Frame and truss factories can lose hours each week to inefficient layouts and mismatched machinery – time you can’t afford to lose. With tight deadlines, rising timber costs, and scarce skilled labour, an optimised factory layout and the right machinery aren’t just helpful - they’re essential for keeping your plant running at peak efficiency.
A well-thought-out layout, paired with the right machinery can improve productivity, reduce waste, and give your team a real advantage on every project.
Optimising your Factory Layout
A factory layout shapes how your team works and how material flows through your plant. Getting it right requires careful consideration of several factors. Working with Spida Machinery, we collaborate with you to align layouts with your manufacturing objectives, ensuring your factory runs safely and efficiently.
Key Elements to Consider:
1. Maximising Space
Use the space you have wisely. A proper layout ensures machinery, workstations, and storage areas are positioned to support efficient movement and operations. Consider how staff access different areas, how material moves between stages, and the placement of equipment to make the most of your floor space.
2. Smooth Workflow
A layout should support a logical and uninterrupted production flow. Position machinery and workstations to minimise material handling, avoid unnecessary delays, and prevent bottlenecks. An optimised workflow not only saves time but also improves quality and reduces errors.
3. Efficient Material Handling
Time is money! A smart factory layout considers material handling and considers the most efficient way to move materials throughout the manufacturing process. Tools like purpose-built trolleys, clear pathways, and automation, can help streamline production.
4. Safety First
An efficient factory must also be a safe one. Arrange work areas to limit heavy lifting, reduce fatigue, and minimise injury risks. Safe layouts protect both staff and machinery, keeping your factory running consistently.
5. Planning for the Future
Factory needs change as production grows. When designing a layout, consider potential expansions or new machinery lines. A scalable layout ensures future upgrades can be added with minimal disruption or cost.
Collaborating with You
At Spida Machinery, we take a hands-on approach to factory layout design. Our team works with you to understand your production goals, identify challenges, and design a layout that suits your operations. Every layout is tailored because no two factories are the same.
Our decades of experience in the frame and truss industry mean we can combine insights on workflow, machinery, and installation to deliver practical, effective layouts.
Cullen Ellis, Product Specialist at Spida Machinery, explains:
“At the layout stage, we take pride in taking the time to understand our customers - what their pain points and challenges are, where they have bottlenecks, what they are wanting to achieve with machinery now and in the future. This requirement-gathering stage is a fundamental part of our customer journey and input into our factory layout, allowing us to deliver a tailormade, fit for purpose solution”.
Investing in the Right Machinery for Optimal Results
Choosing machinery that complements your layout is essential. The correct equipment not only enhances efficiency, consistency, and safety but also protects your investment. We begin with a CAD drawing of your plant that we can populate, incorporating existing machinery, and exploring new solutions. This collaborative design process ensures your layout and machinery are fully integrated.
Whether your goals are streamlining processes, boosting output, reducing downtime, or lowering manual handling, the right equipment makes these targets achievable.
Right Machinery, Real Results
Installing machinery within a well-planned layout gives you the opportunity to expand your production capacity and improve your market position. Machines designed for your environment deliver higher output at lower cost, while versatile systems maximise floor space and operator efficiency.
For instance, the Spida Raked Wall Extruder can assemble both standard and raked wall frames on a single line, removing the need for multiple machines, saving floor space while increasing efficiency!
Automation also plays a key role. Modern systems reduce manual labour, improve consistency, and allow staff to focus on value-adding tasks - making your plant more competitive.
Our Approach to Your Factory
At Spida Machinery, the customer journey starts with understanding your goals. We help you choose machinery and design factory layouts that work together to optimise workflow, material movement, safety, and scalability.
When you invest in new equipment, we understand that you want to be confident it delivers results.
Reach out to our team to discover how we can help your factory achieve such benefits!
