Laser welding jewellery

Items of jewellery in gold and platinum are repaired by manual laser welding. The use of precious metal wires can give excellent and invisible repairs, by laser soldering. To find out more visit our website http://www.rofin.co.uk/jewellery
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Science & Technology

Tags:

• laser
• welding
• repair
• jewellery
• soldering
• platinum
• gold

[Ibringthetruth1]

better than microtig?

[rofinbaasel]

Yes, I have to say it is for the following reasons:

- there is no chance of sticking an electrode in the metal

- access is better (if you can see it, you can weld it)

- you can predict where the laser will hit better than where an arc will strike

- you will find it easier to use (with training) and more capable of everyday jobs like ring sizing and retipping

- many people buy a microtig, then a year later a laser welder (this tells me they were not satisfied with the sales talk on the microtig)

[TBSSage]

my laser welder obliterates stones, most videos I see makes no effort to protect them, whats that about?

[rofinbaasel]

Hi, some stones are more heat sensitive than others - generally I advise people that if they cannot afford to damage the stone they should remove it or protect it. Confident and experienced users can work around a stone without hitting it. Diamonds are fairly resilient, but still can be damaged. What laser do you have? Have you had training?

[TBSSage]

yes I have had training but all the training I have had has clearly advised not working around uncover stones. The laser I work on is the shop laser witch is a 60j 1064nm pulse laser its the lighter Italian bench top model. It's toasted the tips of my fingers on more then one occasion from reflecting so I wouldn't put it out of the question that It could do the same to a stone. I blasted some spare CZ's to see what kinda damage it would do, still waiting on a chance with an expendable diamond.

[nicaraguaone]

This stuff is really cool, Excellent work, Keep it comming , and truely Thank You.. We Enjoy learning such a very special Video. May the force be with you..