Machinery installation
Machine installation - best from a single source
Machine installation in the industrial sector is a particular challenge. Comprehensive know-how is essential for machine installation to be quick and efficient. After all, many individual steps such as dismantling, transport, rigging and fine installation inclusive media installation must be planned and coordinated during machine installation. Therefore, a service provider with an extensive range of services is always a reasonable and ultimately profitable investment for machine assembly. As industrial service provider SCHOLPP offers all services that are relevant in connection with machine installation. The range of services extends from planning and consulting to making the system ready for operation. SCHOLPP flexibly accommodates your special requests and operational conditions. With SCHOLPP you have a partner who will take care for the machine assembly completely and, of course, takes responsibility.
Sustainability: Innovative machine installation increases productivity
Industry 4.0 is driven by two trends: digitalization and networking. This offers great opportunities, but also considerable risks. Increasing speed and flexibility mean that all manufacturing companies are faced with the question of how their value chain can remain efficient and competitive in volatile markets. When changes in production are necessary, it is also a good time to think about targeted modernization, automation or relocation of machines.
Installing and automating machines: tapping into new potential for added value
One answer to the question of future sustainability can be increasing the performance of individual machines; another answer is optimizing entire production processes and production lines. All machine assembly services are an integral part of the SCHOLPP service modules, which you select according to your needs. SCHOLPP is both your service provider for individual special tasks and a general contractor. Automation and relocation of machines are both concepts that give different answers to the question of competitiveness.
Equipment - the success factor in machine installation
The industrial service provider SCHOLPP not only offers comprehensive services from a single source and over 65 years of experience, but also the equipment required for machine installation. The SCHOLPP equipment and vehicle fleet, which is unique in Europe in terms of modernity and scope, guarantees the best technology available on the market for every single machine installation. The result of this equipment interacting with our qualified and motivated employees is thoughtfulness, reliability and safety. This means that you can hand over responsibility for your machine installation to SCHOLPP with a clear conscience.
Inside tips
11 tips for your machine installation
For successfully machine installations, good preparation of many details plays a crucial role. SCHOLPP has 11 tips that you should consider before installating machines. This will make your work and ours easier and set the right parameters for a smooth machine installation.
1. Define responsibilities before and during the machine installation
The key to good cooperation during machine installation is that the interfaces and responsibilities are clearly defined. What tasks does SCHOLPP take on? And what tasks do you take care of? We will discuss these aspects and interfaces with you on site so that both sides have clarity about the responsibilities in assembly and transport tasks during the machine installation.
2. Check the transport route and unloading/loading place for the machine installation
Think about how your machine should be installated into or out of your hall well in advance of the machine installation. Where could the machine be brought in and out? Would it be an option to lift the machine through the roof? Also consider the transport route from the unloading point to the assembly area and to the final machine location. Are there edges, inclines or steep gradients that could hinder the machine installation? Door heights, lintel heights, maneuvering areas, building supports, the width of the roads and gates as well as the areas for material, equipment and machines must also be sufficiently dimensioned for the machine parts.
Also important: the load-bearing capacity of the floor coverings (e.g. asphalt or paved) both at the installation site and on the way there. Asphalt floors in particular reduce their load-bearing capacity at higher temperatures. Once all of these aspects have been clarified and checked, we will discuss your considerations, check the feasibility and work with you to develop a concept for the machine move.
3. Record the machine dimensions before the removal begins
Before installating, record the dimensions of your machine as precisely as possible. How heavy is it? How big is it? How is the weight distributed? Are there installation instructions? Are there transport locks? Ideally, you have lifting and transport instructions for your machines. There you will find, for example, the adapting positions for the heavy-duty rollers, the machines center of gravity and the requirements for loading or unloading with a crane or forklift. If you have pictures or layouts of the machine, we would be happy to take a look at them. Based on this information, we can then assess how we should carry out your machine move.
4. Scheduling dismantling and machinery relocation
Good scheduling is everything, because many aspects must be taken into account when timing your machine installation. How much time takes the installation of the machine? How much time do the individual trades need, for example, to create foundations for the machine, coat floors or connect media to the machine? Please bear in mind that SCHOLPP needs several weeks in advance for a machine installation in order to prepare all the work and the service providers.
5. Check the load-bearing capacity of the floor before installing the machinery
The floor at the new location must be able to withstand the load when we install a machine. This applies to the area where the machine will be located in the future, but also to all areas where we place SCHOLPP's cranes and forklifts for the machine installation. The load-bearing capacity is reduced, for example, if there are additional floor or basement ceilings below the surface or if pipe and cable ducts have been laid. The actual material of the floor also plays an important role when installing the machine. In many cases, SCHOLPP will find a technical solution for how to optimize the load-bearing capacity of the floor when installing the machine, e.g. with plates for load distribution, reinforcement or beams to install the load.
6. Keep equipment sites and maneuvering areas free for the machinery installation
A machine installation requires space. Not only for the machine, but also for the machine parts to be installed and all the assembly equipment that will be used during the machinery installation. Have enough space available for tool containers, forklifts, lifting platforms and in-plant cranes. Your SCHOLPP project manager will explain to you exactly which equipment and which dimensions will be used for your machinery installation. We are in the position to calculate the space required for your project.
7. Back up machine data before installing machinery
Your machines have digital control data that is essential for smooth operation. It is best to back up this machine and program data twice before the machine installation (locally and in the cloud if necessary). This way you can ensure that the machinery can be easily assembled and put back into operation at the new location.
8. Switch off the machinery before dismantling
Switch off the machine before dismantling. This means that the machine must no longer be connected to any operating media when we start installating the machine. For example, the machine must be disconnected from the power supply and the liquid operating media must be pumped out. This work is essential in order to be able to dismantle and load a machine at all.
9. Register moving staff
Not only our assembly equipment must be on site ready for operation, but also our staff. If your security precautions require registration of every person for your company premises involved in the machine installing, please ensure that our personnel is registered in good time. This includes, for example, company ID, safety instructions and other access authorizations.
10. Prepare customs procedures
If a machinery is being installed to a non-European country by truck, rail or ship, you should prepare the customs documents in time. This way, the customs clearance abroad can be processed quickly and your machine can arrive at its destination on schedule. Assign a customs agent who is familiar with the destination country.
11. Provide machine-specific lifting equipment
Has your machine already been transported during a move and do you still have machine-specific lifting equipment, transport frames or transport locks from that time to secure the moving parts? Then now is the time to get these out of storage for the machine installation and check them for load-bearing capacity and functionality. Such transport locks ensure that your machines are not damaged during the transportation.