Skid building is a modular process skids system that is contained within an exterior frame, enabling the processing system to be transported and used with ease.
Using modular skid systems brings many benefits, resulting in shorter conversion time and minimum intervention to the production system. Let’s take a look at some of the key advantages of implementing modular skid systems.
Administrative Cost Savings
Significant administrative cost savings occur when a modular skid system is put in place. When all things add up – the amount of time administrating projects, placing orders with various suppliers, invoices, and buying new equipment – implementing one modular skid system brings an ‘all-in-one’ package that delivers on its value with ease.
Time Saver
With a modular skid system in place, the workforce can focus their time or the most important thing – creating high-quality products. Other methods such as a stick-built method ultimately requires a construction team to assemble the structure piece by piece, which is both costly and time-consuming. A modular skid system in-built to specific requirements and savings in time by using this process can be monumental to the overall output of the production process.
Quality Control
A modular skid process offers a high level of quality control given that it’s manufactured by one company i.e. the processing system arrives fully built to specific needs, ready for installation. The modular unit fabrication, therefore, is responsible for any errors that may be found and can amend any system errors with ease.
Mobility Made Easy
One of the greatest advantages of using a modular skid system is the easy mobility aspect of the process. The system is designed specifically to be 100% mobile and can be moved around a facility with ease, and even between facilities if needed. A more traditional system such as a stick-built system has to be dismantled in the event of a facility moving location, or simply left behind.
Increase Level of Safety
The less amount of time contractors have to spend on-site decreases the risk and exposure to potential safety incidents. As well as this, implementing a modular skid system removes any assembly activities that would have to be carried out with a traditional system, such as working at heights, welding etc.
Skid systems bring significant advantages to the majority process systems. Shorter timelines, time and money savings, smaller footprint inside the facility, increased mobility and future versatility are just some of the benefits. Skid systems are the systems of the future. They make sense, from both an ergonomic and a functionality standpoint.
At Dunreidy Engineering, we build bespoke ready-to-use modular skid systems at our workshop, manufactured for the Pharmaceutical, Food, Life Sciences and Biotech industries. We have worked on a vast range of skid building projects, with some of the largest companies worldwide. For more about our global client base click here.
For more information on modular skid systems, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with a member of the Dunreidy team today, we would be happy to help!