Maintenance and services

Maintenance and services

The competent and experienced team of FAMAK SA offers a full range of design, production, quality control, maintenance and modernisation services for handling, transport and crane machines and equipment.

Maintenance, repairs and modernisation

  • we provide repair and modernisation of equipment in the mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and control and measurement systems,
  • we take care of the maintenance of the equipment according to the recommendations of the technical and operational documentation, minimizing potential downtime of the equipment caused by failure,
  • we plan repairs and set directions for the modernisation of equipment, adapting it to the needs and financial capabilities of our client,
  • we specialise in the maintenance, repair and modernisation of hydraulic systems. We have specialised equipment that enables us to determine the technical condition of these systems. We support the client from the design stage to the system start-up.
  • we perform inspections of devices under the supervision of competent Polish inspection authorities:
  • we prepare equipment for ad-hoc inspections
  • we prepare machine service life reports

The opinions offer

Many years of experience in designing, manufacturing and servicing the equipment, guarantees comprehensive, reliable and professional technical opinions regarding the equipment.

 The opinions offer includes:

  • for equipment steel structures:
    • determination of the degree of paint film degradation
    • welding and screw connections condition evaluation
    • measurement of thickness of steel elements and determination of the degree of corrosion loss
    • measurements of structural geometry
  • for mechanisms:
    • checking the correct operation of mechanisms (drives, moving parts)
    • determination of the degree of wear of drive train components
  • for hydraulic systems:
    • measurements of operational parameters of the hydraulic system:
      • Determining the wear of pumps and motors by measuring pressure and performance,
      • determination of hydraulic oil parameters: purity class, physical and chemical properties of the oil,
      • internal leakage diagnostics.
  • for electrical equipment:
    • assessment of the condition of the electrical installation documented by electrical measurements:
      • electrical wires
      • motors
      • electrical devices
    • checking the correct operation of safety switches and the entire I&C system, including systems based on and on PLCs

 As a result of the inspections and measurements, the client receives:

  • a detailed description of the current condition of the inspected machinery
  • conclusions and recommendations for further operation
  • repair or upgrade proposal
  • repair documentation

Design services

  • general arrangements, 3D modelling, workshop documentation
  • appliances and machines stability calculations
  • design of machines and assemblies of cranes and handling machines
  • red correx, as-built and reconstruction documentation
  • design with commissioning of electrical equipment
  • design of hydraulic drives and central lubrication systems
  • modernization and repair projects for cranes and handling machines
  • inspection services, overhauls, expert opinions, service life, technical opinions of machines
    and appliances

Laboratory

  • Ultrasonic tests of welded joints, metallurgical products
  • Magnetic particle tests
  • Measuring instruments check
    Length and Angle Measuring Instruments: calipers, micrometers, gauges, protractors, knife-edge rules, gauge blocks
  • Measurements of large-size steel elements and structures
  • 3D geometry measurement services with the use of laser tracker
  • Overhauls and repairs of cutting blowpipes, heating torches, annealing torches, CO2 reducers, oxygen and acetylene reducers

Workshop equipment

CHAIN ROTATOR DOR 25t

Rotators are used to rotate large-size structures in the air, they are adapted to be suspended on cranes equipped with hook assemblies.

Technical parameters:

Q (DOR) = 25t
L chain = 15,5 m or acc. to individual needs

Welding

Manual shielded metal arc welding of:

  • S235, S355 steel
  • acid- and heat-resistant materials
  • carbon and alloy steels for machine elements

 

Semi-automatic metal active gas welding of:

  • S235, S355 and NVE36 steel
  • WELDOX420, S420G2+M, S420G2+Q, P460NL1, S690QL steel
  • acid-resistant and heat-resistant stainless steels: Cr-Ni, Cr-Ni-Mo steels

 

Automatic submerged arc welding of:

  • S235, S355 and NVE36 steel
  • S420G2+M, S460N, S460ML, P460NL1 steel


Semi-automatic flux-cored arc welding of S235, S355 steel.



Tungsten inert gas welding of:

  • S235, S355 steel
  • aluminum
  • acid- and heat-resistant steels

 

Hardfacing using

  • manual shielded metal arc welding
  • semi-automatic metal active gas welding
  • semi-automatic flux-cored arc welding.

 

Our welders are qualified in accordance with the PN EN ISO 9606-1 standard that allows technical equipment accepted by the Technical Supervision Office, Transport Technical Supervision or classification societies to be welded.We offer robotic welding for repetitive elements. The maximum values of elements welded by robots are: weight of up to 50 000 kg, length of up to 20 000 mm, width of up to 4 000 mm, height of up to 4 000 mm.

Machining and assembly works

  • assembly
  • tack welding
  • assembly of steel structures

Cutting, bending, stamping, and calibration of sheet metal parts.

The FAMAK Group provides the following services:

  • Gas cutting (manual, semi-automatic, automatic). Cutting thickness of carbon steel, low-alloy steel 3 ÷ 300 mm, cutting diameter of wheels from 100 mm to the sheet format. For automatic gas cutting, we offer cutting of normal and high-quality steel. Working table 3.5 m x 12.5 m x 2.
  • Automatic plasma cutting (working table 3 m x 24 m, cutting thickness of sheets 1 ÷ 25 mm).
  • Bending, stamping, and punching using an eccentric press, press brake (600 t, max. L 8000 mm), horizontal press, sheet rolling machine (max. ø800 mm and L 3200), profile rolling machine.

Shot blasting of steel structures.

Structures are shot blasted in special shot-blasting chambers by SCHLICK.

  • Working chamber dimensions: / B x H x L / 8.0 m x 6.0 m x 25 m.
  • Door opening: / B x H / 6.0 m x 6.0 m, Q=40T
  • Maximum dimensions of the structure to be cleaned: width 5.8 m x height 5 m. x length 44 m.

Thermochemical treatment.

Thermochemical treatment is provided with the use of electric chamber furnaces (dimensions of the working chamber: /B x H x L 1.1 m x 0.7 m x 3.2 m), nitriding furnaces, carbonisation furnaces, universal feeders for induction hardening (gears module 5 to 37 – up to ø4,900 mm, rollers up to ø160 and L 1,900 mm) as well as sorbitisation services.

Cleaning the surface before production.

Before shot blasting the surface is cleaned using a semi-automatic process line, airless shot-blasting machine, and turbine shot-blasting machine. The maximum dimensions of sheets to be cleaned are 7000 mm x 6000 mm x 17,900 mm.

Machining.

Machining is carried out with the use of heavy, medium and light claw lathes, numerically controlled lathes, carousel lathes, bench and plate drilling and milling machines, radial and jig drilling machines, vertical and tool milling machines, shaft, hole and planing grinders.

  •  turning on claw lathes up to ø 1600 and L 6000 mm
  •  machining on a CNC lathe and milling machine up to ø320 and L 1000 mm
  •  machining on a CNC bench drilling and milling machine; working area 2500 mm x 1800 mm x 2000 mm Q = 12 000 kg
  • machining on a CNC plate drilling and milling machine; working area 4800 mm x 9000 mm x 4750 mm
  •  machining on a plate drilling and milling machine; working area 4000 mm x 18000 mm x 5000 mm
  • milling on vertical and horizontal milling machines; working area 1600 mm x 1250 mm x 400 mm Q= 1500 kg
  • cutting on saws: up to ø440 mm and L 12000 mm
  • slotting on a slotting machine: table ø800 mm , max stroke 420 mm
  • shaft grinding: up to ø350 mm and L 1240 mm
  • hole grinding: up to ø160 mm and L 160
  • surface planing grinding: work area 300 mm x 1000 mm x 450 mm
  • milling on a hobbing machine: up to ø800, module 1-14
  • slotting on a Fellows cutter: up to ø500 mm

Painting and drying of steel structures.

Steel structures are painted and dried in special painting and drying booths by ZUGIL.

  • Working chamber dimensions: /B x H x L/ 8.4 m x 7.0 m x 27 m.
  • Door opening: / B x H/ 6.0 m x 6.5 m, Q = 25 T/axis.
  • Maximum dimensions of the structure to be painted: width 5.8 m x height 5.88 m x length 27 m.