Naperville Inaugural Craft Beer Festival - JULY 20

Set your calendars for July 20th this summer and join American Industrial Werks in supporting the local community and local breweries. Naperville will host it's inaugural craft beer festival with more than 180 different beers from craft breweries all around the country. Come and taste selections from local breweries as well, at this one-day event with food and live music.

American Industrial Werks is proud to have been part of the installation process for several of the breweries attending this event.

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NAPERVILLE TO HOST INAUGURAL CRAFT BEER FESTIVAL ON JULY 20

Brewing System Manufacturers and/or Suppliers

Starting a brewery can be a daunting yet thrilling experience.  With new breweries popping up left and right it’s an exciting time to be in the beer making business.  While this trend has been building for several years, if you've got the ambition, now seems to be a great time to bring your own rich tasting brew to the public for sale. But if you’re one of many dreaming about taking that next step from the Home Brew, there’s much to do in the way of planning.

Before you make any beer for sale, you will have to come up with answers to determine financial risk, how to raise the funds, where you will house the new brewery, what equipment to purchase, how you will get your equipment installed, federal and city registration and permits, your sales and marketing plan… and many other important things like… a killer recipe.

As movers and installers of machinery and equipment, here at American Industrial Werks, aside from taste testing, (we’re not much help in the way of that killer recipe) we can help you get the equipment off the trucks and installed.

We've loaded, offloaded, set, leveled, and anchored all kinds of tanks in our time, small 8’ tanks to 40’ silos. There are lots of options to choose from, so if you’re struggling with what brewing tanks to get and where to get them, here are a few suggestions that may get you on your way.


Pacific Brewery System Tech - Diamond Bar, CA
http://www.pbstbeer.com

Premier Stainless Systems - Escondido, CA
http://www.premierstainless.com/breweries.html

United Industries Group, Inc. - Lake Forest, CA
http://unitedind.com/category/shop-fabricated-welded-tanks

Neal H. Knapp, LLC - Cape Coral, FL
http://nealhknapp.com/Microbrewery-Equipment/Beer-Brewing-Supplies.aspx

Ziemann USA, Inc. - Miami, FL
http://www.ziemann.com/cms/index.php?idcatside=133

Allied Beverage Tanks, Inc. - Chicago, IL
http://www.alliedbeveragetanks.com/brewpubsys.shtml

G & F Manufacturing Co., Inc. - Oak Lawn, IL
http://gandf.rtrk.com

pico-Brewing Systems Inc. - Ypsilanti, MI
http://www.pico-brewing.com

DCI, Inc. - St. Cloud, MN
http://www.dciinc.com/products/food.php#beverage

Minnetonka Brewing & Equipment Company - Minnetonka, MN
http://www.mtka-bec.com/brewing.html

Custom Metalcraft, Inc. - Springfield, MO
http://custom-metalcraft.com/wine-distilling-brewing-equipment-1

Paul Mueller Company - Springfield, MO
http://www.muel.com/productdivisions/processingsystems_equipment/beverage/beer


Specialty Products International - Chapel Hill, NC
http://addabrewpub.com


American Beer Equipment - Lincoln, NE
www.americanbeerequipment.com

Gusmer Enterprises, Inc. - Mountainside, NJ
http://catalog.gusmerenterprises.com/category/brewing

Silver State Stainless - Mound House, NV
http://silverstate.homestead.com

Micropub Systems, LLC - Rochester, NY
http://www.micropub.com

Brew Magic - Toledo, OH
https://brewmagic.com/brewing-systems

AAA Metal Fabrication - Beaverton, OR
http://www.aaametal.com/breweries/index.html

Ager Tank & Equipment - Portland, OR
http://www.agertank.com/industry/brewing

JVNW, Inc. - Canby, OR
http://jvnw.com/Industries/BeerTanks.html

Practical Fusion - Oregon City, OR
http://www.practicalfusion.com

Spokane Industries - Spokane Valley, WA
http://www.spokaneindustries.com/stainless-steel-tanks/wine/index.php

Walker Engineered Products - New Lisbon, WI
http://www.walkerep.com/products/products-by-industries/food-dairy--beverage.aspx

W.M. Sprinkman Corporation - Franksville, WI
http://www.sprinkman.com/industries/craft-brewers/Default.aspx

Quality Tank Solutions - Pewaukee, WI
http://www.qts4u.com

Planning Your Facility Move

Starting off the New Year, 2013, we've seen quite a few facility moves. Whether that is any indication of a trend for this year is unclear.  Although, at least so far, more companies we've seen, seem to be planning and making strategic decisions to combat the economic climate as opposed to the “all hell’s broke loose” decisions they've been forced to make of the last several years.  Our team gets a lot of satisfaction by being part of our customer’s team.  As there’s much more to a plant relocation than pick up the machines and move, we help our clients plan everything from electrical to process piping to HVAC and concrete foundations.

One small facility move that we performed last week consisted of moving three Mazak CNC milling machines in excesses of 15,000 lbs (handled quite nicely with a Versa-Lift 25/35) and several smaller mills, lathes, grinders and related equipment. Moving the larger machines out of the old facility meant dealing with very tight conditions. With only fractions of an inch on either side of the machines, we carefully moved these out the single overhead door.  The new facility was a dream for unloading the equipment.  This client planned for growth and invested more than a year of time to get the move right.  Not everyone has the luxury of a year to plan. Either way American Industrial Werks is at your service.

Spider Crane - Small Job

Yesterday American Industrial Werks did a little job for a company called Forgotten Times, which specializes in fixing old watches.  The project entailed removing a Deckel FP1 machine from the basement of a residential home (the seller) and installing it in the back room of the Forgotten Times store. With the machine weighing in at a mere 1400 lbs, one might think this to be a simple job. However, anyone who has done a job like this, knows that often times moving a machine "in" is far easier than taking it out... down is easy.

To deal with the tight conditions we decided to bring in a Spider Crane for the job. Particular care and attention was given to protect the yard and patio from damage as well as staying clear of the house gutters while lifting the machine from the basement stairway landing.

Once the machine was out of the basement, it was just a matter of a forklift, a few carts and some good old fashion muscle to set the Deckel and all the related parts into the Forgotten Times store.  The machine has a new life and purpose now.  Once used to make parts for custom model train engines, now it will make parts to restore that treasured antique watch handed down from one generation to another.

Many machinery moving and rigging companies deem jobs like this as "too small".  Here at American Industrial Werks, we realize that America is built on small jobs.  We like to help our customers grow today with their small job, so next year or the year after (whatever it takes), we can help them grow to be a bit bigger.

40' Silo Installation

Featured Project: 40' Silo Installation

AIW crews were tasked with unloading two used 40' silos, standing them up and into position, then anchoring, and installing the catwalk between the two units.



http://video214.com/play/G30CLwrooFnQEVARWhW0Tg/s/dark

Two cranes were used to stand up the silos. Gusting winds made this job a challenge, however the silos were still set and anchored in one day.

Because these were used silos the catwalk was cut into multiple pieces for transportation. Steel fabrication was necessary to put the catwalk back together and complete the installation.

Video - New Ferry 280 Installation

American Industrial Werks crews are wrapping up a new installation of a Ferry 280 Rotational Mold Machine. This is a turnkey installation involving planning and drawings for permit acquisition, rigging and mechanical for complete assembly of the machine, all electrical connections, and a concrete foundation for the jib crane. Then we follow through with inspections and start-up with the Ferry company technicians for last minute fine tuning.

Enjoy the video...



http://video214.com/play/KOfjE1zNlfYdj8UZzlf0lQ/s/dark

Video - Tank Jobs

At American Industrial Werk, Inc., working with tanks is a passion. We install chemical tanks, tanks for wineries and breweries, tank farms, you name it. We can bring them in through the roof or through doors with only a fraction of an inch to spare. If you've got an easy tank installation... we like those too.



http://video214.com/play/3z84Am190CVhGHEb1tGu3g/s/dark