Babeco introduces our latest piece of equipment: The Miller OptX™ 2kW handheld laser welder. While this machine will boost our ability to weld up to 5/16 thickness material, it really shines and is ideal in sheet metal applications such as control boxes, sheet metal covers etc. Not only can the OptX weld, but it also has a cleaning setting where heat discoloration can be removed from a finished weld for aesthetics. Traditional welding processes arc essentially electrical welding arcs. They also require larger weld sizes as we create a welding puddle and penetration from the top down. With these processes we must create a hot fluid weld puddle that creates the base metal penetration. Laser welding utilizes light to fuse 2 materials together. Laser welding penetrates very deeply very quickly making it so that we do not have to wait for a puddle to be established before we start welding. This results in seeing much smaller laser welds compared to traditional welds that have similar strength.