The challenge
What needed to change.
A complex pilot plant had to be dismantled, moved internationally and returned to productive use while maintaining process integrity and project control throughout.
Turnkey automation · Food, beverage & packaging
Pilot-plant relocation
An international pilot-plant relocation covering mechanical, electrical, controls, logistics and recommissioning.
ClientGlobal food manufacturerSectorFood, beverage & packagingPrimary disciplineTurnkey automation
Adbro’s approach
How the solution was engineered.
Adbro managed the work as one coordinated programme, covering disconnection, documentation, transport, rebuild, controls and commissioning.
The outcome
What the project delivered.
The pilot facility was successfully recommissioned with a clearer, more maintainable engineering baseline for future work.
Technical delivery
Inside the engineered solution.
The detail below shows how the main equipment, software and interfaces were brought together—not just what the project achieved.
2 countriesorigin and destination sites coordinated1 programmemechanical, electrical, controls and logistics ownership
System scope
- Origin- and destination-site surveys
- Machine inventory and condition audit
- PLC and control-system backups
- Electrical and mechanical disconnection
- Transport preparation and logistics coordination
- Reinstallation, reconnection and recommissioning
- Manual translation and electrical-drawing updates
- Safety improvements to retained machinery
Asset-by-asset planning
Each machine was audited before removal so isolations, interfaces, software, documentation, access requirements and lifting or transport needs could be planned rather than discovered during the move.
Controlled disconnection and transport
Controls were backed up, services were identified, equipment was disconnected and protected, and transport loading was coordinated with the agreed route and installation sequence.
Rebuild and technical baseline
At the destination, equipment was checked for transit damage, reconnected and commissioned. Electrical drawings were amended and operating information was translated from Italian into Dutch.
Safety and production readiness
Existing equipment was reviewed during reinstatement, with guarding and safety improvements incorporated where required before final trials with the plant engineering team.
Verification & handover
Commissioning included mechanical and electrical checks, control-system restoration, individual machine trials, safety checks and joint production proving before sign-off. The move was completed within the agreed programme without reported equipment damage.
Project highlights
Project managementPlant relocationMultidisciplinary engineeringCommissioning
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