Should you go with New, Rebuilt, or Existing Used Equipment?
The answer is a resounding "YES". Actually, you will probably end up with a line that has a combination of the three. We cover the advantages of each option below.
Predominately New Equipment - Costly Overkill
This is undoubtedly the costliest of the options. New machinery tends to be more high tech, with a greater degree of sophistication incorporated into it's design. However, that sophistication is not needed to recycle plastic into plastic lumber or composition. The higher cost coupled with traditionally
Rebuilt Equipment - Money Saving and Right For The Job
A much more cost effective option than buying new. Anyone must appreciate that restoring a machine to like new condition will always be considerable cheaper than producing a new similar machine from scratch. Resultantly, a saying often heard among experienced plastic recyclers is, "Old iron is good iron." What it simply boils down to, is that the sophistication incorporated into many modern plastic recycling machines does not lend itself to recycling plastic into plastic lumber or composition, and adds substantial cost to the production of the machine.
Rebuilt use equipment is more forgiving of the changes in the type of recycled plastic that the recycler encounters in real production. A good rebuild on plastic lumber equipment will produce recycling machinery that custom built to customer specifications with many new parts that costs only 50% of the cost of new equipment. Plastic lumber machinery can be assembled to customer specifications for a specific application. Recycled plastic lumber requires different types of equipment for different applications. Cierra Industries of Auburn NY will build special plastic lumber machinery lines to customer specifications from used, rebuilt or new machines.
The rebuilder takes the following steps when rebuilding plastic recycling or plastic lumber machinery.
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Disassembles the recycling machinery
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Inspects and replaces all worn parts
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Installs new drives and electronics
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Installs new barrel and screw on extruders
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Sand blasts and paints all components of machinery
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Reassembles all machines and components
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Test runs all machines and components
By the time all of these steps are taken the recycling machinery line or plastic lumber equipment is a custom built line which is warranted and built to the customers exact needs at about half the cost of new machinery.
Existing Used Equipment
Existing equipment on the used market also offers both savings and ready availability. It usually is offered with no warranties, and frequently will need additions to accommodate you process. That being said, used equipment can provide an excellent starting point for line to be rebuilding. Click here to examine some used equipment options.
