A custom conveyor project fails or succeeds long before steel is cut — in the first two weeks, when the inputs are either pinned down or left vague. Here is the sequence that keeps a project on schedule.
Inputs the integrator supplies
Product drawing with weight and underside, plant layout with column and height constraints, required takt and buffer size, the utility and control standard you work to, and the drawing standard you want back. A project with those five inputs starts the same week.
Stage 1 — 3D layout proposal (72 h)
BIFA engineers return a 3D layout with module selection, drive positions and operator stations marked, plus a budgetary price. This is the stage where scope changes are cheap; later they cost weeks.
Stage 2 — GA drawings and BOM
On approval, detailed GA drawings, electrical schematics, a BOM and the spare-parts list are issued. Your team reviews interfaces — power, air, network, safety circuits — while the material is ordered.
Stage 3 — Build, FAT and ship
The line is built and wired in Kunshan, then run with your product in an FAT you attend or witness by video. Modules ship in transport sections with matched joints so on-site assembly is bolting, not fitting.
The single biggest schedule risk is a late product sample. Send one early — even a mock-up with the right weight and footprint — and the FAT becomes a formality.