For plants in Bloomington, Burnsville, Lakeville, Eagan, Apple Valley, Shakopee, Savage and Prior Lake, Minnesota Industrial MachineX repairs CNC lathes and mills, hydraulic presses, punch presses, conveyors and packaging lines on site. Our Minnesota techs work with mechanical engineers on the hard problems, and a hard-down machine usually gets a same-day response. Call (651) 386-6553.
South of the river, industry clusters in a few distinct pockets, and here’s a quick map of where they are and what we handle in each.
| Area | Towns | What's there |
|---|---|---|
| Airlake Industrial Park | Lakeville | Built on 1,500 acres, more than 150 businesses |
| Highway 13 and the river | Burnsville, Savage | The Ports of Savage and the industrial companies along Highway 13 |
| Highway 169 and 101 | Shakopee, Prior Lake | Newer business parks and industrial buildings |
| I-35E, Cedar Avenue and I-494 | Eagan, Apple Valley, Bloomington | Shops and plants spread along the interstate ring |
Lakeville and Airlake Industrial Park
Airlake is the big one. A 2019 Sun ThisWeek report on Lakeville manufacturing describes a park that has grown for decades and now holds businesses in freight, power systems, precision products, packaging, manufacturing and food.
That mix puts a lot of different equipment under one roof line. On turning centers we see turrets that won’t clamp after indexing, hydraulic chucks losing grip pressure and tailstocks that won’t hold center, and our CNC lathe repair covers Haas, Mazak, Okuma, Doosan and the rest.
Packaging and food lines bring their own calls, like a case packer that jams at the same station, a photo eye that drops out, a VFD that trips on overcurrent or a conveyor drive that can’t hold speed. That’s our conveyor and plant equipment repair work, including the Siemens, Modicon and AutomationDirect PLCs that run the line.
Power systems and heavy fabrication push big weldments and enclosures through press brakes, plate rolls and large horizontal mills, so when those machines fail, the failures are big too. That can mean a leaking main cylinder on a brake, a pinch roll that won’t stay parallel, or an HMC pallet changer that stops halfway through a swap.
Burnsville and Savage: Highway 13 and the River
Burnsville’s city site says it ranks 11th in manufacturing in Minnesota. Next door in Savage, a MnDOT study of Highway 13 calls freight access to the Ports of Savage and local industrial companies “critical for statewide economic success,” and lists better truck access to the ports as a community need.
Heavy work along the river usually means hydraulics: presses that won’t build pressure, a ram that creeps down under load, a pump that whines and runs hot, or a relief valve that’s set wrong or stuck. We check pressures at the pump and at the cylinder, look at the directional valves, and find where the oil is going before we start pulling seals. Our hydraulic repair includes full cylinder rebuilds.
Stamping and turret punch presses show up here too. On a mechanical press, clutch and brake wear shows up as overtravel at top dead center, and the brake monitor starts faulting. On a turret punch, it’s index pin wear and station misalignment that chip punches. Our punch press and stamping press repair covers Amada, Trumpf, Strippit, Murata Wiedemann, Minster, Bliss, Niagara and Verson.
Shakopee and Prior Lake: Highway 169 and 101
Shakopee has been adding modern industrial buildings along Highway 169 and Highway 101, such as the three-building Valley Park Business Center, and Prior Lake sits just south.
New buildings bring machine moves. A machine pulled out of an old plant and set on a new slab has to be rigged, set, leveled and started up, and the leveling has to be checked again after the slab takes the weight. We handle machine moves, rigging and installs from the old floor to the first good part. After the move we run a warmup, check backlash and ballscrew condition, confirm the spindle is in tram, and prove out the E-stop and door interlocks before production starts.
Eagan, Apple Valley and Bloomington
Eagan, Apple Valley and Bloomington round out the south metro along I-35E, Cedar Avenue and I-494. Smaller shops in flex buildings often run one or two of a kind, which makes a single failure hurt. A Haas with a servo overload on one axis or a Mazak whose turret won’t unclamp can stall a whole order. For a Fadal or an older Mori Seiki with a board nobody stocks, send us a photo of the data plate, and our parts sourcing work will track down obsolete and discontinued parts and quote them before we order.
A lot of south metro calls never need a truck, because our techs and engineers can walk your maintenance person through an alarm on the phone or on a video call. That’s our remote troubleshooting and engineering support, so call before we drive.
How Soon a Tech Can Get to the South Metro
Our techs travel throughout Minnesota every day, and in the metro we’re usually an hour or less away. Call (651) 386-6553 and we’ll give you a real estimate on travel and arrival time based on where our techs are right now.
On-site time and travel are both billed by the hour, and travel is billed one way only, from the nearest tech. Parts are quoted before we order them. See our current rates on the rates page.
Monthly Maintenance for South Metro Plants
Once a machine is running again, the next step is keeping it that way. Our monthly maintenance program puts a Minnesota tech in your plant on a set schedule, monthly for most plants and every other week or weekly for busier floors, to cover way lube, hydraulic oil and filters, spindle and axis checks, backlash measurement and safety circuit tests along with your repair list and critical spares. Food and packaging plants in Airlake can plan visits around sanitation and production shifts, and for the hydraulic shops along Highway 13 it means a slow leak gets fixed before the ram starts creeping. If something breaks between visits, we already know your machines.
We also cover Farmington, Rosemount, Inver Grove Heights, Elko New Market, Jordan and Belle Plaine. Plants across the river are on our CNC machine repair in Minneapolis page.
FAQ
Do you repair CNC machines in Burnsville and Lakeville?
Yes. We repair CNC lathes, mills, routers and the rest of the production floor on site in Burnsville, Lakeville, Airlake Industrial Park and across the south metro.
Is there a CNC technician near Bloomington?
Our techs work all over the metro, and in the metro we’re usually an hour or less away. Call (651) 386-6553 and we’ll tell you who is closest and when they can be there.
Do you fix hydraulic presses in Savage and Shakopee?
Yes. We troubleshoot pumps, relief and directional valves, proportional valves and leaking cylinders, and we handle full cylinder rebuilds.
Can you move a machine to a new building in the south metro?
Yes. We rig, move, set, level and start up machines, and we check the level again after the machine has settled on the new floor.
What do you charge for a machine repair call in Eagan?
Both on-site time and travel are hourly, and travel is billed one way only from the closest tech. Parts are quoted before we order them. Current rates are on our rates page.
Is there a monthly maintenance option for Lakeville plants?
Yes. Most plants start with a monthly visit, and busier floors go every other week or weekly. Our tech works through preventive maintenance and your repair list, and visits can be planned around your production and sanitation shifts.
Can you find parts for an old machine?
Often, yes. Send a photo of the data plate and we’ll track down obsolete or discontinued parts and quote them before ordering.