Employing a unique construction process, Delta Industrial took on Mother Nature...and won.
We designed and built a foundation
for a Linx machining center for A & G Machine Incorporated, a supplier of
sophisticated high tech parts to the aviation industry.
Located in Auburn, Washington, the
plant where we were tasked to build the foundation was located in an old
riverbed, near potential volcanic activity.
Undaunted, our skilled engineers designed a substructure that could
withstand a natural disaster and prevent any shifting of the machinery.
Another wrinkle we had to overcome
was the machinery on top of our machine foundation produces precision parts with extremely tight tolerances — as
small as ten thousandths of an inch. So, the machine’s foundation needed to be 100% solid
and ultra-stable to maintain the necessary integrity.
Meeting the Challenge for an Ultra-Stable Machine Foundation
To do this right our team had to
strategically reinforce the base with helical pilings. Instead of pouring the
concrete in multiple stages, we used an innovative monolithic pour to construct
the five-foot thick reinforced concrete that made up the machine’s foundation.
Increased Construction Efficiencies = Happy Customer & Leads to More Construction Projects
By doing this we were able to enhance
the construction efficiencies and increase the structural strength of the base.
This project, with conveyor system, was completed in only 14 weeks.
The telltale sign that A & G
Machine and Linx were happy with the results were the additional projects they
then asked us to do. Linx also listed Delta as a preferred supplier of
foundations for their machining centers.
About Us
We’re proud to be recognized as the Midwest’s
leader in machine foundations, press
pits and industrial concrete construction. We do complete construction across
the U.S. from three offices - our headquarters in Chesterfield, Michigan;
Trussville Alabama; and Fort Thomas Kentucky. We’re a family-owned complete
construction company with our own steel fabrication shop founded in 1993,
specializing in machine and press foundations, concrete flat work and steel
fabrication. Our goal is an aesthetic and complete work product – On Time and On Budget.
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