Blaze Welding Cobots

Productive Robotics is a cobot manufacturer with its address at Carpinteria, California, which states its products are designed and built in the USA. Its range includes OB7 cobots for machine tending and the Blaze welding cobots, aimed at job shops and manufacturers.

Blaze learns weld paths by hand-guiding, with weld recipes set on a touch tablet. The line covers Blaze MIG, the dual-station Blaze Duo cell, the long-reach Blaze Max with 7-axis torch positioning, the mobile Blaze Mobile, a rotary table as an eighth axis, and the Blaze Laser Cell built with the Miller OptX laser, announced July 2025.

• Hand-guided teaching: weld paths taught by hand with zero programming.
• Weld recipes: parameters set on a touch tablet.
• 7-axis torch positioning: reaches around fixtures and clamps.
• Blaze Duo: two weld stations with automated doors and live weld video.
• Rotary table: eighth axis synchronized with robot motion.
• Laser cell: Miller OptX laser with optional weld cleaning.

A sheet-metal shop welding enclosures and brackets in repeat batches. A trailer or frame fabricator using Blaze Max for larger weldments. A manufacturer of stainless equipment using the laser cell for low-distortion welds.

Zero-programming teaching shortens setup. The dual-station cell lets operators fixture one job while the robot welds another. The laser cell sits on the shop floor without a separate enclosure. Compatibility with Miller, Lincoln and most other welders protects existing equipment.

Fabrication shops are adopting welding cobots to cope with welder shortages and short production runs, and laser welding is spreading to thin-gauge work. Vietnamese metal-processing SMEs supplying FDI factories face similar quality and labor pressures.

Address: 1035 Cindy Lane, Carpinteria, California, USA. Website cites 600+ shops and manufacturers using OB7 and Blaze cobots. Partnership with Miller for the OptX laser cell. Listed for FABTECH 2026 (21-23 October, Las Vegas).