Friday, 19 July 2013

Save Time & Money By Buying Used Equipment

The advantages of buying used equipment from Perry Process Equipment Ltd have recently been highlighted in an article by Engineer Live. We always advise our customers of the many benefits and now they have been reiterated by one of our customers. Read the main points from the article:

‘Since 1965, Lionel Hitchen Essential Oils (LHEO) has grown and diversified into one of the UK's main manufacturers of natural concentrated oils, steam distilled oils, alcoholic extracts, flavours, oleoresins and dispersed herb and spice extracts.

Recently, the company purchased a second hand vessel from Perry Process Equipment Ltd, the pre-owned plant specialist. The 1200 litre stainless steel vacuum vessel with jacket is used in the citrus oil distillation process. According to their Engineering Manager, the decision to use a second hand solution was driven by two main considerations -- availability and cost.

In terms of availability it is a big advantage if you can pick up something similar to what you need in a short period of time, he explained. Generally speaking if we were going down the new plant route we would need to draw up specifications and tender documents for vessel manufacturers then invite tenders and so forth and would normally have a minimum twenty week lead time.

Including seal modifications and production of a full technical document suite, the used jacketed vacuum vessel provided by Perry was available in six weeks -- two weeks before it was needed on site. "Overall we spent around 50 per cent of the cost of a new vessel with equivalent accessories,” noted the Engineering Manager.

Over the years, LHEO has enjoyed good service from Perry. “In the event of us undertaking any new projects we will definitely consider second hand again,” he concluded.’

We can save you time and money on your process equipment. Plus, if we don’t have what you are looking for at our site, we will find the right piece of equipment for you.


(Full Article - "Making the most of buying second hand plant equipment" as per Engineer Live)

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