The hot water cylinder manufacturing industry has a very low level of automation, with cylinders being formed in stand-alone machinery and welded by hand. Scott was approached in 2001 by an Australian hot water manufacturing company to develop a system which would assemble the rolled tank, end caps, water sockets and element flanges, and weld these components together, all without any human intervention.

The system Scott developed incorporates five Kuka robots for part handling, five Mig welding stations, three presses, and a range of other handling components. In the process of developing this system, Scott developed a new dome/tank joining geometry which significantly increases the potential lifetime of the cylinder.