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Industrial OEMs
Contract fabrication for machinery builders: frames, weldments and machined structures to EN 1090 EXC2.
The brief
Machinery builders in crushing and screening, agricultural harvesting, and trailer and vehicle equipment have used this hall for years on repeat frame agreements. Cut, form, weld, machine, blast, paint, measure and pack under one roof, so one supplier owns the tolerance stack. Laser to 20 mm, a 400 t press brake with a 6 m table, two 6-axis welding robots on a 14 m track, horizontal boring to 6,200 × 3,000 × 1,600 mm and 16 tonnes, a blasting chamber rail-linked to a 7.9 m paint booth. Design for manufacture and jig design are part of the service, not an extra.
What you buy
Configurations drawn from the solution families
- Engineering
Conveyor frames and assemblies
Belt, discharge and collecting conveyors, galvanised, assembled, components fitted.
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Machine frames and bases
Welded then machined to final tolerance on the large horizontal borers.
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Chassis, subframes and brackets
Loader chassis, vehicle subframes, mounting structures.
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Welding jigs and fixtures
Designed and built, for our production or yours.
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Compliance and procurement
The document list
| Requirement | What Tanax produces |
|---|---|
| Steel structure execution | EN 1090-1 EXC2, declaration of performance |
| Welding quality system | EN ISO 3834-2, audited |
| Welder qualification | EN ISO 9606 per procedure and position |
| Material traceability | EN 10204 3.1 certificates on request |
| Dimensional verification | 6-axis 3D measuring arm, dimensional report |
| Surface treatment | Sa 2.5 blasting rail-linked to paint, ISO 12944 systems, thickness report per ISO 2808 |
| Quality and environment | ISO 9001, ISO 14001 |
| Capacity commitment | Production area 31,486 m², around 80 staff, frame-agreement scheduling |
Reference deployments
Programmes with a number in them
- 01
Repeat frame agreements
With European machinery OEMs in crushing and screening, agricultural harvesting, and trailer and vehicle equipment: long-running, scheduled, and the reason the hall exists.
- 02
A discharge belt conveyor quoted at both serial and prototype price
Galvanised and assembled with customer-supplied components fitted, for a Swiss carbon-capture technology company.
- 03
14 parts shortlisted for robotic welding
Across two OEM product families, selected on two criteria, parts common to more than one product and parts with intermittent welds, with the first four weldments going to fixture design.
Photographs
From the hall, the yard and the site
Machine frame, welded then machined 
Loader chassis 
Welding jig 
Agricultural OEM part 
Agricultural OEM part, second view 
Conveyor frame, second view 
Conveyor frame, third view 
Racking structure 
Loader chassis, second view 
Machine frame, second view 
Welding jig with a part clamped 
Agricultural OEM part, third view 
Racking structure, detail
Standards
Standards for this sector
- EN 1090-1 EXC2
- EN ISO 3834-2
- EN ISO 9606
- EN 10204 3.1
- ISO 9001
- ISO 14001
- ISO 12944
- EN ISO 8501-1
- ISO 2808
Route to contract
How the contract can be structured
- 01
Frame agreement
Scheduled repeat volumes against a jig we build and own for you.
- 02
Prototype then serial
We price both. Prototype carries the jigs and the programming; serial does not.
- 03
Overflow capacity
Your own hall is full. Ours is EXC2 and audited. Under NDA.
Lead times
Sector-specific lead times
| Item | Lead time |
|---|---|
| Quotation from a complete pack | 5-10 working days |
| Prototype or first article | 8-12 weeks |
| Repeat batch on an existing jig | 4-8 weeks |
| Frame agreement | to schedule |
FAQ
Questions procurement asks
Do you sign NDAs?
Yes, mutual, before drawings move. Standard practice here.
Can you machine after welding?
Yes. That is the point of having horizontal borers up to 6,200 × 3,000 × 1,600 mm and 16 tonnes next to the welding bays.
Will you build the jigs?
Yes, including jigs you take away and use in your own plant.
Can you galvanise?
Hot-dip through a co-operating plant, coordinated by us as part of the job.
What is your minimum batch?
One for a prototype. We will show you the serial price at the same time.
How do you decide what goes on the robot?
Parts common to more than one of your products, and parts with intermittent welds. Everything else stays manual.
Send us the specification. A drawing, a tender annex, or three sentences.
You will get a written review of it inside a week, whether or not you buy anything.
Where to go next
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