{"id":"3f24659d-72f8-4116-ae0c-6045cbc8a584","modelId":"36a67ec5-49cf-4a3a-a98d-c900c8a22274","versionId":null,"locationId":"dd7ff418-b732-494a-9019-2ca863e811f6","operatorId":null,"ownerId":null,"slug":"spool-welding-robot-swr-mobile-alabama-us","status":"operational","firstSeen":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","statusChangeReason":null,"contractType":null,"pilotOutcome":null,"endedAt":null,"unitsOnSite":null,"tasksPerformed":null,"shiftStructure":null,"hoursPerDay":null,"siteType":null,"operatorConfirmed":null,"humanSupervisionOnsite":null,"locationPrecisionTier":null,"deploymentScale":null,"siteEnvironment":null,"operatorType":null,"sourceQualityTier":null,"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.facebook.com/GAWestAndCo/posts/were-excited-to-introduce-our-new-novarc-spool-welding-robot-increasing-pipe-wel/817017300434293/","name":"G.A. West & Co.","title":"G.A. West introduces Novarc Spool Welding Robot"}],"notes":"G.A. West & Co. introduced Novarc Spool Welding Robot at their facility in Mobile, Alabama. SWR is a collaborative pipe welding robot designed for pipe fabrication shops. Novarc also partnered with Lincoln Electric as preferred automated pipe welding solution.","keyFacts":[],"reviewNote":null,"exposureHours":null,"deploymentMilesEstimate":null,"exposureBasis":null,"customerSegment":null,"scaleTier":null,"contractValueUsd":null,"contractValueBasis":null,"customerCompanyId":null,"customerExternalName":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-08T22:35:24.188Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-09T04:19:50.261Z","model":{"id":"36a67ec5-49cf-4a3a-a98d-c900c8a22274","companyId":"860dfe3c-d051-4551-9712-fa7834d11753","modelName":"Spool Welding Robot (SWR)","slug":"spool-welding-robot-swr","description":"The Spool Welding Robot (SWR) is a collaborative welding robot designed for pipe and roll welding applications. It works alongside human operators to increase productivity and weld quality, with the ability to recover capital investment within 6-18 months.","formFactor":"other","industryVertical":null,"environment":null,"maturityStage":"production","lifecycleState":"superseded","supersededByModelId":"a46ca4c6-cb6d-460d-b9cc-e1b90b41e501","specs":{},"manufacturerSerial":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","sources":[{"url":"https://www.novarctech.com/products/spool-welding-robot/","title":"Spool Welding Robot (SWR) - Novarc Technologies","sourceName":"Novarc Technologies"}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"manufacturerTermForTeleop":null,"keyFacts":[{"label":"Focus","value":"Full-stack maker of cobots and AI for welding"},{"label":"Robot","value":"Offers an SWR-TIPTIG TIG-welding variant"},{"label":"Technology","value":"SWR is the first of its kind for pipe/spool welding"},{"label":"Scale","value":"Raises productivity 3-5x for carbon steel and up to 12x for stainless steel"},{"label":"CEO","value":"Soroush Karimzadeh"},{"label":"Revenue","value":"~9M (estimated, 2024)"},{"label":"Recognition","value":"Financial Times Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2022-2024"}],"createdAt":"2026-07-04T04:38:15.798Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-11T16:06:12.593Z","unitsInFieldClaimed":null,"unitsInFieldVerified":null,"unitsManufacturedClaimed":null,"unitsManufacturedVerified":null,"unitsAsOf":null,"unitsSource":null,"salesModel":null,"priceUndisclosedSince":null,"autonomyClass":null,"autonomyStatement":null,"autonomyStatementSource":null,"demoForensics":null,"exportControlClass":null,"minCommitment":null,"warrantyTerms":null,"serviceModel":null,"productionRateClaimed":null,"productionRateEvidenced":null,"teleopRatioDisclosed":null,"interventionRateDisclosed":null,"company":{"id":"860dfe3c-d051-4551-9712-fa7834d11753","name":"Novarc Technologies","slug":"novarc-technologies","description":"Novarc Technologies is a Vancouver-based full-stack AI robotics company specializing in automated welding solutions. Its flagship [Spool Welding Robot (SWR)](/models/spool-welding-robot-swr) is the world's first collaborative robot designed for pipe welding, and its NovAI platform brings machine vision and real-time adaptive welding to industrial fabrication. Novarc has deployed SWR systems at shipyards and pipe fabrication facilities across North America.","status":"active","founded":2014,"hq":"Vancouver, Canada","hqLat":49.2608724,"hqLng":-123.113952,"hqGeocodedAt":"2026-08-05T14:41:33.072Z","hqAddress":null,"hqPrecision":null,"website":null,"fundingTotal":"65000000","type":"both","reviewStatus":"reviewed","lifecycleState":"active","supersededByCompanyId":null,"sources":[{"url":"https://www.novarctech.com/products/spool-welding-robot/","title":"Novarc Spool Welding Robot","date_accessed":"2026-06-24"}],"keyFacts":[{"label":"Focus","value":"Full-stack maker of cobots and AI for welding"},{"label":"Robot","value":"Offers an SWR-TIPTIG TIG-welding variant"},{"label":"Technology","value":"SWR is the first of its kind for pipe/spool welding"},{"label":"Scale","value":"Raises productivity 3-5x for carbon steel and up to 12x for stainless steel"},{"label":"CEO","value":"Soroush Karimzadeh"},{"label":"Revenue","value":"~9M (estimated, 2024)"},{"label":"Recognition","value":"Financial Times Americas' Fastest Growing Companies 2022-2024"}],"aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"low","reviewNote":null,"atsProvider":null,"atsSlug":null,"factoryLocations":null,"manufacturingCapacity":null,"orgType":null,"burnSignal":null,"litigationEvents":null,"insurancePostureDisclosed":null,"unitEconomicsDisclosed":null,"tickerSymbol":null,"stockExchange":null,"secCik":null,"revenueUsd":null,"revenueBasis":null,"revenueAsOf":null,"employeeCount":null,"employeeCountBasis":null,"employeeCountAsOf":null,"marketCapUsd":null,"marketCapAsOf":null,"marketCapSource":null,"createdAt":"2026-06-24T09:32:55.864Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-05T14:41:33.074Z"}},"version":null,"location":{"id":"dd7ff418-b732-494a-9019-2ca863e811f6","name":"Mobile, Alabama, USA (G.A. West & Co.)","slug":"mobile-alabama-us","kind":"city","parentLocationId":null,"region":null,"lat":null,"lng":null,"reviewStatus":"reviewed","aliases":[],"collisionRisk":"high","reviewNote":null,"createdAt":"2026-08-08T22:35:23.807Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-09T04:26:19.821Z"},"operator":null,"owner":null,"derived":{"trustTier":"unverified","currentPosture":null},"jsonLd":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Event","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/spool-welding-robot-swr-mobile-alabama-us","url":"https://registry.deploy.report/deployments/spool-welding-robot-swr-mobile-alabama-us","name":"Spool Welding Robot (SWR) at Mobile, Alabama, USA (G.A. West & Co.)","identifier":"3f24659d-72f8-4116-ae0c-6045cbc8a584","startDate":"2025-01-01T00:00:00.000Z","location":{"@type":"Place","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/locations/mobile-alabama-us","name":"Mobile, Alabama, USA (G.A. West & Co.)"},"organizer":{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/companies/novarc-technologies","name":"Novarc Technologies"},"about":{"@type":"Product","@id":"https://registry.deploy.report/models/spool-welding-robot-swr","name":"Spool Welding Robot (SWR)"},"publisher":{"@id":"https://deploy.report/#organization"}},"framework_metadata":{"framework_schema_version":"0.1.0","verification_status":"verified","maturity_stage":"production","lifecycle_state":"superseded","architectural_position":{"cohort":"other","sub_cohorts":[]},"within_cohort_verified_vs_claimed_pair":null,"cap_flags":[],"verification_depth":{"sources_count":1,"primary_source_types":[]}}}