Data center fabrication
Welding automation for data center fabrication
Data center construction is booming, but finding welders to keep up with the backlog isn't. The Cobot Welder automates MIG and pulsed MIG on the racks, enclosures, structural frames, and modular assemblies your shop builds. Program from a smartphone, start welding the same day, and scale output without adding headcount.
DATA CENTER — HIGH-VOLUME FAB58+
Cobots across three Tate plants
$400B
U.S. data center investment through 2030
12×
Per-welder throughput at Tate
Same day
Unboxing to production
Sound familiar?
The problems slowing your floor down
The backlog is growing faster than your team
Every hyperscaler, colo provider, and edge deployment needs fabricated steel, yesterday. You're quoting work you can't staff and watching competitors take contracts you should be winning.
You're welding the same parts thousands of times
High-volume repetitive welding, rack after rack and frame after frame, is exactly what burns out skilled welders and drives turnover. Your best people should not be on their 500th identical bracket.
Traditional automation doesn't flex with your mix
With enclosures in three sizes, racks with varying mounts, and custom frames per customer spec, reprogramming a traditional robot for each variant takes longer than welding it by hand.
How it works
How cobot automation fits your workflow
01
Program your first weld in minutes
Open Beacon, touch the joints, set wire speed, voltage, travel, and weave. MIG and pulsed MIG on carbon and stainless, from thin-gauge panels to heavy frames. If your welder can read a print, they can run this.
02
Let the cobot run while your team handles setup
Robotic consistency on every seam while your welders shift to fitting, fixturing, and quality checks. Beacon tracks every parameter: a digital quality record for each assembly.
03
Save the part, recall it for the next run
The next order for the same rack or enclosure starts with zero setup time. Switching variants? Recall a different saved program in seconds.
TATE — 58+ COBOTS, THREE PLANTSIn the field
“I can, through the Beacon app, share weld parameters to different sites in real time. We can just kind of make a Tate standard, which is pretty [much] what we have done. And you can set minimums and maximums. They can't vary outside of that. And you're guaranteed to get a good weld every time.”
Your automation partner
What we automate for your shop
Welding, cutting, and coating, all controlled from the Beacon app. No robot programmers, no teach pendants, one platform for your entire floor.
COBOT WELDERMIG for racks, enclosures & frames
Consistency that holds tolerance across hundreds of identical parts: server racks, electrical enclosures, cable trays, and modular assemblies.Cobot Welder
COBOT CUTTERPlasma cutting for panels & brackets
Teach the path once for panels, brackets, mounting tabs, and gussets, and it repeats for every part after.Cobot Cutter
COBOT PAINTERPowder coat & protective finishes
Racks and enclosures ship finished. Automate powder coat and primers with uniform coverage across high volumes of identical parts.Cobot Painter
BEACON APPOne standard across every plant
Share programs, roles, and production data across sites. It's the same enterprise path Tate standardized on. Start with one cobot and expand.See the enterprise pathComing soon
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Increase throughput on racks, enclosures, and structural frames without hiring more welders in the tightest labor market in decades.