In any industrial, construction, or fabrication environment, welding sparks, spatter, and molten slag pose a significant fire and safety hazard. Selecting the right protective barrier is not just a recommendation—it's a necessity. As China's largest manufacturer of high-temperature industrial textiles, Suntex Composite Co., Ltd. is your expert partner in welding safety. This guide will help you understand the types of welding blankets and why choosing the right OEM supplier matters.
Understanding Welding Blanket Duty Ratings
Not all welding jobs are the same, and neither should your protection be. Our blankets are engineered into three distinct categories to match your specific risk level:
Light-Duty Fiberglass Blankets
Best for: General welding tasks, tack welding, and areas requiring protection from light sparks and minimal spatter.
Ideal Use: Workshops, automotive repair, and light fabrication where primary heat and spark deflection is needed.
Medium-Duty Fiberglass Blankets
Best for: Heavy welding operations producing significant sparks, spatter, and light slag.
Key Feature: Available with various protective coatings (or uncoated) to enhance durability, abrasion resistance, and repellency against molten metal.
Ideal Use: Structural steel work, shipbuilding, and pipeline welding.
Heavy-Duty Blankets
Best for: The most demanding environments with heavy sparks, intense spatter, and hot slag.
Construction: Made from premium silica fabric or vermiculite-coated fiberglass fabric. These materials offer superior thermal insulation and withstand direct, prolonged exposure to higher temperatures.
Ideal Use: Foundries, high-amperage welding (e.g., submerged arc welding), and areas where flammable materials are in close proximity.
The Suntex Difference: More Than Just a Product
When you choose a Suntex welding blanket, you're investing in integrated quality and expertise from the ground up.
Vertical Integration, Unmatched Control: We are not just assemblers. As the largest high-temperature textile manufacturer in China, we produce all raw materials ourselves. This gives us complete control over the entire production chain, from fiber to finished fabric, ensuring consistency, purity, and performance you can trust.
Expert Craftsmanship: Our dedicated, professional OEM team specializes in the fabrication of welding blankets. Every blanket is constructed with precision, featuring reinforced selvedge edges—the finished borders that prevent the fabric from fraying or unraveling, guaranteeing longevity even in tough conditions.
Flexibility for Your Needs: We understand that projects vary. That’s why we offer the convenience of pre-sized blankets ready for immediate use, as well as custom-cut rolls for large-scale or unique applications.
Why Your Choice of OEM Manufacturer Matters
Your welding blanket is a critical safety device. Partnering with an OEM manufacturer like Suntex means:
Direct Source Pricing: Eliminate middlemen and get competitive value.
Quality Assurance: Our in-house production allows for rigorous, high-level quality control at every stage.
Customization Potential: As your direct manufacturer, we have the flexibility to discuss custom sizes, coatings, or packaging to fit your specific operational workflow.
Shield Your Workspace with Confidence
The correct welding blanket is a simple yet vital component of any safety protocol. By understanding the duty ratings and investing in blankets built with integrated manufacturing excellence, you protect not only equipment and premises but, most importantly, your people.
Ready to enhance your welding safety with reliable, high-performance blankets?
Contact the Suntex OEM team today to discuss your requirements, request samples, and discover how our self-produced quality can be your strongest shield against heat and hazard.