MECHANICAL & STRUCTURAL SKIDS

Designing Equipment Into Buildable Skids.

Skids, frames and supports I've designed for compressor packages, fuel systems, PSA equipment and auxiliaries. The job is fitting equipment, piping, instruments and access onto a frame that can actually be fabricated.

Pump skidsEquipment supportsTank skidsInstrument skidsFuel skids

Skid Types

Pump Skids

Equipment arrangement and support integration for pump-based mechanical systems.

Equipment Support Skids

Structural arrangements for packaged equipment, auxiliaries and associated piping.

Tank Skids

Tank and auxiliary equipment integration into transportable or packaged structures.

Instrument Skids

Support and arrangement of instrument panels, junction boxes and associated mechanical interfaces.

Fuel Skids

Mechanical frames and equipment integration for mobile and portable fuel systems.

Platforms & Frames

Access platforms, structural frames and equipment supports, laid out to suit each package.

Worked example: 10,000 L diesel dispensing skid

My own GA for a skid-mounted diesel dispensing unit (F-02). It is an RFQ design, completed and awaiting PO, not a built unit. Explore the drawing to see how the tank, nozzles, access and dispensers are arranged on one frame.

General arrangement drawing of a 10,000 litre skid-mounted diesel dispensing unit: elevation, end view, plan, isometric view and nozzle schedule — **10,000 L skid-mounted diesel dispensing unit · GA**RFQ design by me in SolidWorks, rev 00. Drawing number, checker and approver removed. Tap a + for the note, or the drawing to enlarge.

See F-02 with the other fuel RFQ designs →

What I Integrate

DESIGNED: 3D structural and mechanical arrangements around equipment, piping and package interfaces.

PERFORMED: Equipment positioning, support arrangement, access considerations and interface definition within the overall package.

REVIEWED: Detailed manufacturing drawings produced by team members where the project required delegated drafting.

EquipmentPumps · compressors · auxiliaries

InterfacesPiping · instruments · panels

StructureFrames · supports · platforms

Outputs3D models · GA · fabrication drawings

Package Integration Workflow

Equipment→Envelope→Arrangement→Supports→Piping→Instrumentation→Access→Drawings→Manufacturing

Engineering Focus

3D Coordination

I use the 3D model as the one reference for equipment, piping, supports and interfaces.

Load Awareness

I take equipment weight, piping/interface loads and the project's support requirements into account as the package develops.

Manufacturing

I turn package arrangements into GA and fabrication drawings and answer production queries.

Project Interfaces

I coordinate mechanical requirements with procurement, instrumentation, production, customers and vendors.

Portfolio Note

Customer drawings and structural calculations are confidential, so this page describes the skid work as a category instead of showing them. The worked example above is my own RFQ design, shown with its drawing number removed.

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