Steel Cage Welding Machine
High-Efficiency Automated Cage Production: Fully automatic CNC control enables fast, continuous welding with 3–4× manual productivity while reducing labor and material consumption.
Stable Resistance Welding Quality: DC resistance welding delivers uniform, high-strength joints with ≤5% strength loss, ensuring reliable cage performance and minimal spatter.
Flexible Multi-Specification Capability: Compatible with square and round pipe piles and multiple bar sizes, supporting precise preset pitch and length for diverse production needs.
Machine Overview
The Pipe Pile Rebar Cage Welding Machine is a fully automated production system designed for manufacturing high-strength reinforcement cages used in concrete pipe piles. It delivers rapid forming speeds while maintaining minimal welding strength loss, supported by a structurally optimized mechanical design that simplifies maintenance. Integrated variable-frequency control and an intelligent human-machine interface ensure stable, continuous high-speed operation and consistently reliable cage quality.
Power System Options
Medium-frequency configuration
This version employs medium-frequency inverter technology to reduce energy consumption by over 30% while providing steady welding current and uniform weld integrity. It is especially suitable for precision manufacturing and high-volume pipe pile production environments.
Power-frequency configuration
Using a traditional industrial transformer, this configuration offers proven reliability, simple servicing, and stable operation. It provides a cost-effective solution for small to medium production facilities requiring dependable performance.
Key Advantages
The system is capable of producing both square and round pipe pile cages, allowing manufacturers to switch production types without additional equipment investment.
Its advanced DC resistance welding technology ensures fast heat response, clean weld formation without spatter, and welding strength retention above 95%, outperforming conventional welding methods.
Fully automated CNC control integrates PLC programming and variable-frequency regulation to precisely manage spiral pitch and cage length with minimal deviation.
High production efficiency significantly reduces labor input and material waste. Welding speeds can reach 3000 mm/min — three to four times faster than manual fabrication — while eliminating spiral overlap to save approximately 1.5% of raw materials. The system operates effectively with a small crew.
Engineered for durability and operator convenience, the machine features intelligent fault detection, touchscreen control, simplified training requirements, and reliable 24-hour continuous operation capability.
Its adaptable design supports a wide range of rebar diameters, accommodating various longitudinal and ring bar specifications for diverse pipe pile applications.
Typical Applications
This machine is ideal for pipe pile manufacturers seeking standardized reinforcement cage production for both square and round precast piles.
It is widely used in infrastructure precast plants producing cages for bridges, railways, highways, ports, and marine foundations.
The equipment supports foundation pile fabrication in residential, commercial, and industrial construction projects.
Municipal engineering applications include roadworks, underground utility systems, and wastewater infrastructure.
Professional piling contractors benefit from near-site prefabrication efficiency.
Hydraulic engineering projects — such as reservoirs, embankments, and river management systems — also rely on this equipment for reinforced cage manufacturing.
Overall, the system delivers an efficient, standardized production solution tailored to modern infrastructure prefabrication demands.
Machine Structure
The Pipe Pile Rebar Cage Welding Machine consists of a coordinated assembly including the head unit, tail frame, carriage mechanism, steel bar support platform, and electrical control cabinet. Together, these components enable precise automated cage fabrication with stable operational performance.
| Component | Description | Notes |
Steel bar support table | Holds steel bars | Fabricated locally |
Welding drum | Mounts copper rings of equal diameter | Must be insulated from frame |
Welding mechanism | Press-welds spiral bars onto main bars | — |
Wire feeder | Feeds spiral reinforcement | Avoid overloading feeder reel |
Machine base | Structural mounting frame | Must remain insulated from tail frame |
Carriage | Pulls and advances main bars | — |
Tail frame | Guide rail support for carriage | — |
Technical Parameters
| Item | Specification |
Cage diameter | Ø300 / Ø400 / Ø500 / Ø600 mm |
Cage length | 7–15 m (extendable to 45 m) |
Number of longitudinal bars | 6, 7, 10, or customized |
Longitudinal bar diameter | Ø7.1 / Ø9.0 / Ø10.7 mm |
Spiral bar diameter | Ø4–Ø6 mm |
Spiral pitch | 0–100 mm |
Traction speed | Max 7500 mm/min |
Drive power | 8.4 kW |
Welding power | 300 kVA |
Main rotation speed | 0–80 rpm |
Welding method | Resistance welding |
Control mode | Automatic |
Welding material | Steel with carbon content <0.20% |
Strength loss at weld | ≤5% |
Weld tensile/shear strength | ≥200 kg |
Transformer cooling | Air/self cooling |
Power supply | 380V ±5%, 50 Hz |
Ambient temperature | −5°C to +35°C |
Relative humidity | <85% |
Machine weight | ≈5 tons |



