By Mary Bellis
In 1885, Nikolai Benardos
and Stanislav Olszewski were granted a patent for an electric arc welder
with a carbon electrode called the Electrogefest. Nikolai Benardos (Russia) and Stanislav
Olszewski (Poland) are considered the inventors of modern welding apparatus.
Definition of Welding
According to Encyclopedia Britannica:
"Welding is a technique used for
joining metallic parts usually through the application of heat. This technique
was discovered during efforts to manipulate iron into useful shapes. Welded
blades were developed in the first millennium AD, the most famous being
those produced by Arab armourers at Damascus, Syria."
History
of Welding
Provides a complete welding education on the history
of welding, welding terms, and technical resources.
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