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Rust, Gone in a Flash 🔦
A laser beam moves across a rusted metal surface — and in seconds, clean steel is revealed.
This is not a trick; it’s laser cleaning technology, rapidly changing how heavy industries maintain their equipment and infrastructure.

In this video, we explain how laser rust removal is replacing traditional cleaning methods like grinding, sandblasting, and chemical treatment — and how it’s reshaping global maintenance standards.

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00:00This is laser rust removal. With just one sweep, the rust vanishes like smoke. That beam can heat
00:05the metal surface to over 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, basically blasting off the top
00:10layer in an instant. But here's the weird part. When it passed over this guy's hand,
00:14he wasn't hurt at all. So, are lasers harmless to skin? Not quite. This one is a carbon dioxide
00:20laser, and its power is only a few dozen watts with very low energy density. It's usually used
00:25for engraving patterns or cleaning wood surfaces, not cutting metal. Because it scans so quickly,
00:30even if it touches your skin, the heat doesn't have time to build up. So, it looks like nothing
00:34happened. But don't get it twisted. Real industrial cleaning lasers are a whole different beast.
00:40They can blast out thousands of watts and focus hundreds of joules into every square millimeter.
00:44They can strip rust spec by spec off a coin or slice straight through a steel plate. If that kind of
00:50laser ever hits your skin, it will burn, carbonize, and leave a permanent scar in just milliseconds.
00:55So, yeah, don't confuse the two. This is laser rust removal.
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