In this jewelry laser welding and laser engraving video we demonstrate some of the many applications available with laser technology for jewelry repair and design.
Jewelry laser welders can be used to fill porosity, re-tip platinum or gold prong settings, repair bezel settings, repair/resize rings and bracelets without removing stones and correct manufacturing defects. Laser welding reconfigures the molecular structure of either similar or dissimilar metals at the point of welding, allowing the two common alloys to become one.
Manufacturing and retail jewelers currently using laser welders are often amazed at the wide range of jewelry applications and the ability to produce a higher quality product in less time with fewer materials while eliminating excessive heat effects.
“We got our LaserStar Laser Welding Machine in August, and we love it. I don’t know how we got along without it before. It amazes us every day. Some of the basic jobs we use it for are laser welding sets together, chain repair, retipping prongs and crowns, and the repair of costume jewelry. It was a big investment but what a time saver.”
“If you do a lot of jewelry design and jewelry repair work, I highly recommend the LaserStar Laser Welding Machine.”
- John Elliott, Head Jeweler, Elliott Jewelers, Waukon, IA USA
Laser marking and engraving systems are a fast and clean technology that is rapidly replacing older laser technologies. Direct laser marking and laser engraving has now become a common process in the jewelry industry. It offers a non-contact, abrasion-resistant, permanent laser mark onto almost any type of material including gold, platinum, silver, brass, stainless steel, carbide, copper, titanium, aluminum as well as a wide variety of alloys and plastics.
Identification text, serial numbers, corporate logos, 2-D data matrix, bar coding, graphic and digital images, or any individual process data can be produced with laser engraving. Just to name a few of the many laser marking and engraving applications available.
“The LaserStar Marking System is compact, quiet and easy to use. The system produces clean and legible engraving that requires little or no polishing at the end of the process. In addition to being very satisfied with the performance of the laser engraving machine, we have been pleasantly surprised by the high level of customer service we’ve found at LaserStar Technologies. We were so happy with the first laser engraving machine we purchased three years ago; we purchased a second unit just one year later."
- Nancy McDowell, Memoire, Skaneateles, NY
All jewelry metals, precious and non-precious, can be laser cut-from gold and silver to stainless steel and titanium. For most types of laser engraving machines, metal thicknesses up to 1 mm work well for laser cutting pendants, charms, keepsakes and monograms. As a general rule for name jewelry designs, a thickness of 0.5 to 0.8 mm will suffice.
The different properties of each metal make the laser-cutting process unique for each, including gold, silver and stainless steel.
To learn more about lasers for your jewelry business, please contact LaserStar Technologies today.