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Automating Shipbuilding Without Rebuilding Your Shop

Automating Shipbuilding Without Rebuilding Your Shop

Automating welding in shipyards has traditionally meant expensive facility modifications, fixed robotic cells, and months of disruption. Concrete pads. Safety caging. Dedicated floor space. And when it’s all done, you’re left with a robot that can’t move.

Mobile Welding Automation for Shipyards: Why Fixed Robotic Cells Fail

Walk into any shipyard and you’ll see the core challenge with traditional welding robots immediately: the work never stays ...

Why Automated Weld Fixturing Reduces Rework

The Hidden Cost of Manual Setup Rework eats into fabrication shop revenue, with inconsistent part positioning being a ...

Welding automation planning guide for 2026: Complete decision framework

Executive summary Planning welding automation for 2026 requires evaluating three critical areas: your current capacity ...

How to Scale Data Center Work Without Scaling Quality Problems

You landed a data center contract for 800 server rack assemblies. Your lead welder dialed in the program. First 50 units ...

Why Data Center Fabricators are Turning to Collaborative Robots

Walk into a fabrication shop today and you might see something that would've seemed impossible five years ago: a welder ...

Your Best Welders Are Maxing Out: The Data Center Capacity Problem

Your shop landed its biggest data center contract yet—1,500 server rack assemblies, 12-week delivery, premium rate. Your ...

Why Data Center Growth Is Driving a New Era of Metal Fabrication

Or: How Small Fab Shops Are Landing $500K Contracts They Couldn't Touch a Year Ago If you've been turning down work because ...

Your First 7 Questions About Welding & Cutting Cobots — Answered

Thinking about adding a welding or cutting cobot to your shop? You’re not alone. Collaborative robots (cobots) are one of ...

Small Fabrication Shops: Cut Equipment Costs with Bonus Depreciation

Your Guide to Metalworking Automation Tax Incentives Introduction The "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" (OBBBA) has created an ...

Simplify Multipass Welding Programming with Beacon Multipass

Why Multipass Welding Programming Has Remained a Challenge “Show me how it actually works.” This is the first reaction from ...

Data: Your Success Story Toolkit

You've deployed your first cobot. It's working. Your welders are impressed. Parts are flowing. Quality is up. But now comes ...

Cobots vs. Traditional Automation — What’s the ROI Difference?

Not all welding automation is created equal. Traditional robotic welding systems have been around for decades—but they’re ...

Automation in a Volatile Market: Why Resilience Is the New ROI

Inflation, labor shortages, geopolitical risk — welcome to manufacturing in 2025. The question isn't whether you should ...

Beyond Labor Savings — 7 Hidden ROI Drivers of Cobots

Most fabricators considering welding & plasma cutting automation start with one question: How much will we save on labor?

How to Build Stability in an Unpredictable Market

How forward-thinking shops are using cobots to adapt, thrive, and future-proof their operations For many metal fabrication ...

Reshoring Manufacturing: Why Automation is the Catalyst for a Stronger, Smarter Future

The global landscape is shifting. From supply chain disruptions to rising geopolitical tensions, manufacturers are ...

Hirebotics Announces New VP of Sales to Expand Cobot Sales

Bret Engel brings extensive welding, fabrication, and automation experience

Beacon Pro vs. Beacon Basic: Should You Upgrade Your Cobot Software?

Imagine having a tool that makes your cobot as easy to use as your smartphone. That’s exactly what the right software can do ...

Hirebotics, Universal Robots OEM of the year, at IMTS 2024

August 15th, 2024 | FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE