SEC 01 // SYSTEM RECORD

3M Speedglas Speedglas 9000 / 9002 with Fresh-air C & legacy Adflo (discontinued)

Verified against primary source · 2026-07-04 discontinued

The discontinued Speedglas 9000/9002 helmet series, run either from legacy Adflo blowers or the Fresh-air C compressed-air system. Many units are still in field use. We hold the official period parts list (3M Speedglas catalogue), so the exact part numbers welders hunt for are documented here — including 43 30 00, the headband with air duct. Availability today is second-hand or old stock only; nothing on this page implies current manufacturer support.

Approval class

Approval standards, classes and regions
Standard	Class	Region
EN 12941 (legacy certification era)	check your unit's original documentation and label	UK/EU

Generations & part-number caution: Key respiratory-protection spares from the official catalogue parts list: headband WITH air duct 43 30 00; air duct alone 43 30 10; headband without duct 43 30 60; face seal 43 40 01; air spreader 43 50 00; battery cover 43 10 00. Legacy Adflo consumables shared the 83xxxx series still partly current today (particle filter P SL 83 70 10/20/80, prefilter 83 60 10, spark arrestor 83 60 00, gas filter A1B1E1 83 72 42). Legacy batteries: 83 76 20 standard / 83 76 21 Heavy-Duty (NiMH era) → superseded by Li-ion 837630/837631 (EMEA) and 35-1099-07 (US). Fresh-air C spares: filter element 85 90 01 (292 SR49/SR79), gasket kit 85 90 04, regulators 85 20/21 series; the AFU500F/W filtration units were replaced by ACU-02/ACU-01 Aircare systems in August 2007.

Compatible headtops

Speedglas 9000 shield for respiratory protection (46 08 00, without welding filter)
Speedglas 9000 FlexView shield for respiratory protection (44 28 00)
Speedglas 9002D/9002V/9002X welding filters (40 00 40 / 40 00 70 / 40 00 80)

Parts in our database

Parts recorded for this system with category and compatibility status
Part number	Part	Category	Compatibility status
`837620`	Adflo Battery Standard (legacy NiMH era)	battery	T2 Manufacturer-listed part

Notes

This is the site's moat category: manufacturers won't maintain guidance for discontinued systems. Identification data here is primary-sourced; availability is second-hand only, and the honest recommendation for regular users is often to retire the system — see the rescue guide.

Record sources

Evidence — dated sources

[01] kemi.is manufacturer manual Official 3M Speedglas catalogue parts list (period document, distributor-hosted copy): pages "Speedglas 9000 Welding Shield with Adflo respirator protection", "with Fresh-air C System", and "9000 welding shields for respiratory protection". The document is from the product's supported era (post-Aug-2007 note present) — part numbers are authoritative for identification, NOT for current availability. Archived in repo: sources/3m-speedglas-catalogue-partslist-legacy.pdf. 2026-07-04
[02] www.mig-welding.co.uk forum Ongoing demand evidence — welders hunting 9000/9002 air-duct headgear. 2026-07-04