R Baker and Son moves university machine shop

R Baker and Son All Industrial Services (R Baker and Son) has completed the relocation of a machine shop for a university in New Jersey, US.

The client selected R Baker and Son due to their safety record, expertise and professionalism as well as their ability to economically move the equipment under a tight schedule.

The scope of work consisted of the moving of various machine shop equipment from one building of the campus to another nearby building.

The equipment that needed to be moved consisted of one Sheldon lathe machine, one Do-All machine, two grinders, six file cabinets, one Quincy air compressor and associated air dryer, plus several other miscellaneous items.

To move the majority of the equipment, R Baker and Son utilised a crew of three employees along with pallet jacks and a forklift.

The forklift was a Hyster model with a 5,000lb lifting capacity.

The machinery was carefully rigged and moved to the other building and then set in their specified locations.

The Quincy air compressor provided R Baker and Son with a bit of challenge as it was located in the basement and the compressor was wider than the door openings.

R Baker and Son dismantled the compressor by removing the tank from the rest of the components and then carefully rigged these items out of the basement using skids, cables, rigging equipment and the forklift.

The compressor parts were then brought to the other building and reassembled.

The project was completed in two days without incident or injury.

All equipment was moved to the nearby building without any damage.

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