Should You Purchase Roll Forming Equipment New or Used?

by | Oct 12, 2016 | Process Equipment

You will understand your business better than anyone else because it is unique. Deciding on your organisation’s need to purchase metalroll forming systems is a difficult decision, whatever your cash flow of profits look like. Those decisions require dedicated research and comparison between purchasing new or used equipment. The life-cycle of the equipment must be well-adjusted with the size of your budgeted expenditure.

Is the Equipment a Major Investment in Your Business?

How much you spend on metalroll forming systems may depend upon how significant the equipment is for your business. If it is to become the major piece of equipment in your business, will employing the system enable it to meet all your business demands? Where it is just one part of your system, will your business stop if that element needs to be set aside for maintenance or downtime?

There is obviously a significant saving to be made by purchasing used equipment. Purchasing new equipment does provide you with a longer warranty and it should work efficiently for a long time which removes worries from your shop floor or warehouse.

Because metalroll forming systems become one constituent of your overall system, they will synchronise your workflow by using a range of moving parts. The more moving parts that are involved in machinery means that maintenance is important and the lifespan of those parts will be reduced, compared to parts that do not move.

Do You Choose a Well-Known Brand?

Should you purchase one of the major brand names for metalroll forming systems, there is every opportunity that the model will work well for several years and this will protect you against the potential breakdown of a lesser-known brand. Nevertheless, you should not take this as standard practice. Your research will indicate the expected lifelong value of the equipment, potential for breakdown and therefore a loss of your profits as you are unable to produce work. Some less well-known brands will provide you with high efficiency ratings and rare breakdowns, especially where maintenance is maintained at the highest level. This may provide you with enough reason to purchase a used set of machinery.
Where other industrial operations are downsizing, they may be able to offer you machinery at the right price. This will give you the opportunity to visit the machinery and see it in action, which is an obvious advantage with any expensive purchase.

There is an opportunity to purchase used equipment elsewhere, but without being able to see it working, obvious difficulties may arise. Where you purchase the machinery for a much lower price, there may be a reason why it is available and you wouldn’t want to find that out as soon as you have installed it as part of your industrial process.

Purchasing new or used is a difficult decision and it is better to seek independent professional advice before you make a final decision.

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