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BBMNet
Hello again.
If you haven´t bought it yet, may I suggest that you check the current availability of spare parts? While servicing and retrofitting is my main business and I should not complain on that, at least down here in Mexico it is very difficult to get replacements in the electronics area. That´s what has led to major retrofitting replacing the controllers.
But mechanical spares, well that´s quite another problem. I have seen machines scrapped due to the lack of spare parts.
My intention is not to alarm you. It is simply to prevent you from buying an apparent bargain that in the long run means extra expenses.
One question I tell my clients to formulate is this. Why is this particular machine being sold? Many industrialists sell their machines while they can still be sold as such. That is while they still work. Yet either they were replaced by newer more productive machines or in many instances due the fact that the operating costs have been rising namely the maintenance procedures and availabily of spare parts producing long down times.
I hope this does not discourage you. Just try to find someone probably a teacher who can help you decide on what machine to buy.
Please let me know what you end up with.
Regards.