Project Details

Image of two-part reusable skid for crating machine

Slide 1: Two-Section Reusable Skid - easily split into two sections and shipped back to the US in 20' container, along with technicians' tools, for additional machines.

Slide 2: Main chamber is padded with softeners before crating to protect mylar barrier bag.

image of chamber being barrier wrapped and crated

Slide 3: Chamber is barrier-wrapped and vacuum packed. Crate is assembled.

Image of shock-absorbing skid for electronics

Slide 4:Shock-absorbing isolation skid is built for sensitive electronic control cabinet.

Slide 5:Finished main chamber crate is 16' x 12' x12', 40,000#. Crate is loaded for drayage to the port.

International Crating Challenge

Machinery Crating for overseas deliveries - Thinking Outside "The Box"

diggins & ROSE was invited to bid on a machinery crating project requiring the crating, packaging and international shipping of a large spin testing chamber. The size and weight of the main champer presented some crating challenges. Additionally we learned that three identical machines were on order and would also need crating and international shipping overseas. An oversized 12' wide standard heavy timber skid could have been utilized, but diggins and ROSE felt there was a better solution.

Crating solution utilizing a two-section reusable skid

diggins & ROSE suggested the idea of fabricating a skid made of steel I-beams with wood nailers and a steel deck that could be split into two 6' wide sections. Once the machine was crated and delivered, the skid could be easily disassembled into two 16' x 6' sections and returned to the US for reuse, along with the technicians' tools, in a 20' container.

Shock-absorbing skid for sensitive electronic controls

A separate isolation skid was built for the sensitive electronic controls (details shown in slide 4) and additional equiment was skidded and barrier-wrapped and vacuum-sealed. Since the customer's facility lacked a dock, we forklifted the units to a tiltbed landoll and used that as a dock for loading these items into a 40' overseas container.

Customer loved our reusable crating concept

Our customer loved the concept and based on this innovative, outside-the-box solution, awarded the contract to diggins & ROSE. At this writing, the special skid is back in the US, ready for the second machine to be crated and shipped.

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