The Proliferation Of Centrifuges Into The Waste, Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food Industries.

The proliferation of centrifuges into the waste, chemical, pharmaceutical, food and metal working industry has created a demand for high quality equipment to meet current process needs and requirements.

Today, there are two basic ways of achieving your equipment needs and goals. The first and most traditional method is buying directly from the new equipment manufacturer. They provide full service including process assistance and mechanical warranties. However the customer is not getting these services free of charge. They are paying a premium for these features, which appear in high costs. There are other compromises such as:

* Long delivery- Most manufactures do not inventory machines for stock. It is common to delivery times up to one year from date of the order.

* Limited product lines: Manufacturers generally want to make and sell only standard models. With only a few models to choose from, customers with 

   special requirements often pay huge premiums for these modifications.

The other method of meeting process equipment needs is through large used equipment dealers. The benefit of this method is that used equipment dealers are not tied down to one specific manufacturer. Their concern generally is to provide equipment that will help you meet your requirements. Generally, equipment acquired this way provides you with a substantial savings over new equipment manufacturers. These dealers also can provide centrifuges “as is’ or fully reconditioned with mechanical warranties comparable to the original manufacturer. They tend to be more flexible in modifying equipment for your specific needs. Also, a few of them provide comprehensive services such as in-stock parts, start-up, field service, updating controls and drives of your existing equipment and special corrosion resistant coatings..

* Advantages of buying a used centrifuge:

* Cost savings of over 50% of the new price.

* Immediate delivery

* Trade-in allowances for your surplus equipment.

One of these companies is Aaron Equipment Company. They have been providing centrifuges for over twenty years. Aaron is a large used equipment dealer that caters to the demands of cost conscious customers. They have over 30,000 items of equipment for sale. They have a vast selection models from the premier manufacturers such as Alfa Laval/Sharples, Westfalia, Bird, KHD Humboldt, Dorr Oliver, Heinkel, Tolhurst, Western States, Broadbent and Kraus Maffei, Katema... Aaron uses only the highest quality reconditioning shops including the manufactures.

There are many used equipment dealers in the market place. The problem with a lot of them is what they call reconditioning. To some reconditioning is a clean and paint job. Only a few large dealers recondition centrifuges correctly. This rendition includes completely dissembling and cleaning all of the centrifuge parts and pieces. Then checking and repairing all sub-standard mechanical tolerances and fits, installation of new bearings, seals, gaskets, dynamically balancing of all rotating assemblies, and finally test running all components including drives and controls.

In closing I would like to mention that there is a additional advantages of using large used equipment dealers. These advantages are if you are looking at the wrong type of device they can assist you in the other type of devices such as dryers, extractor, filters, reactors, evaporators, mixers, pulverizes, sifter, extruders...