DeLuxe Building Systems, Inc., a world leading manufacturer of commercial modular buildings operates a 250,000 square foot manufacturing facility located in Berwick, Pennsylvania. Construction of the modular buildings takes place in several stages in large warehouses located on their property. The construction is start-to-finish, where stages include working with raw materials, and assembly of floors, walls, and ceilings. The finished product is a modular living space complete with plumbing hook-up. These finished living spaces are integrated into apartment buildings, student housing, and condominiums.<\/p>\n
Recently the company shifted the construction of modular walls from lumber to steel. This shift required the creation of new production lines at their facility. In one of the new production areas, 6,500-pound bundles of raw steel would be shipped to the facility and then need to be cut on a large ban saw to specific lengths before going into paint production. The owner considered using existing equipment like Combilifts or forklifts to move the steel bundles to the saw, but due to the length of the steel, and the tight spaces around the machinery, using this equipment was unsafe and inefficient. Looking for an effective material handling solution, the general manager did some research online and located the Spanco, Inc. website. On the site, he read about Spanco\u2019s ability to engineer custom overhead lifting solutions. Customization was important to him, and with his 60 years of experience in the modular building industry, he had a clear vision for the production line, and standard approaches simply wouldn\u2019t work. The owner contacted Schuylkill Material Handling, a local Spanco distributor, and asked them to come out and look at their facility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-1561","case_study","type-case_study","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n