Pharmaceutical Boiler Install

Trusted Rigging Services for Technical and Logistical Challenges

The A&A Machinery Moving, An MEI Company rigging services team in Morrisville, PA had planned for a pharmaceutical manufacturing project since early 2021 which was centered around a boiler install. In 2024, the project was underway in Landsdale, PA and a boiler was set to arrive in July. Our rigging services team was ready to receive and install the boiler on-site. However, the project was complex and required innovative engineering prior to the arrival of the boiler. The rigging team had to unload the 124,000 lb. boiler outside of the facility gates from an oversized 13-axle truck and trailer, which was 165 feet long and had a certain height clearance. Due to the size of the boiler, it traveled across the country on its side so the team had to roll the boiler to its final position when unloading. To avoid a critical two-crane lift plan, the project management team developed a remarkable set up to perform the pick and roll safely. A four-post gantry system was built in conjunction with (4) Air Hoists to complete the roll. The layout was drafted and measured in place on a rough and skewed asphalt lot and had to be leveled and plumbed.

Complex Job-Site Travel

Once the rigging services crew had the boiler up-right in its final position, the team used an 8-axle Goldhofer SPMT transporter to travel through the jobsite to set the boiler into place in the facility. The gantry setup was broken down and relocated within the building. While traveling through the jobsite, there was very little room to navigate. The team had to plate certain areas of the travel path as there were high-pressure gas lines throughout. This transporter was chosen for ease of placement within the room as it was able to drive directly through the leave-out and into the building. The team needed to crib out in between (3) concrete piers for this to be possible. Once parked above the final location, the team then picked the boiler off the transporter and the SPMT left the site. The boiler was then set into place. The transport was scheduled for both after-hours and the weekend so as not to impact day-to-day operations within the plant.

Rigging Services for the Pharmaceutical and Bio-pharm Industries

MEI Rigging & Crating, as a national provider of rigging, machinery moving, millwrighting, mechanical installation, storage and warehousing, crating and export packaging services has significant experience in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry. Customers come to MEI to install, move, or relocate pharmaceutical processing and manufacturing equipment from single lines through entire plants. MEI is also experienced in modular construction. Our skilled riggers are familiar with working within new and operating pharmaceutical environments, and we have substantial rigging and transport equipment appropriate for the industry.