A cooperage layout for a barrel production process enhances efficiency and/or reduces costs, space requirements and/or noise by positioning barrel raising, windlass, roll out, and/or bilge hoop puller stations within a cooperage and/or through the use of a power and free conveyor to convey temporary truss hoops between a truss hoop puller station and the barrel raising and windlass stations.

A cooperage layout for a barrel production process enhances efficiency and/or reduces costs, space requirements and/or noise by positioning barrel raising, windlass, roll out, and/or bilge hoop puller stations within a cooperage and/or through the use of a power and free conveyor to convey temporary truss hoops between a truss hoop puller station and the barrel raising and windlass stations.