During the Iron Age, Egyptians first learned how to weld pieces of iron together. Archaeological evidence of early Egyptian welding dates back to 3000 B.C. In 1881, Russian inventor Nikolay Benardos introduced carbon arc welding, which was the first practical arc welding method of its time.

When did welding originate?

But the process we recognize as welding today didn’t arise until 1881. It started with Auguste de Méritens, who used arc heat to join lead plates together. His Russian student, Nikolai Benardos, then patented a method of electric arc welding with carbon rods. After that, welding processes advanced rapidly.

What welding was first used by man?

In 1800, Sir Humphry Davy, a British chemist, invented the electricarc by using a carbon electrode attached to a battery. Developments of this invention lengthened the time that the arc could be sustained. Carbon arc welding, developed in 1885, was the first development used for welding.