Life Cycle Solutions
Remanufactured parts and components could help decrease your machinery’s total cost of ownership, promote profitability
Do you want to save money without sacrificing quality and reduce your carbon footprint at the same time? Using remanufactured parts and components could be the answer.
“Fewer raw materials are used in remanufacturing than new parts manufacturing,” said Matt Beinlich, Senior Director, Remanufacturing Business, Komatsu. “According to a paper from the Rochester Institute of Technology titled ‘Capturing Energy and Resources through Remanufacturing,’ the rule of thumb is that 80% of the mass of a component is reused through the remanufacturing process, reducing the need to extract new materials from the earth. Remanufacturing is necessary and good for the industry and the environment because it contributes to sustainability.”
It can also contribute to profitability, Beinlich added.
“Remanufactured components are a much more cost-competitive option compared to new ones because fewer raw materials are required,” Beinlich emphasized. “The quality of genuine Komatsu remanufactured parts and components is better than will-fit items. That’s why we back them with a one-year, unlimited-hours warranty and a quality assurance program of up to 10,000 hours on major components.”
Enhancing availability
Beinlich leads a new team of Komatsu remanufacturing personnel that is committed to increasing customer utilization of reman parts and components. It includes longtime remanufacturing specialists such as Senior Product Manager Goran Zeravica and Product Manager Arash Moghaddamzadeh, as well as Remanufacturing General Manager Isamu Hamai, Parts Sales and Marketing Manager Eric Uehara, Reman Procurement Manager Krutarth Desai, Senior Quality Engineer Cody Clark, and Quality Assurance Specialist Bryan Davis.
“When customers buy a Komatsu machine, they expect that those machines will have readily available, reasonably priced, high-quality parts and components necessary to keep them running throughout the machine’s life cycle,” said Zeravica. “Genuine Komatsu remanufactured components can play a significant role in meeting that expectation. Our goals include improving availability and utilization so that our customers have a better total cost of ownership.”
Moghaddamzadeh added, “To promote our customers’ success with remanufacturing, we have brought a lot of people together from various parts of the Komatsu family including suppliers, our parts depots and distributors. Ordering reman parts and components will be easier too, as we bring that into the digital age by making them available through My Komatsu.”
