Capital Equipment News July 2022
Volvo CE offers three packages through the Volvo Certified Rebuild Program: Complete Rebuild, Powertrain Rebuild, or Hydraulics Rebuild.
Prodell, product manager for the Certified Rebuild Program at Volvo CE. With each package, the old components – whether those are the engine, transmission, drop box, or hydraulic pumps – are removed and directly replaced with remanufactured components, which are as good as new and fully covered under a Volvo warranty. The old components, called cores, are returned to Sweden for the Reman process. Here, they are completely dismantled, cleaned and assessed to decide which pieces can be reused and which must be replaced with fresh ones. Once completed, the remanufactured parts go into the Volvo CE Reman parts stock at Volvo CE parts warehouses, where they remain until a dealer orders them. This means that the old components from a customer’s machine are unlikely to be reinstalled in the same machine again after they have been remanufactured. They will go in another machine of the same model and the same specification. Promoting a circular economy “At Volvo, we really care about the environmental impact of our products throughout their lifecycle, and we advocate the sustainability of restoring, rather than scrapping machines,” says Prodell. “Large wheel loaders, articulated haulers and excavators contain hundreds of kilos of copper, aluminium, and bronze, and we want to develop a circular economy where we can recycle
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The programme is especially attractive in the mining and quarrying sectors, where machinery rapidly clocks up high production hours
Where replacement parts are needed, the customer can choose new parts or the cheaper and more sustainable option of factory remanufactured components from Volvo Reman
With each package, the old components are removed and directly replaced with remanufactured components, which are fully covered under a Volvo warranty
The old components, called cores, are returned to Sweden for the Reman process
Rebuilding machines also offers significant cost benefits as customers can protect their initial investment and prolong the life of the asset for a much lower price
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