Welding with Light
Transforming Metal with Heat Almost as long as there has been metalworking, artisans have used heat to assist in their work. Likely around 6000 BCE, the process of smelting was developed in the Near East when early metalworkers discovered that certain rocks containing copper ores could be heated in a fire to extract the metal, […]
Overview of RMT’s LightWELD XR Laser Welder
The Heavyweight of Light Welding Revolution Machine Tools partnership with IPG Photonics allows RMT customers access to the LightWELDTM line of fiber laser welders; including the LightWELD XR laser. The three models in the line give fabricators a faster and more efficient way of welding their parts together than traditional welding methods can provide. For […]
Laser Welding Equipment from RMT
Welding with Light No sooner had humankind figured out how to fabricate parts out of metal than someone said, “Hey, wouldn’t it be neat if we could put these two things together to make something bigger?” The process of laser welding soon followed, involving both hammering two workpieces together to join them as well as […]