utmost safety and a high degree of comfort through variable shades and sensitivities by reliably switching to different welding methods.

Presto has facilitated a technology leap by replacing the existing electronic control system with a product-specific microchip, an ASIC, designed by Presto.