Millwright contractor
Industrial millwright services.
A millwright company with its crews on its own payroll. We install machinery: setting, erection and assembly, precision leveling and alignment, anchoring and grouting, conveyor installation and production line installation. The crew that sets the machine is the crew that gets it running, and we have never missed a startup in 25 years.
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Pictured: an Accuwright millwright crew on install day.
What does a millwright do?
A millwright installs industrial machinery: setting it on its foundation, assembling it, leveling and aligning it to the manufacturer’s tolerances, anchoring it, and connecting it to the production line around it. Getting the machine into position is the start of the job. The job is finished when the machine is ready to make parts.
- Setting, erection and assembly. The machine is lowered into position in small, controlled increments. Machines that ship in pieces are erected and assembled to the OEM manual by millwrights who have built that machine before, following its torque specs, match marks and assembly sequence. The manual is what the warranty is based on.
- Precision leveling and alignment. Level, square, plumb and aligned to the tolerances in the manual, measured with precision instruments. Good alignment is the difference between a machine that runs for years and one that wears out spindles, bearings and couplings early.
- Anchoring and grouting. Anchor bolts set to the foundation plan, base and sole plates grouted, torque verified. This holds the alignment in place through years of production.
- Conveyor installation and line integration. Conveyors, guarding, auxiliaries and material flow installed and connected so the machine works as part of the line. The same company self-performs the piping and utilities and the industrial electrical behind it.
Precision millwright work: leveling and alignment.
Leveling and alignment are the core of precision millwright work. A machining center that sits a few thousandths out of level wears its ways unevenly, loses geometry and starts producing scrap. A press out of parallel damages its own tooling. A misaligned drive line wears out couplings and bearings early.
Accuwright millwrights level and align to the tolerances in the machine’s manual, and the job is done when the instrument reading is right. Our tools include optical tooling and laser alignment: precision optical levels and theodolites to set horizontal planes over long distances, transits to project vertical lines and 90-degree planes, laser trackers (portable CMMs) for large-scale 3D inspection and aerospace-grade alignment, and master precision levels reading down to 0.0005 inches per foot for leveling machine beds, among others. That standard is why machine builders send us their own installations.
- Machinery leveling to OEM tolerance
- Laser alignment & laser tracker (portable CMM) work
- Optical tooling: levels, theodolites & transits
- Squareness, flatness & parallelism checks
- Alignment verification after grouting & torque
Representative, not exhaustive. Ask about anything that has to hold a tolerance on a plant floor.
Anchor bolts, grout and machine foundations.
Alignment only lasts if the machine is anchored properly. Anchor bolt installation starts from the foundation plan: bolt patterns laid out and set to the print, base and sole plates leveled, and the machine grouted so the load carries from the casting to the concrete. Heavy anchor bolts are brought to specification with torque multipliers, and every anchor is torque-verified. A machine that moves, rocks or settles loses its alignment.
We form and build machine foundations and pits to the plan, set embeds and anchor systems, and grout to the machine builder’s specification.
- Anchor bolt layout & installation
- Machine grouting: base & sole plates
- Foundations & pits formed and built to plan
- Torque verification & documentation
Machinery installation for OEMs.
Accuwright is a certified installer for equipment including ENGEL, LS, Woojin, Arburg, Amada, JSW, Trumpf, Okamoto, MultiCam and Stamtec, among many others. OEMs trust us to install their machines under warranty, so we follow the manual, meet the tolerances and hand the machine over ready for the startup technician.
Injection molding machine installation is a core Accuwright service. We build ENGEL, LS, Woojin, Milacron, Arburg and JSW machines, among others, and in some months our crews build ten of them. CNC machine installation and injection molding machine installation each have their own page. Other equipment that arrives in pieces is covered here.
- Machine erection & assembly
- Production line installation & integration
- Conveyor installation
- Relocation teardown & reinstallation
Representative, not exhaustive.
Plant build and production line installation.
A new plant or a new production line is many machinery installations, done in the right order.
When a factory is built out or a production line goes in, the millwright work sets the schedule: foundations and anchor patterns ready before the machines ship, equipment set and erected in the order the line runs, conveyors and material flow installed between machines, and every station leveled and aligned before the other trades connect to it. Production line installation, assembly line installation and manufacturing equipment installation all follow that sequence.
Because we also self-perform the process piping and utilities and the industrial electrical, the line is handed over as one finished system by one contractor.
- New plant equipment installation
- Production & assembly line installation
- Conveyor installation & material flow
- Foundations & anchor patterns ahead of delivery
The install, planned in 3D before the trucks arrive.
We can build the whole installation as a 3D model in Build_it, our own planning tool. Every piece is modeled from the vendor drawings and packing lists, weighed and set in install order, with headroom and path clearance checked for every pick. Conflicts in the drawings show up as questions before the job starts. The owner, the project manager and the superintendent step through the install from one browser link.
See how Build_it works. Moving an existing line instead? See manufacturing plant relocation.
One millwright contractor from the truck to the startup.
Most installation problems happen at handoffs between contractors: the crew that moved the machine, the crew that set it and the electrician who wired it each work to their own schedule. We avoid those handoffs. Millwrights, riggers, welders, pipefitters and electricians are on Accuwright’s own payroll, and our crews self-perform the core work. The crew that lands the machine is the crew that levels it, aligns it, pipes it and wires it. Accuwright has done this for more than 900 industrial customers, in over 40 US states and internationally, working the Southern Industrial Corridor from South Carolina to Texas and competing coast to coast. One contract and one point of accountability.
Millwright work in pictures.
Tell us about the install.
Send the machine, where it is going and the timeline, plus the OEM manual or photos if you have them. Same-day pricing: a number back the same day, not in three to five business days.
Rather talk it through? Call 877-898-4377 and ask for the planning team.
Millwright work, answered.
What should I look for in a millwright contractor?
Whether the millwrights are the company’s own employees, whether OEMs trust them with warranty installations, and their startup record. Our millwrights are on Accuwright’s own payroll, we are a certified installer for equipment including ENGEL, Amada and Trumpf among many others, and we have never missed a startup in 25 years. Then the safety record procurement will check: EMR 0.72 and zero OSHA recordables in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026 to date.
What is a millwright?
A millwright is a skilled tradesperson who installs, assembles, levels, aligns, anchors and integrates industrial machinery. The name comes from the craftsmen who built mills. The modern trade is precision machinery installation: following the OEM manual, working to thousandths of an inch and handing over a machine that runs. If your plant is getting a new machine, moving one, or has one that never ran right, you need a millwright.
What’s the difference between a millwright and a rigger?
A rigger moves and lifts the machine. A millwright installs it so it runs. Rigging lands the machine on its foundation; millwright work is everything after that: assembly, leveling, precision alignment, anchoring and integration. At Accuwright the riggers and millwrights are the same crew on the same payroll.
What’s the difference between a millwright and an industrial mechanic?
The trades overlap. An industrial mechanic maintains and repairs machinery that is already running. A millwright installs machinery, including erection, leveling, alignment and anchoring, and works to the precision standards installation requires. When a machine is new, moved or rebuilt into a line, millwright work determines how well it runs for years afterward.
Do you install machines under OEM warranty?
Yes. Accuwright is a certified installer for equipment including ENGEL, LS, Woojin, Arburg, Amada, JSW, Trumpf, Okamoto, MultiCam and Stamtec, among many others. Machine builders send their own installations to us.
How precise is “precision alignment”?
As precise as the machine’s manual requires. Leveling and alignment are measured against the OEM’s stated tolerances with optical and laser instruments: master precision levels reading down to 0.0005 inches per foot, optical levels, theodolites and transits, and laser trackers for large-scale 3D work, among others. The job is done when the instrument reading is right. Grouting and anchor torque then hold the result, and we verify it again after both.
Do you do laser alignment?
Yes. Laser trackers, which are portable coordinate measuring machines, handle large-scale 3D inspection and aerospace-grade alignment on machine and line installations. They work alongside optical tooling (levels, theodolites and transits) that sets planes and squareness across a whole production line.
Do you install whole production lines for a new plant?
Yes. Production line installation, assembly line installation and new plant equipment installation follow the same sequence: foundations and anchor patterns first, equipment set in the order the line runs, conveyors and material flow between machines, then leveling and alignment before the piping and electrical connections, which our own trades also perform. We can model the full install in 3D in Build_it before the equipment arrives.
What does millwright work cost?
It depends on the machine, the site and the scope, so we price from your details rather than a rate card. Same-day pricing: give us the details and you get a number back the same day, not in three to five business days. Send the machine, the destination and the timeline through the form above.
Do you install conveyors?
Yes. Conveyor installation and production line installation are core millwright work for us: conveyors set, aligned and connected, guarding and auxiliaries mounted, and material flow connected to the machines it serves. The same crew installs the machine and the line around it.
Can you tear down, move and reinstall a machine?
Yes. That is the core of manufacturing plant relocation and single-machine moves: a documented teardown, the machine wrapped and transported, then reassembled, aligned and started up at the new location by the same crew.
Do you handle the utilities too, or just the machine?
Both. Millwrights, pipefitters and electricians are on one payroll here. Industrial mechanical and process piping covers air, water, hydraulics and process lines, and industrial electrical covers power and controls.
Where do you work?
From two shops in Greenville, Georgia and Fort Worth, Texas, we work the Southern Industrial Corridor from South Carolina to Texas and travel coast to coast. Accuwright millwrights have installed machinery in over 40 US states and internationally, scheduled around your production windows.