Xiris Automation Inc

08/31/2026

August's Weld Video of the Month.
This is a top down view of a weaving GMAW process laying down a bead. This has a good view of the trailing melt pool.

Captured with the XVC-750, Xiris's NIR weld camera that combines 140+ dB HDR with Near-Infrared sensitivity — delivering high-contrast images of the melt pool and surrounding bead.

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08/26/2026

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08/18/2026

That single failed weld, lasting less than 30 seconds to make, can cost a facility an entire day of output, or scrapping an entire $40,000 coil of steel.

Case Study: How Thermal Camera Monitoring Works for Mash Seam Welding:
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New Low Temperature Pyrometer Kit. Download the Datasheet: https://bit.ly/4x1hWgY

08/11/2026

Preheat gets confirmed with a crayon. A welder marks the plate, watches it melt, writes a number on the traveler, and moves on.

That reading was almost certainly correct.

The problem is what happens after it. Temperature drifts during the pass. Interpass climbs as the passes accumulate. And when a weld gets questioned six months later, there's a number in pen and nothing behind it.

The Low Temperature Pyrometer Kit adds preheat and interpass measurement to the XIR-1800. It mounts ahead of the torch, connects straight to the camera, and the readings land in WeldStudio Pro alongside the melt pool and cooling bead data.

One record, from before the arc strikes to after the bead cools.

New add-on for the XIR-1800. Specs in the comments.

08/11/2026

How to Continuously Monitor Preheat and Interpass Temperatures for WPS Compliance

Understand the importance of preheat and interpass temperatures in welding. Learn how right temperatures can prevent issues like hydrogen cracking.

07/28/2026

Orbital and narrow-gap TIG welds happen in some of the tightest spaces on the floor. Which means the arc is often welding where a standard camera can't see it.

July's Weld Video of the Month puts an XVC-310 "Lipstick" camera right in there, riding just ahead of a GTAW torch with a leading view of the joint. The tungsten tip, the melt pool, and the bead stay in clear focus as the torch moves around the part.

At just 17mm across, the Lipstick fits into orbital and narrow-gap setups where a standard weld camera won't, and its 120+ dB HDR keeps the detail sharp against the arc.

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07/20/2026

How Manufacturers Monitor Hidden Defects in High-Speed Mash Seam Welding

A failed mash seam weld can stop a line for hours and scrap a $40,000 coil. See how XIR-1800 thermal monitoring gives operators a pass/fail call in seconds.

06/24/2026

This month, we're taking you inside a closed workcell. It's a composite view of a KUKA robot performing Directed Energy Deposition (DED), captured with three Xiris cameras working together.

When a robotic cell is closed, the operator gives up the one thing that matters most: sight of the process. The build happens out of view, and any problem shows up after the part is finished, not while there's still time to act.

June's Weld Video of the Month is about getting that visibility back. Here's what each feed shows:

→ A CellView camera (top left): the full view of the cell as it runs.

→ An XIR-1800 SWIR thermal camera (lower left): imaging tools reporting real-time temperature points in and around the melt pool.

→ A near-infrared camera (right): a clear view of the melt pool and each deposition layer.

Watch the melt pool and the deposited layer in both the thermal and NIR feeds.
The thermal camera isn't estimating what's happening in the cell. It's measuring it. Add the wide-cell context and the NIR detail, and a sealed, unmonitored process becomes one the operator can actually see and control.

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06/22/2026

Welders evaluating cameras: ask one question first. Can it show the arc AND the weld pool in the same image? If a vendor only shows you retouched photos, that's your answer. Ask for raw footage shot live during a weld.

HDR weld cameras now hit 140+ dB dynamic range, capturing the arc and weld pool in a single frame—where standard cameras saturate at 6–7 dB. See how arc glare reduction enables real-time defect detection in WAAM, robotic welding, and DED.

06/11/2026

At Fabtech Canada, a KUKA robot welded the Toronto skyline in molten metal, and Xiris cameras let you watch every layer form up close.

It was the live debut of arc_cellerate, KUKA's new standardized weld cell. They marked the launch by having it draw rather than just run: the skyline, the KUKA name, the Fabtech logo, built up bead by bead through additive welding.

A locally built cell, sketching a local skyline, in real time.

Mounted to the weld arm: a NIR camera and an XIR-1800 thermal camera, both streaming a close-up of every pass as the layers formed, while a CellView camera overhead tracked the arm moving through the cell.

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