{"id":4665,"date":"2026-07-31T16:44:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T16:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/?p=4665"},"modified":"2026-08-03T14:46:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T14:46:24","slug":"portable-exothermic-cutting-unit-pecu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2026\/07\/portable-exothermic-cutting-unit-pecu\/","title":{"rendered":"DLA Solicitation for Welders Helmets ($41,000)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"732\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-1024x732.jpg\" alt=\"Welders Helmet\" class=\"wp-image-4672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-1024x732.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-768x549.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-1536x1098.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/welding_rod_helmet-2048x1464.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An open government solicitation was posted yesterday for the specific model of Welders Helmet NSN 4240-01-645-9397, part number 805438-08, 3M Scott Weld-O-Vista Facepiece.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This specific welding helmet includes a full facepiece that can be used with either Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) respirators, Supplied Air or Air-Purifying Respirators (APRs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To see this specific solicitation, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidlink.net\">search on the NSN &nbsp;4240-01-645-9397<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This helmet is part of the Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit (PECU) Kit NSN 4240-01-272-3841.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portable_exothermic_cutting_unit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1013\" height=\"916\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portable_exothermic_cutting_unit.jpg\" alt=\"Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit (PECU) Kit NSN 4240-01-272-3841.\nCutting Torch\" class=\"wp-image-4667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portable_exothermic_cutting_unit.jpg 1013w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portable_exothermic_cutting_unit-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/portable_exothermic_cutting_unit-768x694.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit (PECU) Kit is used on many U.S. Naval ships to perform maintenance operations. It\u2019s an exothermic torch, a cutting torch, used to cut through thick metals on ships.&nbsp; &nbsp;The PECU is ignited when oxygen passes through an expendable cutting rod, a spark is generated from a battery powered igniter. One of the NSNs for Portable Exothermic Cutting Units is 4240-01-272-3841.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each Portable Exothermic Cutting Unit kit comes with a variety of complimentary items such as Cutting Electrodes NSN 3439-01-325-7641, Welders Gloves NSN 8415-00-268-7860, Welders Helmets NSN 4240-01-645-9397.\u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tired of DIBBS \/ SAM and bid services that don\u2019t understand defense contracting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Need to find old contracts, suppliers of obsolete parts, discover new manufacturing opportunities, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bidlink.net\">Try BidLink for free at www.bidlink.net.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An open government solicitation was posted yesterday for the specific model of Welders Helmet NSN 4240-01-645-9397, part number 805438-08, 3M Scott Weld-O-Vista Facepiece. This specific welding helmet includes a full facepiece that can be used with either Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA) respirators, Supplied Air or Air-Purifying Respirators (APRs). To see this specific solicitation, search on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/2026\/07\/portable-exothermic-cutting-unit-pecu\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;DLA Solicitation for Welders Helmets ($41,000)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4665","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry_news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4665"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4680,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4665\/revisions\/4680"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4665"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4665"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bidlink.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4665"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}