Welding Booths
A welding booth is an enclosed or semi-enclosed workstation that keeps welding fumes, sparks and arc flash contained. Its extraction system pulls fumes away from the welder’s breathing zone before they spread into the shop. Clean Air Industries builds welding booths for production shops, maintenance departments and welding schools. Choose a ductless self-contained unit or a modular booth sized for your space.
Standard models ship quickly. Custom sizes, multi-bay layouts and filtration setups can be built around your process.
Welding Booth Models
WeldStation
- 4,000 CFM Airflow
Bolt-Together Welding Booths
- Single to Multi-Station Layouts
Which Welding Booth Do You Need?
| WeldStation | Bolt-Together Welding Booth | |
|---|---|---|
| Extraction | Built-in — integrated, ductless | Supplied separately (fume arm or wall-mounted fume extractor) |
| Airflow | 4,000 CFM | Dependent on central collector/wall-mounted extractor |
| Configuration | Single or double booth (5ft or 6ft wide per booth) | Single to multi-station rows (4x4, 5x5, or 6x6 per booth) |
| Ductwork | Not required | Depends on extractor — wall-mounted units can be ductless, central systems are ducted. |
| Assembly | Factory-assembled | On-site |
| Construction | 12-ga powder-coated steel | 12-ga powder-coated steel, bolt-together |
| Best match if | You want a plug-and-play cell with no ducting | You need many stations installed quickly on a training floor |
How to Choose a Welding Booth
- Identify your process and base metal. Stainless steel and other chromium-bearing metals produce hexavalent chromium. Galvanized steel produces zinc oxide. Both call for higher capture efficiency and better filtration.
- Size the booth to your work. Allow for the largest part, the fixtures and the welder’s movement. Add room for the crane or forklift if parts are loaded that way.
- Choose ductless or ducted. Ductless booths avoid the cost of ductwork and make-up air. Ducted systems suit heavy, continuous welding at multiple stations.
- Count your stations. Schools and production lines often save space and cost with double or multi-bay layouts.
- Plan for compliance.. Check exposure limits for your fume makeup and arrange air monitoring. Hot work and spark containment also need to be covered.
Welding Fume Safety and Compliance
In the U.S., welding ventilation falls under OSHA 29 CFR 1910.252 and ANSI Z49.1. Exposure to specific substances is regulated separately, for example hexavalent chromium under 29 CFR 1910.1026. Fire prevention during hot work is covered by NFPA 51B. In Canada, CSA W117.2 applies along with provincial occupational health and safety rules. A properly sized booth with source capture helps keep welders below permissible exposure limits. Confirm the final requirements with your authority having jurisdiction.
Why Clean Air Industries
- Fume extraction specialists, not just booth fabricators
- Booths, fume arms, portable extractors and central dust collectors from one supplier
- Designed and manufactured in the USA by AWS-certified welders
- Standard models ready to ship, plus custom builds
- Engineering support for airflow, filtration and layout
- Installation services available
Frequently Asked Questions
An enclosed workstation that contains sparks, spatter and arc flash. Its extraction system captures welding fumes at the source and filters them out.
Not always. Ductless booths like the WeldStation filter the air and return it to the room. Some high-hazard fumes or heavy-duty applications may still need exhaust to the outdoors.
It depends on booth size, the welding process and the fume makeup. The WeldStation provides 4,000 CFM. Clean Air Industries can calculate what your application needs.
Yes. Modular booths are widely used in welding education because they install quickly and can be set up as multi-station training rows.
Yes. Booths can be built around your part size, floor space, number of stations and filtration needs.
A booth with high-efficiency source capture greatly reduces exposure. Air monitoring is still required to confirm compliance with the OSHA limit.
Mainly 29 CFR 1910.252 (welding, cutting and brazing), plus the substance-specific standards such as 1910.1026 for hexavalent chromium.