WESTARLLC

Dorchester, Wisconsin

Engineering, fabrication, product development, and AI-assisted discovery from Dorchester, Wisconsin.

Westar brings together decades of hands-on manufacturing, robotics, custom equipment, specialty products, and new technical discovery initiatives.

Built on practical
engineering

Westar LLC is a Dorchester, Wisconsin company built on decades of hands-on manufacturing experience. The company's roots are in waterjet cutting, CNC machining, welding, and custom fabrication — the kind of work that produces real parts for real applications.

Westar's manufacturing and robotics work gained national recognition through Team Whyachi, a BattleBots competitor whose machines have been built and rebuilt in the same Wisconsin shop. That competition history reflects the engineering culture across all of Westar's work: build it to hold up under real conditions.

Beyond fabrication, Westar develops specialty products — including the Udder Gun, a patented agricultural tool for dairy parlor preparation — and has launched Grounded Discovery Labs, a newer initiative focused on AI-assisted technical discovery and engineering research.

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Active brands & initiatives
WI
Built in Wisconsin — Dorchester
Mfg.
Waterjet · CNC · Fabrication · Robotics
R&D
AI-assisted discovery via Grounded Discovery Labs
Ag.
Specialty agricultural products — Udder Gun

Our brands

Core capabilities

Waterjet Cutting
Precision cutting of metal, composites, stone, and more
CNC Machining
CNC milling, CNC lathe, tight-tolerance production parts
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Welding & Fabrication
Custom structural and mechanical fabrication in steel and aluminum
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Robotics & Mechanisms
Competition-proven drive systems, gearboxes, and custom mechanisms
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Custom Industrial Equipment
Food processing equipment, specialty machinery, and one-off builds
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Product Development
From concept through prototype to production-ready specialty products
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Technical Discovery
AI-assisted research, engineering audits, and testable concept packages
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Finishes
Surface finishing and coating for fabricated components and assemblies

Practical engineering,
real-world builds,
disciplined discovery

Westar's work spans physical products, fabrication, robotics, and emerging AI-assisted research. The common thread is practical engineering: buildable ideas, testable mechanisms, and clear next steps.

Whether the project is a custom waterjet-cut component, a BattleBots drive system, a dairy parlor tool, or a structured technical review for a hard engineering problem — Westar approaches it the same way: understand the constraints, build to spec, and test against reality.

That discipline, built over decades in a Wisconsin manufacturing shop, is what connects all of Westar's brands and initiatives.

Contact Westar

Company Westar LLC
Address 660 E. 1st Ave · P.O. Box 79
Dorchester, WI 54425
Phone 715-654-5000
Manufacturing inquiries,
product questions,
or general contact

For manufacturing quotes, product orders, technical inquiries, or questions about any Westar brand, email is the best first contact.

Email Westar