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Modular Panels Create Labs for Hydraulics Specialist


When hydraulic components manufacturer Camcraft needed a fast, affordable way to install offices in its expanded facility, the solution included 3 in. Versa-King units by Porta-King.

Camcraft, based in Hanover Park, IL, manufactures highly engineered components and assemblies on state-of-the-art and emerging technologies. After adding 28,000 sq ft to its facility, the company needed to quickly install four offices in order to meet the following objectives:

  • Performance usage: to promote an optimal working environment for Camcraft employees.

  • Engineering usage: to provide facilities for Camcraft''s manufacturing processes.

  • Quality control labs usage: to create controlled environments in laboratories.

Based on the units'' quality and affordability, Classic Modular Systems, a Naperville, IL-based distributor of modular office and plant environments, recommended Porta-King''s Versa-King system.

How Porta-King Helped

In January and February 2006, Camcraft installed four 3 in. Versa-King units to create the foreman''s office and three quality control labs. This load-bearing model creates a controlled environment for production use, as well as providing shelter for Camcraft''s expensive inspections equipment. One Versa-King unit also encloses the bead blast room -- where glass beads are sprayed onto components -- preventing dust from entering the manufacturing floor.

Thanks to Versa-King''s versatility, Camcraft is able to increase or decrease the units'' sizes according to future needs. Camcraft can easily add, modify, or remove electrical and other wiring as needed. The R-13 insulation rating of the wall panels'' solid polystyrene core also provides an excellent sound barrier between labs, office, and manufacturing floor.

The Results

With the Versa-King units in place, Camcraft now uses three quality control labs for in-process inspections, which occur during the manufacturing process. These special facilities maintain Camcraft''s highly controlled environment. In addition, the Versa-King units facilitate superior plant supervision by providing the foreman with an office on the manufacturing floor.

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