Machinery Moving Services
Industrial Machinery Moving, Relocation & Installation Nationwide
Silver Lake Industrial Services provides professional industrial machinery moving, relocation, transportation, and installation services for manufacturers throughout the United States.
From a single machine being repositioned within a facility to complete production-line and plant relocations, we coordinate the equipment, personnel, transportation, and logistics required to move heavy industrial machinery safely and efficiently.
One point of contact. From origin to destination and everywhere in between.
Nationwide Industrial Machinery Moving
Silver Lake Industrial Services has been helping manufacturers move heavy industrial machinery since 2001.
Every machinery move presents different challenges. Machine size and weight, center of gravity, facility access, floor conditions, overhead restrictions, production schedules, transportation requirements, and final placement can all determine how a move should be performed.
Our crews plan each project around the specific machinery, facility, and destination.
Whether you're installing a new machine, rearranging an existing production floor, relocating equipment between plants, or moving an entire manufacturing operation, Silver Lake Industrial Services can coordinate the project from initial removal through final placement.
Complete Machinery Moving Services
Silver Lake can manage individual stages of a machinery move or coordinate the entire project.
Internal Plant Moves
Not every machinery move requires a truck.
Silver Lake relocates manufacturing equipment within existing facilities for production changes, equipment replacements, floor-layout modifications, expansions, and process improvements.
Internal moves may involve lifting, jacking, machinery skates, forklifts, hydraulic gantries, controlled positioning, and coordination around existing production equipment.
Machine Removal & Relocation
When existing machinery needs to be removed or transferred to another facility, Silver Lake can coordinate the rigging, removal, loading, transportation, unloading, and placement.
Planning begins before the machine moves so requirements at both the origin and destination can be considered.
New Machinery Installation
Silver Lake provides unloading, rigging, positioning, and installation support for new manufacturing equipment arriving from OEMs, distributors, storage facilities, or other plants.
Our crews work with facility personnel, equipment manufacturers, technicians, electricians, and other trades as required to coordinate final placement and installation.
Plant-to-Plant Machinery Moving
Moving machinery between manufacturing facilities requires coordination at both ends of the project.
Silver Lake Indusgtrial Services can manage equipment removal and loading at the originating facility, transportation between locations, and unloading and positioning at the destination—providing manufacturers with one point of contact throughout the move.
Production Line & Manufacturing Cell Relocation
Production equipment often needs to move as an interconnected system rather than as individual machines.
Silver Lake Industrial Services can coordinate the relocation of machinery, automation, robotics, conveyors, auxiliary equipment, electrical cabinets, material-handling equipment, and other components of manufacturing cells and production lines.
Complete Plant Relocation
For larger projects, Silver Lake Industrial Services can coordinate multi-machine moves and complete manufacturing-facility relocations.
Equipment can be removed, staged, transported, unloaded, and installed according to the sequence required by the destination facility and production schedule.
Industrial Machinery We Move
Silver Lake moves and installs a wide range of heavy manufacturing and production machinery.
Heavy Stamping Presses
Large mechanical and hydraulic stamping presses require careful lift planning, specialized rigging equipment, and controlled handling.
Silver Lake provides press removal, rigging, transportation, relocation, positioning, and installation.
Injection Molding Machines
Injection molding machines present unique challenges because of their size, weight distribution, configuration, and sensitive mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical components.
Silver Lake moves individual molding machines as well as complete molding cells and auxiliary equipment.
CNC Machines & Machine Tools
Precision CNC equipment requires controlled handling throughout removal, transportation, positioning, and installation.
Silver Lake moves vertical and horizontal machining centers, CNC lathes and turning centers, multi-axis equipment, Swiss-style machines, and other precision machine tools.
More Industrial Machinery
Our capabilities extend to production machinery, automation and robotics, conveyors, material-handling systems, packaging and processing machinery, manufacturing cells, and other heavy industrial equipment.
Planning an Industrial Machinery Move
Successful machinery moves begin before the equipment leaves the floor. Silver Lake Industrial Services evaluates the requirements of the machine, facility, transportation route, and destination before determining how the equipment should be moved.
Planning may include:
- Machine dimensions and weight
- Center of gravity and lifting points
- Facility access and load path
- Doorway and aisle clearances
- Overhead restrictions
- Floor conditions and capacity
- Loading and unloading areas
- Rigging equipment requirements
- Transportation requirements
- Destination access
- Final machine location
- Production and project schedules
For complex projects, this planning extends across the entire move so rigging, transportation, and installation work together rather than as disconnected services.
Specialized Machinery Moving & Rigging Equipment
Heavy machinery requires the right equipment for the load and facility. Depending on project requirements, Silver Lake Industrial Services may utilize hydraulic gantry systems, heavy-capacity forklifts, machinery skates and rollers, hydraulic jacks, cribbing, lifting beams, slings, shackles, cranes, and other rated rigging equipment.
Hydraulic Gantries
Hydraulic gantry systems provide controlled lifting for large and heavy machinery, particularly where overhead crane capacity is unavailable or facility conditions require specialized lifting methods.
Heavy-Capacity Forklifts
Industrial forklifts can provide lifting, unloading, transportation, and positioning capabilities when machine configuration and facility conditions permit.
Machinery Skates & Rollers
Machinery skates allow heavy equipment to be moved across suitable facility floors while maintaining controlled movement and minimizing unnecessary lifting.
Hydraulic Jacks & Cribbing
Jacking systems and cribbing can be used to raise, support, lower, and position heavy machinery throughout different stages of a move.
Cranes & Overhead Lifting
Where project conditions require crane lifting, Silver Lake can coordinate appropriate lifting equipment and rigging for loading, unloading, removal, or placement.
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Machinery Transportation & Heavy Hauling
For machinery moving between facilities, transportation is part of the project—not an afterthought.
Silver Lake Industrial Services can coordinate transportation for heavy, oversized, and specialized industrial machinery.
Planning considers machine dimensions, weight, securement requirements, trailer requirements, loading and unloading methods, route restrictions, and destination access.
By coordinating machinery moving, rigging, and transportation, Silver Lake can manage the equipment from the originating facility through final placement at its destination.
Preparing Machinery for Relocation
Equipment may require preparation before it can be safely moved.
Depending on the machine and manufacturer requirements, preparation may include securing moving components, removing or protecting sensitive components, disconnecting auxiliary equipment, draining or securing fluids, separating components for transportation, and documenting equipment configuration before disassembly.
Silver Lake Industrial Services can coordinate with facility maintenance personnel, OEM representatives, technicians, electricians, millwrights, and other contractors involved in preparing equipment for relocation.
Loading, Transportation & Unloading
A successful plant-to-plant move requires coordination between the rigging crews and transportation provider.
Silver Lake Industrial Services plans the loading method around the machinery, available space, trailer configuration, facility access, and equipment being used to control the load.
At the destination, unloading requirements are evaluated before the equipment arrives so the appropriate machinery-moving equipment and personnel are ready.
This coordination helps maintain continuity from origin to destination.
Precision Machinery Placement & Installation
Getting a machine inside the building is only part of the job.
Silver Lake uses controlled machinery-moving methods to position equipment at its designated location while accounting for operational clearances, surrounding equipment, utilities, service access, and installation requirements.
Depending on the project, final placement may involve hydraulic gantries, machinery skates, forklifts, jacking systems, cribbing, or other specialized equipment.
Silver Lake can also coordinate its work with OEM technicians, millwrights, electricians, and other trades involved in final assembly, connection, alignment, calibration, and commissioning.
Minimizing Disruption to Production
Machinery moves often take place in active manufacturing facilities where surrounding operations must continue.
Silver Lake works with customers to plan equipment movement around facility conditions and project schedules. This may include sequencing multiple machines, coordinating access to production areas, staging equipment, and scheduling critical phases of the move around plant operations.
The objective is to complete the machinery move efficiently while minimizing unnecessary disruption to surrounding production.
Safety Throughout the Machinery Move
Moving heavy industrial machinery requires careful planning, appropriate equipment, and controlled execution.
Before movement begins, Silver Lake evaluates the machinery, lifting method, load path, facility conditions, equipment requirements, and personnel involved in the project.
Work areas and movement routes are planned around the equipment and facility, and rigging equipment is selected according to the requirements of the load.
Careful planning helps protect personnel, machinery, surrounding equipment, and facility infrastructure throughout the move.
One Point of Contact From Origin to Destination
Silver Lake Industrial Services was founded in 2001 around a simple idea: make complex industrial projects easier for customers to manage.
Machinery relocation can involve riggers, machinery movers, transportation providers, millwrights, OEM technicians, electricians, facility personnel, and other contractors.
Silver Lake helps coordinate those moving pieces through a single point of contact to manage your project nationwide, from origin to destination and everywhere in between.
That approach allows manufacturers to work with one company across multiple stages of the machinery-moving process.
Why Manufacturers Choose Silver Lake Industrial Services
Manufacturers rely on Silver Lake Industrial Services for machinery-moving projects because we combine experience, specialized equipment, nationwide capabilities, and project coordination.
Silver Lake offers:
- Family-owned industrial experience since 2001
- Nationwide machinery-moving capabilities
- Heavy and precision machinery experience
- Specialized rigging and lifting equipment
- Internal and plant-to-plant moves
- Heavy hauling and transportation coordination
- Production-line and complete plant relocation
- Coordination with OEMs and other trades
- One point of contact throughout the project
Whether you're moving one machine or an entire manufacturing operation, Silver Lake develops a plan around the equipment, facility, schedule, and destination.
Plan Your Machinery Move
Installing new equipment? Rearranging your production floor? Relocating machinery to another facility? Planning a complete plant move?
Silver Lake Industrial Services provides industrial machinery moving, rigging, transportation, relocation, and installation services nationwide.
Tell us about your machinery, origin and destination, facility requirements, and schedule. We'll help determine the equipment and coordination required to move it from its current location to final placement.
