Cooker Replacement at Rendering Plant
“Cooking” with No Downtime A&A Machinery Moving, Inc. was contracted to replace a Dupps cooker unit at a Central Pennsylvania rendering plant. The cooker unit, with an assembled weight of 141,000 lbs., was replaced during the off-hours of a second and third shift to avoid downtime and maintain production. Project Scope: Phase 1 – Receive […]
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300 Ton Press Removal & Replacement
Scope of Work: Perform disconnects of old press Remove and dispose old 300 Ton Bliss press Receive and unload new 300 Ton Komatsu press Transfer and place in location new press A&A Machinery’s 30+ years installing, removing, and relocating manufacturing equipment of all sizes and shapes is one of the many reasons the team was […]
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Electrical Contractor Rigging Support – Prefab Building Turn-Key Install
Scope of Work: Provided turn-key rigging package to delivery and install prefabricated communications building Received prefab building directly from the manufacturer for our customer Stored in our warehouse until project schedule permitted Provided test pick of prefab building with a Versa-Lift at our warehouse prior to delivery Arranged over-dimensional permits and transportation for the 10 […]
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Industrial Manufacturing Plant Decommission
From Light to Dark A large North American manufacturer of commercial lighting products closed their 400,000 sq.ft. plant located in Eastern Pennsylvania. Over the years, A&A Machinery Moving had been the long-standing rigging resource, handling much of the machinery and equipment within the plant. Production at the plant ceased in Mid-October 2017, with a real-estate […]
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Remove Two (2) 3,000HP Cooper LSV-12 Engines w/KM-4 Gas Compressors
Scope of Work: Remove and load onto trucks, two (2) 3,000HP Cooper LSV-12 gas engines from gas compressor station in Clendenin, WV. Project Details: Remove two (2) 3,000HP Cooper LSV-12 natural gas engines driving KM-4 gas compressors Dismantle into major components prior to removal Two v-blocks Intermediate crankcase Lower crankcase – heaviest piece @ 45,000# […]
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GE LM2500 Combustion Gas Turbine Rigging
Scope of Work: Rig into place GE LM2500, 25MW combustion turbine generator (CGT) weighing 350,000#. Unit was recommissioned into an existing combined-cycle co-generation configuration that has been in layup. Unit rigged into place inside the building using hydraulic sliders. Inside building it was positioned and lowered onto existing cast-in-place anchors. A 70’ slide path with […]
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Remove Six (6) 1,100HP Cooper Integral Gas Compressors
Scope of Work: Remove six (6) GMVA-8 Cooper integral engines/compressors weighing more than 90,000# each from Cleveland compressor station located in Kanawha Head, WV. Units were rigged and loaded with a jack-and-slide approach utilizing hydraulic sliders and 4-point unified jacking system. Site configuration and PCB contamination created unique challenges. Project Details: Six (6) 1,100HP Cooper […]
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Remove Generator from Solar Taurus 70 CTG for Emergency Repair
Scope of Work: Disconnect and remove 40,500# Kato Synchronous AC Generator from Solar Taurus 70 7.5MW combustion turbine generator for emergency repairs. Unit needed to be rigged from a 2nd floor wall penetration and loaded onto truck. Following generator repairs, rig the unit back into place. Project Details: Remove air intake louvered wall panels Disconnect […]
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Valmet Tissue Machine Dismantle
Scope Of Work: Disconnect, match-mark, dismantle and load a 2.5 meter Valmet Tissue Machine Mod. DCT100 from Lincoln Paper in Lincoln, ME, where it was installed new in 2006. All ancillary and support equipment such as burners, refiners, pumps and tanks were included in the relocation, along with large bore (>2” diameter) piping. Our scope […]
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Relocate 170,000lb. Transformer
Scope Of Work: Relocate a 170,000 lb. used transformer from the ground to a railcar for transport, and subsequent unloading of transformer from railcar at destination site. Crib-supported jack-and-slide system used to load and unload transformer from railcar. Primary equipment consisted of hydraulic jacks, hydraulic slider system and unified structural jacking system. Project Details: Load […]
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Relocation Of College Print Shop Equipment
Scope Of Work: Relocate printing equipment from college print shop from an upper floor to basement area of building. Included in this relocation was a Heidelberg SM52 4-color press that was separated into sections weighing 10,500 lb. and 7,500 lb. respectively. The sections were lowered into the basement through a hatch area. This hatch area […]
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Erect Two Modular Distillation Columns – Gantry Rigging
Scope Of Work: Off-load and erect two (2) fully prefabricated distillation column modules within an actively processing pharmaceutical environment. The project was completed in two phases, seven (7) weeks apart; each phase being one module. Each 58,000lb. module was brought into the building on its side through an enlarged, grade-level temporary wall penetration. The modules […]
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