Fabrication

Sharpe Engineering uses its own in-house staff to fabricate items and perform field services where required on a project. While each project has areas of uniqueness, below are several functions that we perform that are often beneficial to a project.

Again, it is important to remember that Sharpe does not represent specific manufacturers of equipment nor do we promote our own lines of equipment. Rather, we work in the best interests of our customer to implement a line/project that best suits the needs of the application. It is also important to understand that we work strictly in food processing and understand the product handling issues as well as the sanitation criteria in the various industries.

Some of the industries that we have worked in include:

Cheese and Dairy Products
Snack Foods
Frozen Foods (Potatoes, etc.)
Vegetable (frozen and cooked)
Poultry products (patties/nuggets)
Bakeries
Sliced meats
Convenience Foods
Wide varieties of specialty food products/packages

Equipment Fabrication

This is fairly straight forward - we design and build things. What makes Sharpe Engineering unique in this area is the way we approach it. In our shop, we work exclusively with stainless steel for fabrication. We do this for contamination and sanitation reasons as well as developing an expertise of working with stainless.

We also understand that there is a wide array of equipment in the marketplace from companies with vast experiences and that all things should not be considered a "customer fabrication" application. Should it be an item that requires "fab shop" resources, we have the engineering resources as well as experienced personnel and a well-equipped shop to complete the work properly. That means on time with quality workmanship and fulfilling the purpose of the application.

We would like to invite you to visit our facility or have us review any fabrication project that you might have. We can complete simple fabrication jobs as well as those that focus around larger projects.

Equipment Modifications

Often in a project is the need to modify existing equipment to fully utilize it in the application. We have deep experience (both engineering and mechanical resources) modifying equipment to achieve this. We will test the equipment at our shop and simulate its production environment as best as possible to make sure its capabilities are known before it enters the plant.

Shop Integration

We have set up customer's production lines at our shop for the purpose of testing and making the final fabrication/mechanical integration work complete before bringing it to your plant. This gives us the opportunity to address many of the field fits that are involved in a project at our shop and also allows the customer to review the line/project before it reaches the plant.

Field Fabrication

As a company that focuses on project work, we understand the requirements of doing fabrication in the field. There are two predominant reasons why field fabrication is required:

1. Items built around "fit" and real world environments
As an example, we have fabricated conveyor supports and transfers inside of a large oven at a bakery. While we able to do some of the fabrication from drawings at our shop, the final elements of the fabrication needed to be done based on the conditions in the field. Often these conditions cannot be known until the unit is down or dismantled.

2. Some fabricated items need to be completed due to space requirements and plant logistics.
An example here is platform systems around large process areas. Much of this is shop fabricated, but aspects of the job require significant on-site fabrication, as these systems could not be physically moved into position in their completed state.

There are other reasons as well. The bottom line is that as a project based company, this is an area that we work in frequently and have the staff, equipment and resources to do properly and efficiently.

Again, We invite you to visit our facility or have us review any fabrication project that you might have. We can complete simple fabrication jobs as well as those that focus around larger projects.