Friday, October 24, 2008

You've Got To Move It!


In today's fast changing manufacturing environment, assets are not always in the location best suited to serve your customers.  Rather than mothball equipment in one location and buy new equipment for another, sometimes it makes more sense to utilize existing assets.  This often times involves moving equipment from one plant to another and/or upgrading a paint cell with automation or other improvements.  Thierica takes an approach to equipment relocation beyond that of just a rigging company.    

Our focus is moving the complete process instead of simply the equipment. Our unique engineering resources allow us to start you're production process from robot programming and training to approved painted products out the door. So don't just let any rigger handle your equipment assets let the professionals at Thierica do it and ensure quality production at the other end.

Why Thierica?

  • Experienced crews that specialize in paint systems
  • Common crews are used for disassembly and reassembly
  • Start up and production capabilities
  • Training and launch support included
  • Reduce risk and get production going faster that a traditional move
  • Project management of the complete move so you can relax


We Can Do It!

Thierica Equipment has recently moved several of our paint machines around the globe.  We've moved machines from Hungary to Mexico, Mexico to China, Mexico to Canada, Mexico to the US and more.  Whether it's across town or across the ocean, we can help.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Large Process Piping


Forty-five foot long and three foot diameter pipes are a challenge to paint, but to automate the operation with robotic material application and in line curing is a daunting task. Thierica was not only able to provide a solution that applied the coating in line but cleaned the interior and exterior automatically prior to painting. Our sales and engineering team, lead by Dominic Zerilli, developed the unique concept and fully tested it on our floor prior to shipment to the production facility.

A Motoman robot applies the special protective coating as the part slowly travels through the booth and directly into an Infra Red oven; engineered for the exact amount of time necessary for applying the paint and immediately curing it.  Although this was the largest part Thierica had developed a system for, it was business as usual for the design and build team.