Terex Equipment needed to separate their welding and grinding areas from their assembly floor to keep finished products clean and fume-free. Westgate Global installed over 1000ft of Flexiwall partitioning and designed the wall to include fast-action doors, to deliver full segregation, fire compliance, and minimal disruption to operations.
Separating welding and fabrication from finished products in heavy-industry
Terex Equipment Ltd, formerly part of Volvo Group’s Construction Equipment division, had been manufacturing heavy-duty construction machinery at its Glasgow facility since the 1960s. Drawing on over 60 years of engineering expertise, Terex builds durable, high-performance off-road machines trusted by operators worldwide. When Volvo bought the business in 2013, it invested millions of pounds in improving its products and modernising its manufacturing facilities.
As fabrication and assembly operations grew, the welding and grinding processes that are an essential part of the fabrication process were generating significant quantities of metal dust, particulates, and fumes. Without a proper barrier, there was a risk that contaminants would move across the assembly area and onto finished machines.
For a manufacturer with Terex’s standards, this created a risk. Contamination during assembly can affect the performance and longevity of precision components, seals, and surface finishes, and pose a health and safety risk to workers.
Not for the first time, Terex turned to Westgate Global to design and deliver a solution which would segregate the two areas. A Flexiwall installation completed by Westgate Global two decades earlier was still in place and performing reliably, making Westgate Global an obvious choice.
As an integrated solutions provider, Westgate Global took on full responsibility for project management and delivery, giving Terex a single point of contact from specification through to installation. After a full survey and design process, Westgate installed over 1000ft of Flexiwall tensioned fabric partitioning across the facility.
