MACHINE RELOCATION: DISMANTLE, RELOCATE, RESTART

We take on the whole chain and coordinate the transport as well. That is exactly where the problems otherwise arise: when dismantling, haulage and reassembly are spread across three companies, responsibility gets lost at the handover points. With us, one company is accountable for the machine running again at the new site. A conventional removal company stops at the loading ramp – with a production machine, that is where the work really begins.

Through the documentation done during dismantling. We label assemblies, photograph installed positions, mark up cables and lines and assign small parts to their assemblies. That turns reassembly into installation to plan. An extra hour during dismantling regularly saves days at the destination.

That is the rule rather than the exception, and we are set up for it. We bring our own lifting equipment for both ends – mini cranes and spider cranes fit through ordinary doors. Where even that is not enough, we keep dismantling until the assemblies fit through the opening that exists.

Yes, and often within a single weekend. We lift, move across the existing floor – whose load capacity we check beforehand – realign, anchor and recommission. There is no transport route outside, which cuts time and cost considerably.

Yes. Jobs have taken us to Italy, France and Luxembourg, among others. English as the project language goes without saying, as does documentation to the client’s requirements. For projects abroad we allow more lead time, because routes, approvals and regulations need more coordination.

That depends on how far it has to be dismantled, the distance and the accessibility – not on the size of the machine alone. Moving within a plant is often a weekend; a change of site takes anything from days to weeks depending on the plant. After walking both sites you get a sound schedule instead of an estimate.