Custom Tooling & Fixtures
Custom engineered to hold your tolerances, not just your parts.
We design and build custom tooling and fixtures in-house, whether it's for a new system, the robot already on your floor, or another integrator's project.
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Solution
Get tooling that checks all your boxes.
We evaluate your process before we quote, build everything under one roof, and stay on after install. Tooling can be up to 40% of a system's value, and it's often what decides whether a project works. Even other integrators send us theirs.
Weld distortion is predictable. We tool for it up front.
As a weld cools, it pulls the part out of shape. We build tooling that accounts for that movement before the first part runs, like fixtures that pre-bend large steel panels so they weld out flat.
Modular tooling for every part number.
We design platforms that accept interchangeable tooling, so one cell can run a wide range of part numbers without building a new fixture from scratch each time.
Tested before it ships. Supported after.
Every fixture is programmed and run off in our shop before it reaches your floor, and we stay on to adjust or rebuild it as your parts change.
The Arcrite Method
Full turnkey project
from first visit to full
production.
Site visit and feasibility study
We visit your facility, run a time study, and review your parts and tolerances. Including upstream and downstream processes.
Concept and budget
You get a concept and a realistic budget, so you know the size of the investment before engineering starts.
Engineering and build
Our team designs, tools, programs, and builds your system locally in Waterford, Connecticut.
Install and training
We install on-site and train your team on changes upstream, downstream, so nothing comes as a surprise.
Ongoing support
We stay on for troubleshooting, adjustments, and upgrades as your operation grows, from the people who built it.
Built with proven technology.
Selected to fit your parts, your tolerances, your production. Not the other way around.
FAQs
In robotic welding, the terms are often used interchangeably. A fixture is the device that holds and locates one specific part. Tooling is the broader term for everything that holds, clamps, and positions parts in the cell. We design and build both.
A robot repeats the same motion every time, so the part has to be in the same place every time. If it isn't, you get bad welds, or a crash that damages the torch or the robot itself. That's why tooling can be up to 40% of a system's value, and why it often decides whether a project works.
Yes. We build custom tooling and fixtures for our own systems, for robots already running on your floor, and for other integrators' projects. Other integrators send us their tooling work directly.
As a weld cools, it pulls the part out of shape. We design welding fixtures that account for that movement before the first part runs, like fixtures that pre-bend large steel panels so they weld out flat.
Often, yes. We design modular tooling platforms that accept interchangeable fixtures, so one cell can run a wide range of part numbers without building a new fixture from scratch each time.
Yes. We test tooling with programming and runoff in our shop before it reaches your floor, so problems get found before they can stall your production.
No. We look at your parts, tolerances, and production, and tell you honestly what we find. There's no obligation attached.
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