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Heavy Machinery Packaging

Production Line
Relocation & Packaging

Moving a production line is not moving machines, it is moving a sequence: dozens of interconnected units, their services and their exact layout, that must come apart in order and go back together in tolerance. The real cost is downtime. BENZ Packaging plans, dismantles, tags, preserves, crates, ships and reinstalls complete production lines, often in phases to keep you producing, certified for export to 100+ countries.

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The Challenge

A Line Is a Sequence, Not a Pile of Machines

The hard part of relocating a production line is not lifting the machines, it is preserving the relationships between them. A line is a choreographed sequence of cells, conveyors, robots, utilities and controls, set out and commissioned over months. Pull it apart without a plan and you lose the layout, the cable and pipe routing, the alignment between cells and the order it runs in; reconnect it wrong and you spend weeks chasing faults. Add the export exposures, corrosion on machined surfaces, shock to robots and electronics, humidity in panels, and a careless move becomes a stalled factory at both ends.

BENZ treats a line move as one managed project, and the priority is downtime. Every unit, cable and pipe is surveyed, photographed and tagged against a master layout; where the business needs to keep producing, the line is moved in phases so some cells keep running while others are dismantled. Each machine is preserved and crated to its own requirement, shipped as one coordinated consignment, then reinstalled to the original layout. Reconnection of the media, power, water, hydraulics and pneumatics, and a controls-led restart bring the line back online in the right sequence, which is what compresses the commissioning delay that a line move really costs.

What a Line Relocation Covers

From the first survey to the recommissioned line, handled as one project.

Layout Survey & Tagging
Every machine, cable, pipe and service surveyed, photographed and tagged against a master layout so the line goes back exactly as it was.
Phased, Sequenced Dismantling
Dismantled in a documented sequence, in phases where needed, so alignment and service routing are protected and production keeps running.
Per-Machine Preservation
Each machine preserved to its own standard: VCI for machined surfaces, desiccant for panels, shock protection for robots and electronics.
Custom Export Crating
Heat-treated, ISPM-15 crates and skids engineered to each unit, from small cells to large transfer machines.
Transport & Logistics
Container and break-bulk loading, lashing and documentation, coordinated as one consignment to keep the line together.
Reinstall & Recommission
Machines positioned to the original layout, media reconnected and a controls-led restart through recommissioning into production.

Line Relocation Project Checklist

What a BENZ project covers from production shutdown to a line producing again.

  • Survey the line; agree shutdown schedule and a phased move plan
  • Tag and photograph every machine, cable, pipe and service against a master layout
  • Disconnect and dismantle in the documented sequence, protecting alignment
  • Preserve each machine with VCI and desiccant appropriate to its surfaces and electronics
  • Crate every unit on heat-treated, ISPM-15 timber engineered to its weight
  • Load, lash and document as one coordinated consignment
  • Reinstall to the original layout and reconnect power, water, hydraulics and pneumatics
  • Run a controls-led restart and recommissioning in the correct sequence

How We Relocate a Production Line

One partner, from the moment the line stops at origin to the moment it produces again at destination.

01

Survey, Plan & Tag

Full survey, a documented dismantling and reinstallation plan with a phased schedule, and tagging of every unit, cable and service.

02

Sequenced Dismantling

Disconnection and dismantling in the planned order, in phases where production must continue, protecting alignment and service routing.

03

Preservation & VCI

Each machine preserved with VCI vapour-phase inhibitor (MIL-PRF-3420H) and desiccant appropriate to its surfaces and electronics.

04

Custom Crating

Every unit crated on heat-treated, ISPM-15-stamped timber engineered to its weight and fragility, with rated lift points.

05

Shipping as One Consignment

Loaded, lashed and documented as a coordinated consignment so the line arrives together and complete.

06

Reinstall & Recommission

Reinstalled to the original layout, media reconnected, and a controls-led restart through alignment and recommissioning into production.

Standards Behind Every Line Move

StandardRelevance to line relocation
ISPM-15Heat-treated, stamped timber clears every crated unit through customs without quarantine.
MIL-STD-2073Methods of preservation and packing: the benchmark applied per machine across the line.
MIL-PRF-3420HVCI performance: protects machined surfaces across every machine in the consignment.
MIL-D-3464EDesiccant performance: keeps control panels and electronics dry across the line.
ISO 9001 & ISO 14001Quality and environmental certification across all BENZ facilities.

Relocating a Production Line? Let Us Plan and Move It

Send the line type, number of units and origin and destination, and our engineers will plan the phased dismantle, preservation, shipping and reinstallation, and arrange a free on-site survey.

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