INSIDE THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS INSTITUTE

The Industrial Arts Institute Complex is a single-story building totaling 47,408 square feet with multiple classrooms within 25,752 square feet of communal area and a state-of-the-art fully equipped welding laboratory totaling over 26,000 square feet.

This instructional laboratory space features 50 welding stations equipped with power sources from Lincoln Electric, Miller Electric, and ESAB. The facilities include various types of welding, such as:

– Oxygen Fuel Welding and Line Burners

– Shielded Metal Arc Welding

– Gas Tungsten Arc Welding with Pulsation

– Gas Metal Arc Welding with Pulsation

– Flux-Cored Arc Welding with Gas Shielding

– Plasma Arc Welding and Cutting

– Submerged Arc Welding

Additional equipment available includes grinding equipment, resistance welding workstations, tensile and guided bend testing equipment, as well as ultrasonic, magnetic particle, and liquid penetrant testing equipment.

The lab also has shears, band saws, press brakes, and automated welding equipment, including a robotic welding system, a mechanized plasma cutting table, and a Torchmate 4400 CNC plasma cutting table.

Students will gain hands-on experience operating and practicing with industry-standard equipment, as well as some of the latest technologies in the welding industry.