Ain't irony a b***h!
Usireland said:
...Lets see what happens once one of the machines actually stops working! How quickly the pieces will become "cheap" compared to the downtime.
Tick-tock, money on the clock.
Are you now willing to pay the going rate, or are you still hunting for a bargain?
I'm not laughing at your situation, but this should be a valuable lesson for the future, perhaps even priceless?
We use "run-to-failure" a lot where I work, no real maintenance during downtimes, and very few critical spares. It goes against my better judgment, but it's usually out of my hands. Often when something "runs-to-failure", we cannot "run-to-stores", but instead, "walk-to-plant-manager", and explain how a couple of grand, spent a year ago, would have prevented the now "thousands-per-minute" downtime we are experiencing.
We still have some S5 in service, and actually have a pretty good new and used inventory of spares. We are slowly migrating them out for AB. Our original owners had all old Siemens gear, but the latest US Multi owners are hardcore AB all the way. We ripped out another couple of old machines recently and retained the S5 parts for spares. We were just editing a bit of code last week using the old PG 720. Great fun!
Anyway...
A very good company we regularly use for legacy Siemens and AB parts is Lektronix. They have access to a huge global repository of Siemens and AB products new, used and refurbished. They also provide an excellent repair service, with a free evaluation. Depending on where you are, they do "Repair and Supply" or "Repair only". They do "Repair and Supply" for Romania as it happens...
Lektronix -
Find a Branch
In Romania -
http://www.lektronix.ro/
Search Results -
6ES5_951_7ND41
6ES5 945-7UA23
6ES5 308-3UC21
You will have to request a quote for these items. Try and be realistic this time! It's not electronic waste you are buying.
Although, I'm sure the downtime has brought crystal clarity to the cost factor at this stage? Hopefully.
Regards,
George