Heavy Lathe · Milling Machine · 200T Hydraulic Press · Shaping Machine · Surface Grinder
A growing fabrication workshop in Kaduna had outgrown its manual tooling. Customer orders were being turned away — not for lack of skill, but for lack of machine capacity. The client needed a step-change: a fully mechanised production floor capable of precision turning, milling, and heavy metal forming. The complication? Operations could not stop. The workshop had active contracts throughout the transition, and any downtime meant penalties.
The process began with a two-day site survey — assessing the workshop's power supply (415V, 3-phase),
floor load ratings, and workflow layout. Our founding engineer specified five machines from his OEM partner factory: a heavy-duty 3-metre bed lathe, a universal milling machine, a 200-ton hydraulic press,
a mechanical shaping machine, and a surface grinder — each customised to 415V site power and
fitted with local-compatible tooling interfaces.
Installation was phased across four weekends to avoid disrupting weekday production. He
handled foundation prep, anchor bolting, three-phase electrical runs, and
individual test-run sign-off for each machine before moving to the next. All five were live
and in production by week 10.
Within 60 days of final commissioning, the workshop reported a 410% increase in production capacity — not from working longer hours, but from the machines doing in 2 hours what previously took an entire shift. Eight workshop technicians were certified on the new equipment during the handover week, and the client signed a 12-month SLA maintenance contract with him immediately after — a relationship that now continues under TME Africa.
He did not just deliver machines — he delivered a functioning production line. From the first site visit to the final handover, every phase was handled with engineering precision we had not seen from any local integrator before.
— Workshop Manager, Metal Fabrication & Engineering Facility — Kaduna State, 2024
