What Does A Millwright Do?
A millwright is an expert craftsman who installs, dismantles, maintains, repairs and moves machinery, usually in an industrial setting.
The millwright is responsible for reading complicated schematics, blueprints, drawings, or service manuals to determine proper work procedures for the installation process.
They may also help create preventative maintenance plans for the equipment. They utilize heavy rigging for moving the machinery into place and helping to make sure that it is aligned with the proper specifications.
Before the installation process, the millwright is responsible for setting the benchmarks for specific tolerances to make sure the machine operates optimally.
Throughout the installation process, they adhere to the benchmarks to level and align the equipment and the gearboxes, electric motors, and couplings to ensure the machinery is operating within specified tolerances.
Working within these tolerances improves the final product as it comes off the machine. If the tolerances are maintained to the thousandth of an inch as STEVENS manages, the dimensional tolerances on the final product will be on spec every time.
When Do You Need A Millwright?
It is a common misconception to think that you only need millwright services when you put in a new piece of equipment or need to relocate an existing piece of equipment. A millwright's capabilities can be used for the following situations:
- Setting up a maintenance plan
- Carrying out the maintenance plan.
- Mechanical repair
- Precision leveling and alignment
- Align and test equipment and make any adjustments necessary
- Emergency shutdown events
- Emergency repair
- Parts replacement
- Relocation of the equipment
- Addition to equipment
- Build the foundation for the equipment
To learn more about millwrights, check out our article What Is A Millwright?
How Are STEVENS Millwrights Different?
We know that your company's success depends upon your machines running efficiently. As machines continue to become more complex, you need a millwright that has experience installing equipment, with strong analytical skills and troubleshooting experience that can meet your expectations.
At STEVENS, we work hard to provide the shortest start to finish installation for your equipment.
Our experience and expertise sets us apart from other contractors. We provide our customers with equipment aligned to meet the production demands of some of the most sophisticated industrial machinery.
We've worked with a wide range of equipment suppliers, including:
- Danieli
- Fives
- SMS group
- Kusakabe
- Primetals
- Tenova
We are also experienced at relocating process equipment and helping our customers integrate new equipment into their current production lines or remove and transport entire process lines from one facility to another.
We take pride in responding to a client's needs and performing work in a safe and timely manner to minimize process line shutdown time and maximize maintenance productivity.
We are dedicated to our clients and can help them through the entire process. From designing to the sitework and excavation, foundation work, to the completion of the equipment installation, and beyond, we are always there for our clients.
We are here to help ensure your facility and equipment continues operating efficiently.
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