Aurora Spool Welding Station

The Aurora Spool Welding Station is the final step in your robotic pipe shop, automating pipe spool welding, intuitive control, and a fully integrated workflow. To ensure consistent weld quality, the station relies on KRANENDONK’s ZEROGAP bevel joint, created upstream by our automated Apollo Pipe Spool Milling Station. From TIG root to MAG fill, Aurora delivers precision, repeatability, and high output with minimal operator input.

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The Aurora Spool Welding Station is the final step in your robotic pipe shop — automating pipe spool welding, intuitive control, and a fully integrated workflow. To ensure consistent weld quality, the station relies on KRANENDONK’s ZEROGAP bevel joint — created upstream by our automated Apollo Pipe Spool Milling Station. From TIG root to MAG fill, Aurora delivers precision, repeatability, and high output with minimal operator input.

All you need to know

The Aurora Spool Welding Station is built around practical features that make pipe spool welding faster, easier, and more consistent. Aurora is designed for non-bendable spools, fully defined pipe assemblies of straight pipe, elbows, tees, and fittings, designed in the customer’s 3D CAD system. PSWP then imports this CAD/isometric data and generates the welding job (sequences, parameters, and collision-free robot paths). Aurora welds directly on this fixed geometry, ensuring speed, precision, and repeatability on the shop floor.

Manually adjustable pipe support rollers with handwheel height control.

Accurate pipe positioning

Pipes are accurately rotated and aligned using rollers and a manipulator. While the supports can be electrically adjusted in height, operators manually align them to the correct level for each setup.

Operator interacting with ARAC5 via touchscreen interface.

One operator, full control

The user-friendly HMI gives the operator full overview with minimal intervention. Select the job, press start — the system takes care of the rest.

Welding a pipe-to-flange joint with high precision.

TIG + MAG welding in one station

Aurora seamlessly combines TIG root pass and MAG fill welding. Torch switching is automated, with parameters set per weld type, all in a single setup.

Close-up of root pass weld between two pipe segments.

Precise fit-up with ZEROGAP

Upstream ZEROGAP beveling creates clean edges and ideal root openings, ensuring a tight fit between pipe segments. This minimizes gaps and rework, setting the foundation for consistent, high-quality welds.

3D view of piping layout in KRANENDONK's Pipe Spool Work Preparation (PSWP) software.

Integrated with PSWP

The Pipe Spool Work Preparation (PSWP) intelligently segmentized and divide customer’s network of piping in workable 2D pipe spool. Weld joints are automatically recognized with beveling and welding programs automatically created.

A complete system starts with ZEROGAP

All customers choose to expand their Aurora setup with the Apollo Spool Milling Station, adding KRANENDONK’s patented ZEROGAP technology to the workflow. By preparing every pipe end with consistent bevels, it ensures precise fit-up and weld-ready joints, essential for reliable, automated welding.

Fit-up typically takes time and often requires visual or manual inspection before welding can begin. With ZEROGAP, this process step becomes significantly faster and more reliable, allowing you to eliminate the need for additional verification. This upstream innovation reduces rework, maximizes consistency, and accelerates your entire spool fabrication cycle.

For many fabricators, it’s not just an add-on, it’s a productivity multiplier that unlocks the full potential of automated spool welding. This makes it a foundational element of any fully integrated Robotic Pipe Shop.

Two brochures for the welding machine shop.

Download the leaflet

Looking for all the details in one place? Download the Aurora Spool Welding leaflet for a concise overview of specifications and features, perfect for sharing with your team or adding to your project documentation.

Only available in English

Download the leaflet

Two brochures for the welding machine shop.

Looking for all the details in one place? Download the Aurora Spool Welding leaflet for a concise overview of specifications and features—perfect for sharing with your team or adding to your project documentation.

Only available in English

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