Can your shop run it?
Start with the exact shipping and operating dimensions, including the control, chip conveyor, transformer, coolant equipment, bar feeder, robot, guarding and service clearances. Measure every doorway, turn, overhead restriction and floor transition from the unloading point to the final position. A floor-plan rectangle is not a rigging plan.
Electrical readiness requires more than matching a voltage label. Confirm phase, frequency, full-load current, disconnect and overcurrent requirements, transformer configuration, available fault current and local code with the OEM documentation and a qualified electrician. Review compressed air, coolant, exhaust, drainage, network and environmental requirements with the same discipline.
A coordinated site-readiness review lets the carrier, rigger, electrician, installer and shop owner agree on scope before the delivery window. It reduces avoidable waiting, change orders and unsafe improvisation around a heavy industrial asset.
What to verify
- Measure the complete travel path, not only the final footprint
- Confirm floor loading, anchoring and foundation requirements
- Verify electrical service from OEM documentation and local code
- Plan air, coolant, extraction, network and environmental connections
- Assign responsibility for unload, placement, hookup and commissioning
Questions to carry into the decision
- What are the shipping dimensions, component weights and lift points?
- Can the machine clear every door, turn, slope and overhead obstruction?
- Does the facility have the correct voltage, phase and available capacity?
- Who approves readiness before the truck and rigging crew are dispatched?