F20
Welding Helmet
Professional
WARNING
Read & Understand All Instructions Before Using
INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE
Information manual for the F20 welder protective helmets comply with Para 1.4 of Appendix
SAFETY WARNINGS - READ BEFORE USING
Quality
Welding Helmet
The welding helmets are designed to protect the eye and face from sparks, spatter and harmful
radiation under normal welding conditions.
Welding helmets can only resist a certain amount of heat. Please do not place hot electrode
holders inside the helmet and please do not place the helmet near naked flames or hot work
surfaces. Scratched or damaged lenses must always be replaced if broken, damaged or
covered with spatter to the extent that vision is impaired.
The user should conduct daily regular checks to ensure no damage is evident. Materials that
may get in contact with the wearers skin could cause Allergic reactions to susceptible
individuals. Eye-protectors against high speed particles worn over standard ophthalmic
spectacles may transmit impacts, thus creating a hazard to the wearer.
Please check regularly of the consumable components and replace if serviceability or visibility is
suspected to be affected, and finally dispose when critical components not offered as spares
are suspected to be damaged or if serviceability is affected.
WARNING
• This welding helmet is not suitable for laser welding.
• Never place this helmet on a hot surface.
• This helmet will not protect against explosive devices or corrosive liquids.
• Do not make any modifications to either the lens or helmet, unless specified in this manual.
• Do not use replacement parts other than those specified in this manual. Unauthorized
modifications and replacement parts will void the warranty and expose the operator to the risk of
personal injury.
• Do not immerse the helmet in water
• Do not use any solvents on the filter screen or helmet components.
• Storing temperature: -20 °C ~ +85 °C (- 4 °F ~ +185 °F). The helmet should be stored in dry
cool and dark area, when not using it for a long time.
• Clean the lens surface regularly; do not use strong cleaning solutions. Regularly replace the
cracked / scratched / pitted front lens.
WARNING! Before using the helmet for welding, ensure that you have read and understood the safety
instructions.
II of the EC Regulations.
F20 helmets offer permanent protection against UV/IR rays, also face and eye protection
from sparks caused by the welding process.
Do not look directly at the welding rays with unprotected eyes when the arc strikes. This can
cause painful inflammation of the cornea and irreparable damage to the lens of the eye
leading to cataracts.
RANGE OF APPLICATION
WARNING! Before using the helmet for welding, ensure that you have read and understood the safety
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Flux core elect rodes
Fluxed stic k electrodes
MIG / Met al -inert-gas Argon (A r/ He)
Steels, all oyed steel s
Copper & its al l oys et c.
MIG / Met al -inert-gas Argon (A r/ He)
Alumini um , copper, nickel and other alloy s
TIG / Tungsten-Inert gas A rgon (Ar/H₂) (Ar/He)
MAG / Metal-active gas (Ar/Co₂O₂) (Ar/Co₂/He/H₂)
Construc tion st eel , hardened & tam pered s teels
Cr-Ni-steel, Cr-steel & other alloyed st eel s
Electric arc compressed air joini ng
(Melt joi ni ng) carbon elect rodes (O₂)
Flame grooving compres sed air (O₂)
Plasm a cutt i ng (fusi on cutt ing)
All weldabl e m et al s see WIG
Centre and outer gas : Argon (Ar/H₂) (Ar/He)
Plasm a cutt i ng (fusi on cutt ing)
Micro-plasma welding
Centre and outer gas : Argon (Ar/H₂) (Ar/He)
All weldabl e m et al s suc h as: s t eel s, alum i ni um ,
copper, nickel and their alloy s
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instructions.
ESAB welding helmets can be used for the majority of the arc welding applications and for TIG
where stated. The welding lens provide protection against harmful UV- and IR-radiation
according to the requirement for shade number marked on each passive glass model; eye
protection remains as long as the flip up is in the down position covering the vision.
The following chart is presented as a reference for the selection of the most suitable shade for
the welding filter:
Depending upon the application conditions, the next highest or next lowest protection level can
be used.
The darker fields correspond to those areas in which the corresponding welding process cannot
be used.
The ESAB F20 welding helmets are suitable, but not limited to the following applications:
AC/DC pulses
Inverters WIG/TIG
Stick welding
Argon/Helium
MIG/MAG protective gas electrodes
PREPARATION & OPERATION
ESAB F20 welding helmets are fully assembled and ready to be used after minor adjustments.
All welding helmets are equipped with a comfortable headgear that can be adjusted in four
different ways:
• Push and move to adjust the “Head height”
• “Rake adjustment” to limit the upper and lower helmet positioning
• Push and turn to adjust the “Head size”
• Turn to adjust the “Distance from face”
1. Push and move “Head height”
2. “Rake adjustment”
3. Push and turn “Head size”
4. Turn “Distance from face”
Before commencing work please inspect carefully the welding helmet and the passive glass for
any visible marks, cracks, pitted or scratched surfaces; damaged surfaces even on protection
plates reduce vision impair protection. If protection plates are scratched, damaged or built up
with spatter please replace.
Welding helmets should not be dropped. Do not place heavy objects or tools on or inside the
helmet as they might damage the components. If used properly the passive glass requires no
further maintenance during its lifetime.
SERVICING AND MAINTENANCE
Only clean the F20 with mild soap and water. Dry with a clean cotton cloth.
Please note the use of solvents is strictly prohibited, as they will damage the mask and the lens.
Scratched or damaged visors must always be replaced.
The user must make daily regular checks to ensure no damage is evident. Outer and Inner
cover lens are consumables and must be replaced regularly with genuine certified ESAB spare
parts.
REPLACING THE OUTER LENS
Lift the flip visor in its upper position, remove the lens buckle that holds the protective lenses and
mineral glass replace the component(s) and make sure that you put them back in the same
order. Replace the lens buckle if necessary. Make sure that the mineral glass stays within outer
and inner protective lenses.
Follow the same procedure to replace the protective lens installed on the welding shell, simply
remove the lens buckle that hold the cover lens from the inside part of the shell and replace with
a suitable ESAB part.
See Image below
1. Mineral glass
2. Front cover lens
3. Flip
4. Inner protection lens
5. Lens buckle
6. Main shell
Product marking
Welding shell marking:
ESAB
EN175 F CE
Producer
Applicable EU standard
Mechanical strength at 45
m/sec
EC conformance mark
Mineral glass marking:
10
ESAB 1 CE
Shade number
Producer
Optical classification
EC conformance mark
Protection lens marking:
ESAB
1 B CE
Producer
Optical classification
Mechanical strength at 120
m/sec
EC conformance mark
PRODUCT MARKING
If the symbols F, B and A are not common to both the ocular and the frame then it is the lower
level which shall be assigned to the complete eye-protector.
The eye protector shall only be used against high speed particles at room temperature, not
against high speed particles at extremes of temperature.
ITEM
DESCRIPTION
PART NO.
1
Visor Flip 60x110
0700 000 510
1
Visor Flip 90x110
0700 000 511
2
Front Cover Lens F20 60x110
0160 307 001
3
Mineral Glass 60x110 DIN 8
0160 292 000
3
Mineral Glass 60x110 DIN 9
0160 292 001
3
Mineral Glass 60x110 DIN 11
0160 292 003
3
Mineral Glass 90x110 DIN 9
0760 031 631
3
Mineral Glass 90x110 DIN 12
0760 031 634
4
Lens buckle 90X110
0760 031 633
4
Lens buckle 60X110
0160 292 003
6
Inner Protection Lens F20 90x110
0160 307 004
0
Shell F20
2
Front Cover Lens F20 90x110
PARTS LIST & ASSEMBLY F20
0700 000 509
0160 307 004
3 Mineral Glass 60x110 DIN 10
3 Mineral Glass 60x110 DIN 12
3 Mineral Glass 60x110 DIN 13
3 Mineral Glass 90x110 DIN 10
3 Mineral Glass 90x110 DIN 11
3 Mineral Glass 90x110 DIN 13
5 Inner lens buckle
7
Headgear F20 0700 000 415
8
Sweatband F20 0700 000 414
0160 292 002
0160 292 004
0160 292 005
0760 031 632
0760 031 633
0760 031 635
0700 000 524
CERTIFICATION & CONTROL LABELS
EN 166:2002
ESAB AB
Lindholmsallén 9
Box 8004
402 77 Gothenburg
Sweden
The F20 welding helmet are tested for eye protection by the following notified body: DIN Prüfund Zertifizierungsstelle für Augenschutz, Alboinstr.
56, D-12103 Berlin, notified body 0196 that provides approval and continual quality system
under the control of the European Commission, the German
Ministry for Work and the Central Office of the Provinces
We are therefore allowed to use the following marks:
European Conformity mark.
This confirms that the
product fulfils the
requirements of the Directive
89/686/ EWG
Address from
DIN CERTCO Gesellschaft für
Konformitätsbewertung mbH
Alboinstr. 56 ,
D-12103 Berlin
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