Our Facility

The Industrial Arts Institute Complex is a single-story building totaling 47,408 square feet with multiple classrooms within 25,752 square foot of common area and a state-of-the art fully equipped welding laboratory totaling over 26,000 square feet. Students will gain experience operating and practicing on industry standard equipment as well as some of the newest technology in the welding industry.

Instructional Laboratory Equipment

🧱Core Welding Systems
- Welding Stations with welding curtains (46 Total)
  (Lincoln Electric, Miller Electric & ESAB Power Sources)
  - Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW)
  - Gas Tungsten Arc Welding (GTAW)
  - Gas Metal Arc Welding (GMAW)
  - Flux Cored Arc Welding (FCAW
- Fume Extraction Systems
  (Overhead ducted extractions)
- Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) Workstation
- Resistance Welding Workstations
- Semi- Automated and Automated Welding and Cutting Systems
  - Collaborative Robotic Welding Cell (Cobot)
  - Bug-O Systems: Cutting & Welding Mechanization System
  - Air Carbon Arc Gouging Equipment
  - (3) Eye Wash Stations
  - Welding Simulators / Virtual Reality Trng. System (Miller Augmented Arc)

🔧 Cutting & Material Processing
- Overhead Crane System
  (Material Handling & Rigging Support)
- Multiple Oxy‑Fuel Cutting Systems & Line Burners
- Messer Metal Master 3.0;
  5′ x 10′ CNC Cutting System w/ dedicated smoke/dust extraction system
- (2) Manual Plasma Cutting Equipment
- (3) Ironworkers (Punch, Shear, Notch Capabilities)
- Weld Coupon Preparation Tools; (Coupon saws & Beveling equipment)
- Vertical & Horizontal Band Saws
- Metal Shear
- Plate Rollers
- Manual Press Brakes
- Pedestal Grinders, Belt Sanders & Deburring Machines
- (3) Precision Layout Fabrication Tables (Siegmund)

🧪 Testing & Inspection Equipment
Non‑Destructive Testing (NDT) Laboratory
Ultrasonic Testing (UT)
Magnetic Particle Testing (MT)
Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT)
Destructive Testing Equipment
Tensile Testing & Guided Bend Testing Systems