Nikolay Benardos

Nikolay Benardos

Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos (Ukrainian: Мико́ла Микола́йович Бена́рдос) (1842–1905) was a Ukrainian inventor who in 1881 introduced carbon arc welding, which was the first practical arc welding method.

The patent for the arc welding method named Elektrogefest ("Electric Hephaestus") granted to Benardos and his sponsor Olshevsky in 1887

A Soviet postage stamp dedicated to the hundredth anniversary of the invention of arc welding

References

• Biography of Benardos by A. A. Chekanov (Russian)
• Benardos Nikolay Nikolayevich at weldworld.ru (Russian)^{[self-published source?]}

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Name	Benardos, Nikolay
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Date of birth	1842
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Date of death	1905
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