Regardless of the industry your production plant might be operating within, there will come a time that you’ll need to appraise the value of your heavy equipment. The Association of Machinery and Equipment Appraisers provides professional certification to organizations such as The Equipment Hub, allowing our appraisers to provide our professional services to our clients…
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Technology improvements to manufacturing and industrial machinery have created robust secondary marketplaces for equipment resale across the manufacturing economic landscape. For hobbyists or professional welders, the secondary market can be an affordable entry point into the practice of welding or the most cost-effective way to stay on the job and replace an outdated or broken…
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Manufacturing and industrial plants will spend upwards of $258B on heavy equipment repair in 2019. Broken down at the unit level, this can mean your company has invested in machines that cost as much as several hundred thousand dollars each, and you have a factory floor full of them. It would make sense then, that…
Read MoreSetting up your manufacturing floor with the right industrial machinery is a significant financial investment, one you hope to recoup over time. While much of your return on this investment will come from the goods and services you’ll be able to provide to clients, the most profitable operations take into account the standard life cycle…
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Industrial manufacturing processes require any number of materials and components to be cut to precision specifications. This means that you’ll need a clear idea of the total scope of work and the types of materials in play in order to know which types of saw machines you’ll need to deploy so that you don’t end…
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You’ve invested a great deal of money in the industrial machinery on your manufacturing floor, with the hopes of achieving the industry average return on your investment of almost 8% over the life of the machines deployed throughout your operation. In order to achieve these ROI goals, there are a number of maintenance and operational…
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Bending machines are a specialized class of industrial-level automated machine tools built for shaping base metal in a solid-drawn way without the use of welding works and with repeatable accuracy. Used in the manufacturing of products made from metals of all types, they can be used for both hot and cold bending. These bending tools…
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Industrial equipment is built for punishing, ongoing use. In a perfect world, where your team has adhered perfectly to machinery maintenance plans, and every operator has performed their duties flawlessly, breakdowns never happen and your machinery will last as long as the manufacturer intended it to last. Unfortunately for your capital expense budget, this isn’t a…
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Industrial machinery and equipment are built for constant and punishing use, but even the most durable piece of equipment has its limits. When improperly cared for, a piece of equipment can break, creating a gap in your manufacturing line and downtime that could cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost productivity. Depending on the…
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