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.
