Benefits And Advantages Of Remanufactured Engines

By Timothy Burns


Remanufacturing is the process of rebuilding products according to the original specifications. It is a combination of reusing, repairing, or using new parts. It is required to replace the components or parts that are already damaged and which are also subject for degradation. Remanufacturing is considered to be one of the forms in product recovery. And because of this, remanufactured products are expected to be exactly the same as the new product.

This process includes restoring a product to its like new condition by undergoing a series of industrial processes. The first process is components disassembling and cleaning the parts which can be reused. The next step is reassembling the products from the old components, expected to look exactly the same as the original product. Manufactured products mostly ranges from musical instruments, robots, machines and equipment, air conditioning units, compressors, to remanufactured engines.

For the remanufacturing of engines, there are 4 main benefits of doing this. First is lower cost. Cost is one of the biggest factors that would greatly affect an engine remanufacturing. These type of engines may often cost 50 percent less as compared to a new Tier 4 engine. Maintenance for tier 4 engines can be costly as well.

Second is less downtime. When you decide on replacing an old engine, it may require significant engineering time and it may possibly provide rental equipment that is out of service for a few months. The processes of integrating and testing a new Tier 4 engine takes longer compared to remanufactured ones.

Third is increased resale value. The availability and the serviceability of it are two factors for difficult selling of a Tier 4 equipment. There may be countries who are less regulated, thus, not acquiring technologies that support these type of products. Also, they do not have low sulfur diesel fuel which is required for its operation.

Fourth, sustainability. Purchasing an engine that was rebuilt is a great contribution for helping in the reduction of impact of waste to the environment. Utilizing the recycled components and parts will lessen the energy used since it only uses 80 percent of it compared to a new product.

There are also some other forms of product recovery. These are the reuse, repair, refurbishing or reconditioning, recycling, and cannibalization. Literally, reuse means to use an item again after it is being used. Some advantages of reusing are saving energy and raw materials, reduce the disposal needs and costs, savings of costs for the businesses and consumers, and lastly, older items are more better when it comes to how it is handcrafted.

To repair is to fix devices which may be electrical, plumbing, or mechanical. A scheduled maintenance may also be another term for repairing. These are performed actions in a routine for keeping the device in its working order. The performed actions include administrative, supervision, technical, and managerial.

Recycling is a process of converting waste materials into reusable objects. This prevents waste and also reducing the consumption of the raw materials, water and air pollution, and energy. Cannibalization is the removing of parts from similar devices and installing it to one device for proper functioning. This is done when no spare parts can be provided.




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