Laser alignment
Shaft-to-shaft, coupling, and bore alignment to OEM tolerance — documented and witnessed. Includes soft-foot correction and thermal-growth compensation.
Capability
Alignment, installation, rebuilds and overhauls for conveyors, gearboxes, pumps, motors and every piece of heavy rotating equipment in the plant. Scoped by a ticketed millwright, planned around your window, delivered by the same crew that planned it.
Overview
Millwright work is measured in thousandths of an inch — and the difference between "it'll do" and "done right" is the difference between a unit that runs to the next shutdown and one that comes back in six weeks with a shaft crack.
KBIM's millwrights have been working Alberta's heaviest iron for nearly five decades — conveyor drives in grain terminals, primary gearboxes in aggregate plants, turbines in power stations, pumps and motors across oil & gas and petrochem. We don't send a technician with a checklist. We send a Red Seal journeyman who's run the job before, on equipment that size, in a plant running that tight.
Every scope starts with a proper measure — laser alignment before the teardown, inspection against OEM tolerance, documented shim-pack, witnessed final alignment. No guesswork. No "it's close enough." If the drawing says 0.002", we hit 0.002" — or we explain in writing why the unit won't get there and what needs to change before it will.
Whether it's a planned overhaul scheduled eighteen months out, a scheduled turnaround window we've been booked into since last quarter, or a 2 a.m. emergency rebuild with production waiting on the next shift, the answer is the same: one crew, one phone number, one invoice — done right, on time, on spec.
What's included
Six core capabilities covering the full lifecycle of rotating equipment — from install to overhaul to rebuild. No sub-contractors, no handoffs, no finger-pointing.
Shaft-to-shaft, coupling, and bore alignment to OEM tolerance — documented and witnessed. Includes soft-foot correction and thermal-growth compensation.
New-equipment installs scoped from foundation to startup — rigging, anchoring, levelling, piping tie-ins, alignment, lubrication, and witnessed run-in.
Complete teardown, inspection, component replacement and reassembly of gearboxes, pumps, fans, blowers, and critical rotating assets. In-shop or in-place.
Idler changes, pulley lagging, belt splicing, tracking, tensioning, and full drive-train rebuilds on belt and chain conveyors across aggregates, grain, and bulk handling.
Certified riggers, engineered lift plans, hydraulic gantries, skidding, and positioning for heavy rotating equipment up to the load limit of the plant.
Precision bearing fits, induction heating for press-on/press-off, mechanical seal installs, and shaft repair / sleeving where the journal has seen better days.
How we work
Every KBIM millwright job runs the same playbook — whether it's a 4-hour emergency or a six-week turnaround. The scope looks different. The process doesn't.
Ticketed millwright walks the asset, reviews drawings and history, identifies risk, and returns a documented scope with firm hours, materials, and schedule.
Crew, tooling, rigging, parts, PPE, JSA and lift plan are built and pre-staged before the window opens. Nothing shows up late because nothing shows up on the day of.
Teardown, inspection, precision work, and reassembly — every critical measurement recorded, every alignment witnessed, every deviation logged against spec.
Witnessed startup, vibration/thermal baseline, signed-off inspection package and photo documentation handed over before the crew rolls out. Unit runs. Paperwork matches.
Tools & fleet
A millwright without the right tooling is a spectator. We run one of Western Canada's largest portable-machining fleets, so the tool shows up at the job — not a month later.
Pruftechnik · SKF · to 0.0005"
1" – 24" bores · field-repairable
2" – 120" OD · on-site finish
Bearing install / removal · to 400°C
Fully equipped · B-pressure
Up to 100-ton engineered lifts
Baseline · trending · reliability
Hot-bearing / hot-spot diagnostic
Where we work
Pumps in upgraders. Gearboxes in grain terminals. Primary drives in pulp mills. Turbines in power plants. When heavy rotating equipment moves material, makes power, or moves product, KBIM's millwrights have been on the unit — usually more than once.
Pump rebuilds, compressor alignment, well-site emergency response, and turnaround support across SAGD, upgrading, and gas processing.
Steam turbine alignment, boiler-feed pump overhauls, cooling-tower fan rebuilds, generator bearing work. Units back on the grid inside the window.
Bucket-elevator drive rebuilds, conveyor alignment, leg-and-boot overhauls across grain handling and feed mill operations province-wide.
Debarker rebuilds, chipper alignments, pulp pump services, refiner mechanical work, and scheduled shutdown support across BC and AB mills.
Primary & secondary crusher overhauls, conveyor drive rebuilds, screen alignment, and mobile-plant maintenance in remote-site conditions.
Gearbox rebuilds, motor alignments, press maintenance, and custom fixture work for manufacturing operators running 24/7 production lines.
Safety & compliance
Millwright work lives in the most consequential corner of a plant — energy-isolated equipment, overhead loads, confined spaces, rotating iron the size of a small vehicle. Safety is not the paperwork we do after the work. It's the contract we sign before it starts.
COR
Certificate of Recognition
ISNetworld
Contractor prequalified
ComplyWorks
Audit & compliance
Avetta
Supply chain verified
WCB AB
Good standing
Red Seal
Journeymen only
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