View of MMEC workshops facing northeast, including port facility
MMEC (south view). Yard area (166,000m2), covered workshops (75,500m2).
Jackie's Product storage & staging area (28,000m2)
Outdoor modular construction (20,000m2). Additonal construction area located in the Port.
Raw material handling & storage area (9,000m2).
Main office building (5,000m2) for executives, management, office staff, and resident inspectors.
Worker's dining hall, canteen, dormitory and recreation area. (10,000m2).
Bay 1 - (9,530m2) Prefab, plate processing & rolling, H-beam & built-up production, painting room.
Bay 1 - (9,530m2) Prefabrication, plate processing & rolling, H-beam & built-up production.
Bay 2 - (9,530m2) Plate processing, mechanical fabrication, fitting & welding, painting room.
Bay 3 - (9,530m2) Profile fitting & welding, modular sub-assembly fabrication, shot blasting.
Bay 4 - (9,530m2) Beam & node production, modular sub-assembly construction, piping laydown.
Bay 5 - (9,530m2) Fitting & welding, modular sub-assembly fabrication, modular construction.
Bay 6 - (9,530m2) Modular erection & construction.
Bay 7 - (6,000m2) Large module construction. Heavy/High-lift workshop.
Bay 8 - (1,800m2) Large structure shot-blasting workshop.
Carbon steel piping workshop. (3000m2 / 500,000 Dai-inch)
Stainless steel piping workshop. (3000m2 / 550,000 Dai-inch)
Zhangjiagang Gangxin Heavy Equipment Port on the Yangtze River, 150km NW of Shnaghai Baoshan Port.
The port yard inclues over 100,000m2 of modular construction area.
36-meter-wide approches serve Roll-on/Roll-off, non-containerized cargo and modules.
A wide range of structures are erected in the modular construction area.
The main quay of Gangxin Port is 1,353-meters long and can accommodate vessels with drafts of 12 meters.
PAUs (Pre-Assembled Process Module Units) awaiting delivery in the port yard.
When required by our customers, MMEC provides structural detailing services.
Aveva PDMS piping models multiphase flow in oil and gas networks and pipeline systems.
MMEC engineers model structural connections using Trimble Tekla Structures software.
An operator prepares platform & handrail model before creating grating drawings.
Staff use Navisworks to review architecture, engineering, and construction 3D models.
MMEC uses STAAD Pro, a structural engineering for analyzing and design or various structures.
Tekla Structures is used to detail modular sub-assemblies to be fabricated at MMEC.
AutoCAD creates 2D components, such as end plates, connection plates, gussets, and stiffeners.
SinoCAM is used for nesting and creates NC files for CNC cutting (flame, plasma, laser, water jet).
Drawing standards include AISC, CSA, EN, AU/NZ, JIS, and GOST, with imperial or metric dimensions.
Hexagon Plant Design System (PDS) is used for comprehensive computer-aided design.
Smart Plant 3D (SP3D) is used for plant piping design and leverages rules, relationships, and automation.
Spoolgen creates piping isometric drawings for fabrication and erection from detail engineering designs.
FastNest is used to automatically nest 2D parts for multi-file export for cutting & fabrication.
FastCam software for Plasma, Oxy, Laser & Waterjet is a NC solution for profile nesting and cutting.
Operators use FastPlot NC code editor and simulator to verify machine code before cutting.
QC and customer representatives inspect and validate raw material profiles after receiving.
Carbon steel profiles and plates are sorted and stored before use.
Trucks await unloading and inspection of raw materials arriving from steel mills.
Beam stock, marked with green color to identify steel grade, awaits processing.
Steel plate is marked with Heat Number, plate number, steel grade, and dimensions.
Color marking board identifies marking procedures for materials entering into inventory.
Color-coded plate shows steel grade, project number, heat number, dimensions, and I.D. number.
Structural pipe is marked with heat number, national standard, steel grade and dimension.
CNC plate processing machine in plasma mode
CNC laser cutting, carbon steel and stainless steel
Semi-auto track oxy cutter
Operators use 1:1 NC files for direct CNC input
CNC Angle Master - steel angle processing
CNC plate drill for component drilling
Station operators monitor CNC machine processing
CNC plate punch increases component production, reduces errors
Plate brake for bending profiles
Component hole deburring
Precise CNC part / piece marking
Angle sawing & marking
Components staged by project lots for distribution
Plate rollers create cylindrical shapes and bends
Profile sawing by CNC bandsaws
Accurate beam drilling by Peddinghuas CNC drills
Thousands of tons of drilled beam profiles enter production
CNC bandsaws cut beam profiles to length
Operator double-checks CNC plotting to ensure accuracy
CNC drill receives channel for drilling
Split "T" shapes are prepared for further processing.
Small rolled beams are sawn to length
Profiles are prepared for fabrication
Flange and Web welding preparation
Semi-automatic hydraulic H-Beam assembly machine & tack welding
QC custody marking on web section
Manipulation of manual built-up plate sections
Submerged-arc welding of built-up steel sections
CNC sawing of beam section
Checking tolerance of beam section during rectification
Semi-automatic hydraulic H-Beam rolling/straightening & rectification
Built-up H-beams awaiting further processing
End-milling of beam section to comply with full-contact welding requirements
Workers inspect beams before further processing
Customers inspect large, built-up girder before disassembly for painting
Primer-coated girder sections are checked before top coating
Workers fit and tack-weld components to main assemblies
Gusset plates are fitted to beams before fit-up inspection
Stiffener plates are prepared to fitted into position and tack-welded
The basic tools for accurate fitting
An operator uses a crane to position a stub connector before tack-welding
A QC inspector checks hole locations on a brace gusset before releasing
A team leader checks fitting dimensions of an in-progress assembly
An operator double-checks locations of connections and holes before welding