Planning relocation services. Which company to trust?

The relocation of production lines or machinery is one important form of business development that allows for greater efficiency in many operations. Sometimes business owners decide to relocate machinery to another site due to the need to consolidate production centres and bring about better optimisation of production. The need to reorganise the business into an end-to-end sale, which includes not only the distribution of material technology, but also know-how, may also be an important reason. Regardless of the motives, the need to quickly dismantle and assemble machinery at a new site requires professionals who can handle the dismantling, transportation and restarting of machinery at the destination. This is why machine relocation companies should continually develop their employees, training them in how to carry out relocation services safely, as well as how to operate industrial equipment efficiently.

What should a professional relocation company provide? 

It may seem that the relocation of machinery is nothing more than the transfer of cargo between two points, from site A to site B. However, if this were the case, the relocation service would have to be referred to as simple transportation. Meanwhile, the amount of work involved in relocation is much more extensive and includes such stages as:

• drawing up the schedule, checking the geometry of the machines and preparing the measurement protocol in accordance with the applicable standards;
• mechanical and electrical dismantling of machinery to a form that allows it to be transported safely (optional dismantling and handing over of redundant parts of the production line for scrapping);
• loading and transport to the new facility;
• unloading and setting up the machines at the target site;
• making electrical, pneumatic and hydraulic connections while checking the geometry of the machines and completing the final measurement protocol.

Relocation services should be a fully comprehensive solution, allowing the client to focus on other aspects of running the business. In addition, clients should be able to entrust their equipment without worrying about its condition or that any of the steps will be done incorrectly - thus saving not only finances but also time.

If the transport of machinery is not properly planned, the work cannot be carried out with all the necessary safety procedures in place. When we talk about safety in the context of relocation services, it is not only about protecting the equipment itself, but also the health of the posted workers. It is also worth realising that developing a relocation plan is not a task that can be undertaken by everyone. You need to have extremely broad knowledge relating to logistics and machinery technology, as well as a professional background, no less important than the experience and skills of the people involved.

Who can be entrusted with relocation?

If you are planning to relocate your production facility, we invite you to work with Blachmix. We pride ourselves on acting professionally, in a timely manner while maintaining all occupational health and safety rules. We offer relocation services to even the remotest parts of the globe. We take care of completing the documentation necessary for the transfer - including intercontinental - as well as ensuring a high level of cargo security during transport. Importantly, we have our own technical facilities, equipped with machinery dedicated to industrial relocation, including the transport of oversized goods. If required, we are able to prepare the foundations and carry out the installation of machinery at the target site of the new production facility. We operate flexibly in terms of the choice of preferred date, so that the client is able to avoid a situation in which relocation forces, for example, announcing of a technical break in the operation of the company.