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  "card_url": "https://itha.ai/c/arcspecialties.com/card.json",
  "status": "unclaimed",
  "updated_at": "2026-09-01",
  "revision": 1,
  "provenance_url": "https://itha.ai/c/arcspecialties.com/provenance.json",
  "card": {
    "icp": {
      "industries": [
        "Oil & Gas",
        "Defense",
        "Consumer",
        "Research"
      ]
    },
    "itha": "0.1",
    "proof": {
      "memberships": [
        {
          "url": "https://www.automate.org/companies/arc-specialties-inc",
          "name": "Association for Advancing Automation"
        }
      ]
    },
    "company": {
      "hq": {
        "city": "Houston",
        "region": "Texas",
        "country": "US"
      },
      "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/",
      "name": "ARC Specialties",
      "domain": "arcspecialties.com",
      "founded": 1983,
      "same_as": [
        "https://www.linkedin.com/company/arc-specialties"
      ],
      "employees": {
        "min": 60
      },
      "description": "Designs and manufactures custom automated welding, cutting, inspection, and positioning machinery from a single vertically integrated facility in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1983."
    },
    "offerings": [
      {
        "id": "cladding-systems",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/cladding-systems/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Cladding Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Bore cladding systems for pipe, valve, and pressure-vessel bores, in horizontal, vertical, tilt, and rotating-head configurations using GTAW, GMAW, and submerged-arc welding processes.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "welding"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "robotic-systems",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/robotics/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Robotic Systems",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Robotic welding and plasma-cutting cells built around KUKA and Universal Robots arms, including a cobot-assisted welding system and a proprietary 6-axis robot designed and built by ARC Specialties.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "welding",
              "material_removal"
            ],
            "robot_brands": [
              "kuka",
              "universal_robots"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "joining-applications",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/joining/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Joining Applications",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "CNC- and PLC-controlled automated welding systems for bearing, BOP, and structural joining applications, using GTAW, GMAW, and submerged-arc processes with multi-axis manipulators and positioners.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "welding"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "hardfacing",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/hardfacing/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Hardfacing",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "PLC- and CNC-controlled hardbanding and overlay welding systems for drill pipe and tool joints, plus a cobot-assisted welding system for manual welding booths developed with Universal Robots.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "welding"
            ],
            "robot_brands": [
              "universal_robots"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "plasma-cutting",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/plasma-cutting/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Plasma Cutting",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Robotic and manual plasma cutting, gouging, and beveling systems for pipe and structural steel, including a 3D robotic cutting system developed with KUKA and Hypertherm.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "material_removal"
            ],
            "robot_brands": [
              "kuka"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "sand-control",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/sand-control/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Sand Control",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Automated machinery for sand control screen manufacturing: perforated-pipe drilling, deburring, rib cutting, wire-wrap winding, and screen inspection.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "integration_service",
            "applications": [
              "welding",
              "inspection",
              "material_removal"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "inspection",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/inspection/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Inspection",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Automated inspection and measurement systems for pipe and welds, including a line-scan-camera screen inspection system, a pipe measurement system, and a pressure decay tester.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "vision_system",
            "applications": [
              "inspection"
            ],
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      },
      {
        "id": "precision-positioning-equipment",
        "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/product-category/precision-positioning-equipment/",
        "kind": "hardware",
        "name": "Precision Positioning Equipment",
        "role": "manufacturer",
        "pricing": {
          "model": "quote"
        },
        "summary": "Floor-mounted turntables for positioning workpieces during welding and fabrication, offered in load capacities from 10,000 to 80,000 lb.",
        "extensions": {
          "robotics": {
            "category": "motion_control",
            "mounting": [
              "floor"
            ],
            "payload_kg": {
              "max": 36287,
              "min": 4536
            },
            "spec_version": "0.1"
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "engagement": {
      "url": "https://www.arcspecialties.com/contact-us/",
      "email": "info@arcspecialties.com",
      "phone": "(713) 631-7575",
      "methods": [
        "quote_request",
        "consultation"
      ]
    },
    "extensions": {
      "robotics": {
        "roles": [
          "robot_manufacturer",
          "systems_integrator"
        ],
        "service_area": [
          "global"
        ],
        "spec_version": "0.1"
      }
    },
    "updated_at": "2026-09-01"
  }
}