A workshop built on measurement, discipline and craft.
Mecánica Rotativa was founded in Querétaro to do one thing exceptionally well: keep rotating industrial equipment healthy. Nearly two decades later, that focus is still what defines us.
"If you can't measure it, you can't improve it."
José Juan López founded Mecánica Rotativa on a simple engineering conviction — that a machine's condition is not a matter of opinion but a matter of data. In an industry where maintenance decisions were often driven by rules of thumb or supplier pressure, he built a workshop that measures first and acts second.
That principle shaped everything that followed. Every technician we hire learns to trust instruments over guesses. Every service we perform is documented against a written standard. Every recommendation we make is defensible to your reliability engineer, your auditor and — most importantly — the machine itself.
Today, Mecánica Rotativa serves clients across Mexico's most demanding industries — oil and gas, power generation, petrochemical, cement and heavy manufacturing — from our Querétaro workshop, with a field team ready to mobilise anywhere in the country.
Four commitments that never change.
Truth over comfort
When a machine has a problem, we say so — plainly, with data. When it doesn't, we say that too. Our reports are never inflated to justify a bigger job, and never softened to avoid a difficult conversation.
Standards, not shortcuts
Every intervention we perform is referenced to a recognised international standard — ISO, API, OEM specification. When the standard doesn't cover something, we document what we did and why. The paper trail is part of the service.
Craftsmanship at scale
Turbomachinery repair is skilled manual work. It rewards patience, care and pride in the finish. We hire and train technicians who take that seriously — and we don't take on more work than we can do properly.
Long-term relationships
The client who calls us in an emergency at 3 a.m. is usually the client who trusted us to do the last five overhauls. We measure our success in decade-long relationships, not one-off invoices.
A track record you can verify.
Years of operation
Founded in Querétaro and continuously operating in the turbomachinery sector.
Machines serviced
Turbines, compressors, pumps, motors, gearboxes and fans across every major industry.
Documented interventions
Every job closes with a signed engineering report — no exceptions, no verbal handovers.
The methodology behind every intervention.
We don't invent procedures. We follow them — because the standards that govern rotating equipment maintenance represent a hundred years of collective engineering experience, and there's no reason to work around them.
ISO 10816
Vibration severity
Zone-based evaluation of mechanical vibration for non-reciprocating machinery. Defines the alarm and shutdown thresholds we use in every diagnostic report.
ISO 21940-11
Balance quality
Balance grade specifications for rigid rotors. Determines the residual unbalance we target for every rotor we balance.
API 610 / 687
Rotating equipment
American Petroleum Institute standards for centrifugal pumps and rotor repair — the reference we use for oil, gas and petrochemical applications.