OUR SERVICES
ONSITE FIELD SERVICE
Explore the industrial services of Washington Iron Works. We deliver precision heavy machining, 24/7 onsite field machining, rotary compressor rebuilds, bearing manufacturing, and component reconditioning.
Our Specialized Services
Precision Engineering for Heavy Industry
When a massive industrial asset fails or wears out of tolerance, the logistics of transport can be paralyzing. Dismantling high-tonnage machinery, rigging it out of a facility, and shipping it to a traditional machine shop incurs exorbitant freight expenses and stretches operational downtime from days into weeks. Washington Iron Works eliminates this structural bottleneck by bringing elite industrial machinists and heavy portable machining equipment directly to your job site.
Honesty
Eradicating Logistical Friction and Costly Plant Downtime
In high-stakes industries like power generation, mining, petrochemical refining, marine transport, and heavy manufacturing, downtime isn’t just an inconvenience—it is a direct drain on profitability. When a critical asset experiences structural wear, mechanical breakdown, or out-of-round tolerances, your primary objective is to restore production safely and rapidly.
Our mobile field machining division operates 24/7 as an emergency strike force for industrial mechanical infrastructure. Based out of our expansive Sherman, Texas headquarters, our self-contained mobile rigs deploy nationwide, fully equipped with heavy-duty, portable machine tools. Instead of adapting your asset to fit a stationary machine tool, our field technicians construct temporary rigid mounting fixtures directly onto your damaged components. This allows us to execute precise material removal, boring, and face milling right on your facility floor, structural foundations, or remote job sites. By performing complex mechanical restoration in-place, we achieve exact original equipment manufacturer (OEM) tolerances while completely bypassing the costs, risks, and delays of heavy equipment transport.
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Our Specialized Onsite Machining Capabilities
Our field services division is staffed by veteran machinists who excel under tight deadlines and challenging industrial environments. Our portable equipment is engineered for maximum rigidity, ensuring flawless surface finishes and geometric accuracy in the field.
Over time, pivot points, heavy articulation joints, pin bores, and hinge housings on heavy equipment experience severe ovality and structural wear. Our mobile line boring systems can be mounted in any orientation to restore perfect axial alignment across single or multiple inline bores.
- Common Applications: Re-boring excavator arms, mining draglines, industrial press frames, gearbox housings, and steering linkages.
- Our Process: We weld the worn internal diameters back to a proud dimension and line-bore them back to original precision clearances
Mobile Line Boring & Bore Repair
Scored, out-of-round, or damaged crankshaft journals can paralyze large stationary power engines, compressors, and marine diesels. Removing a crankshaft from the engine block requires a complete, multi-week structural teardown. Our specialized, portable orbital turning machines mount directly around the shaft journal, machining and polishing the crankpin while it remains inside the engine block.
- The Benefit: Restores perfect concentricity and microscopic surface finishes in a fraction of the time of a traditional overhaul.
In-Place Crankpin & Shaft Machining
Leaking high-pressure pipe connections, distorted vessel faces, and un-level structural equipment foundations cause severe sealing and operational failures. Our portable flange facers and linear mills handle large-diameter resurfacing in-place.
- Common Applications: Machining heat exchanger faces, large pump bases, crane pedestals, and high-pressure mating flanges to guarantee a leak-free, perfectly flat seal.
Portable Flange Facing &
Surface Milling
Precision machining is only as accurate as the layout geometry. We utilize advanced industrial laser alignment and optical inspection tools to map out bores, shafts, and foundations before cutting metal, ensuring absolute geometric accuracy across massive spans.
Laser Alignment & Optical Inspection
Integrity
Industries We Keep in Motion
Our field crews are fully safety-certified and experienced in executing complex repairs across a diverse array of demanding industrial sectors
Power Generation & Utilities
In-place machining of steam turbine splits, generator shaft journals, and valve seats.
Marine & Heavy Shipping
Reconditioning main propulsion shaft journals, rudder bores, and large diesel engine blocks on-vessel.
Oil, Gas & Petrochemical
On-site flange facing, exchanger resurfacing, and compressor frame repairs during critical plant turnarounds.
Mining & Aggregate Plants
On-site structural rebuilding and boring for massive rock crushers, kilns, and heavy earthmoving fleets.
Deploy an Emergency
Field Crew to Your Facility
Don’t let shipping logistics stall your production lines. Contact our central dispatch team today to coordinate an immediate mobile crew deployment, request a technical field consultation, or obtain an operational estimate.
