Offloading and positioning
Even small machines that are delivered in one unit require lifting equipment to offload, transport and position them in the pit. Forty-eight-inch roll machines or larger units may have to be positioned in already built or partly completed chambers; therefore, the installation will often require specialist equipment and contractors to lift and manoeuvre the machine in a building area of limited headroom and limited floor access as in the case of lined climatic chambers. It is a project phase that is used as an example in the ‘Project timing chart’ section of Chapter 1, which is recommended reading.