Our Solutions

 

Here is just a small sampling of the solutions we have designed for our clients:

 

 

Problem: 

Our client needed a second level of storage over their existing production components storeroom.  The structure for the second level had to be built while they actively accessed the shelving underneath.

 

      Solved!

The Thomas Companies installed this structural mezzanine overhead with the use of rolling gantries which enabled large beams to be moved over the mezzanine structure and lowered into place.  The finished mezzanine afforded an additional 7,500 square feet for more shelving!

 

 

 

 

Problem:

The end users' challenge was to dismantle and dispose of an existing mobile aisle shelving system that had become worn, damaged and dangerous, without extra space for inventory relocation, and without any loss of productivity. 

 

      Solved!

The Thomas Companies executed a real time dismantle, assembly, and inventory relocation process that worked perfectly.  First we laid down short sections of rail track between the existing old track. These tracks carry the carriage and the carriage holds the shelving units. Once we installed the track section we placed a carriage on the rails and built the first row of shelving.  We then rolled the old carriage to the new carriage and simply transferred the inventory. This process was repeated carriage by carriage until the old system wad taken out and a new mobile aisle system was complete.  At all times the inventory was locatable and accessible.

 

 

 

 

Problem:

This well known museum had limited space available to store hundreds of framed art pieces by Berger Sanzin and smaller etchings.

The only available space had a low ceiling and unknown load capacities overhead.  

 

      Solved!

The Thomas Companies designed and engineered a floor-supported overhead support structure that carried the combined load of the art work, the support structure, and the storage screen system.  This screen system holds framed art work on both sides and the work is accessible by pulling the screens out into the center aisle for mounting and dismounting.  The screens hang from bearing rollers that travel in steel tracks. The entire load is distributed through the overhead support structure and then down steel columns to where they should go - the floor.

 

Other hopeful providers had designs that hung from the ceiling or rolled sideways on carriages. Both designs were rejected. The first ceiling supported system put too much load on the ceiling.

 

The second design required that numerous screens be moved sideways in order to get the desired art work.  This design subjected the art work to bumping, swaying and repetitive movement.

 

 

Problem:

This project required relocating a fully assembled pallet retrieval system.

 

      Solved!

The Thomas companies applied our experience with the system and past relocations where we have moved pallet rack, push back rack systems, and even shelving fully assembled.  (This process cuts down on down time and gets the storage system back into service much faster.)  First we secured the rolling bridge crane and then stabilized the lower portion of the bolted rack system.  Next, using standard rolling lift jacks, we lifted the entire structure up off the floor and over the floor anchor bolts.  Moving the system was easy and the placement even easier.  From the time we started to completion was six hours.

 

 

Problem:

Relocate maintenance parts storage from conventional shelving into high density drawer cabinets. 

 

      Solved!

The Thomas Companies offers a specialized service to relocate maintenance parts storage from conventional shelving into high density drawer cabinets. We offer this service on a per SKU (stock keeping unit) basis which makes estimating the project cost easy and the final invoice amount accurate.  We only invoice for the actual quantity of SKU's relocated.

Our basic service includes the relocation on the inventory from the existing shelf , bin or rack into a drawer cabinet compartment.  The move is recorded and its new location reported to the end user to avoid location confusion.

Additional services such as inventory counts, labeling and sortation, shelving dismantling and cabinet installation are available as required.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Problem:

Our client did not want the expense of constructing a traditional 'clean room' in their facility.  Their projected costs for a permanent building inside their production area exceeded their planned expenditure.  In addition the dust and dirt produced to build the building would contaminate their ongoing production.  Another concern was that the clean room had to service a number of production cells in other parts of the plant which would require the different cells to be moved closer, disrupting the flexibility and product flow.

 

      Solved!

The Thomas Companies designed a mobile, plug and play enclosure that would be rolled from workstation to workstation.  This enclosure was equipped with a MAC -10 HEPA FILTER and ESD clear, soft plastic top and sides.  The enclosure is moved to the cell where it is needed, plugged in to the 110 V outlet on the workstation, and within minutes the positive pressure from the MAC-10 envelopes the actual product that needs to be in this environment and not a entire room.

 

 

Problem:

Our Distributor was challenged with economically installing modular in-plant offices (IPO) through the less travelled north central United States. Places like; Ottawa, Grand Forks, Lincoln, North Platte, McCook, Columbus and Omaha, Devils Lake, Bismark, Huron, Winner, and Sioux  Falls.

 

      Solved!

The Thomas Companies LLC handled these logistical problems. Working with the end user, distributor, and IPO manufacturer.  We collectively planned a delivery and installation schedule. This realized the lowest possible cost with multiple IPO units shipped on shared trucks and our installation crew making sweeps from one project to another without the need to remobilize from one job to the next.