Compressor Station Frames

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A compressor house

A portal-frame building with an overhead crane for maintenance. Span, height and crane capacity follow your design.

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Portal frames

Built-up columns and tapered rafters: plates matched on the beam line and welded by our Cloos robot, which takes the weld lines straight from the 3D model.

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Crane runway

Runway girders and rails on column brackets, straightened and checked to crane tolerances.

How is it possible at Allmarc?

Submerged-arc (SAW) welding lineFull-penetration welds on built-up sections

Used here for: Crane runway

• Full-penetration welds on built-up sections

All our machinery

Hydraulic H-beam straighteningStraightens built-up beams after welding

Used here for: Crane runway

• Straightens built-up beams after welding

All our machinery

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Purlins and girts

Cold-formed sections roll-formed and punched in house.

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Bracing

Rod and angle bracing in the end bays.

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Cladding

Roof and wall sheeting; shown on one side so the frame stays visible.

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Around your machine

The crane and the compressor are supplied by others. The building is sized round them.

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A kit of parts

Frames, girders, purlins, bracing and cladding: every member numbered, match-marked and packed in erection sequence.