Over the past couple of months DPA has been looking at ways in which users of automation equipment can extend the life of their valuable assets through careful maintenance or even re-manufacture. Here, Jonathan Wilkins shows us how to keep one step ahead of obsolescence The retail and auction industries use the phrase 'new old stock' to refer to a stocked item which is out of production or discontinued. It's a concept that could be applied as accurately to obsolete equipment - or original parts for obsolete equipment - in the industrial automation sector. When an engineer contacts a distributor to obtain an obsolete component there are three options: obtaining one from 'new old stock', buying a refurbished part or repairing the original.
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