Structural steel
Structural steel welding automation for heavy fabrication
Structural work demands consistent, code-quality welds on heavy material: beams, columns, base plates, and connections. The Cobot Welder handles MIG on thick plate and structural sections, programs from a smartphone, and frees your certified welders for the complex joints that need their expertise.
STRUCTURAL STEEL — HEAVY FAB800+
Shops running Beacon
400%
Output increase at Advanta
4×
Throughput increase
Same day
Unboxing to welding parts
Sound familiar?
The problems slowing your floor down
Certified structural welders are nearly impossible to find
AWS D1.1 work requires certified welders, the most in-demand trade in fabrication. Every open position costs you capacity, and you're turning down steel contracts for lack of hands.
Heavy plate means slow, fatiguing work
Long seams on thick plate, overhead positions, hours of arc time per assembly. Fatigue breeds inconsistency, and on structural work that means failed inspections and rejected loads.
Traditional robotic welding doesn't fit your workflow
Conventional cells are built for one part, thousands of repetitions. Your work runs in batches of 20–200 with varying joints and specs. Programming a traditional robot takes longer than welding by hand.
How it works
How cobot automation fits your workflow
01
Set up your weld from your phone
Open Beacon, touch the weld joints on your assembly, and set wire speed, voltage, travel speed, and weave. Carbon steel from 10-gauge through heavy structural sections. If your welder can read a WPS, they can run this.
02
Weld & monitor in real time
The cobot runs repetitive fillets, stiffener plates, and gussets while your certified welders take the full-penetration grooves. Beacon tracks every parameter so quality is verified before the part leaves the station.
03
Switch jobs in minutes
Save every weld program and recall it instantly: beam-to-column connections, base plates, bracing. No reprogramming, no integrator call, no downtime.
ADVANTA — SAME-DAY PRODUCTIONIn the field
“Our first Cobot Welder arrived within two weeks. By the end of that same day, we were welding parts. That never happens with robotics.”
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 welding for heavy plate
Fillet welds on beams and columns, stiffeners, gussets, and base plates, with consistency that meets AWS D1.1 visual inspection, weld after weld.Cobot Welder
COBOT CUTTERPlasma cutting for plate & gussets
Clean, repeatable cuts from thin gussets to heavy base plates. Teach the path once; shops report rework dropping from 25% to nearly zero.Cobot Cutter
COBOT PAINTERPrimer, shop coat & protective coatings
Structural steel doesn't ship bare. Automate primer and shop coats with consistent coverage. Roll into a booth and back out, no permanent install.Cobot Painter
BEACON APPOne platform for the whole floor
Your team learns one interface across welding, cutting, and painting. Start with one cobot and expand, with no new software and no retraining.Beacon platformStart
Ready to automate your structural steel shop?
See how cobots increase throughput on beams, columns, and plate work without traditional robotic complexity or more certified-welder overhead.