Experienced Repair Technicians Know Which Parts You Should Keep in Stock

release date: 09/19/2016

If you own CNC equipment, it is not enough to simply know how to repair your equipment. One of the most overlooked factors of efficient, effective machine repair is spare parts inventory on-hand.

Properly assembling and sourcing the correct spare parts inventory requires expertise on the specific machine. This includes knowledge and identification of common wear items as well as production critical parts that yield a machine down scenario in the event of a failure. Protech can help.

Waiting on Parts Costs You Money

It goes without saying that every day you are without the correct repair part(s) to solve a maintenance issue, the more money your operation loses. Something as simple as a broken proximity switch or a pneumatic or hydraulic valve failure can cost you thousands of dollars in out-of-production costs. It doesn’t have to.

Protech International offers a wide array of repair and consulting services for machinery as well as spare parts inventory creation. That means we won’t just fix your machine, we can also work directly with your own maintenance department to identify a plan for stock.

Our technicians have decades of experience with the machines you operate and know which parts are most likely to wear out or fail. Additionally, they know which items have long lead times or require complicated installs that could have you running into scheduling issues. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure!

Machine Repair Inventory Affects Your Bottom Line

On the flip side, we see far too many operations paying to stock and store parts they do not actually need. It costs money to house and maintain! It is not uncommon to see parts designed to fit machinery simply forgotten about in a warehouse long after their accompanying equipment has been sold or retired.

A few things to consider when determining whether or not to keep a product on hand include:

Is the cost of inventorying the product over time less than procuring a new one?
Is there a substantial lead-time involved in purchasing a new part?
Is the part needed for continual-use or is it a specific-need piece?

There is no formula for determining exactly which parts to store and which you can “risk” not have on-hand. That is where the experience of a professional machinery repair technician like those at Protech comes in. They know first-hand which parts cause the most trouble and which you can do without.

Ready to talk to a Protech International technician about your parts, supplies, and repairs? Give us a call at 855.646.2420 today to get started.