Rebuild Services
Pines machines are an investment and are built to last a lifetime under adverse conditions and high production environments. When you begin your search for a bender rebuilder please be sure to ask the following questions:
- How long has the company been in business?
- Do they make and service the control systems they are offering?
- Is there a staff of service engineers that will travel to my location in the event of a failure?
- What kind of warranty will I be getting?
- Was the machine fully disassembled? or is this another new paint job and new control rebuild?
- Who knows more about your machine then the original manufacturer? If you send it off to another company will they know about the custom modification made to the machine because of a special feature required by my parts?
- How many times will they come back to me for more money because they did not do their due diligence properly?
- Are the controls UL (Underwriters Laboratories) approved?
- Will the company rebuilding my machine document any changes made to the machine in the form of electrical or mechanical drawings so if a part fails I will be able to get a replacement made?
- Will my resale value be impacted by having someone else recondition my machine?
We regularly procure machine cores for our remanufacturing program through trade in’s, auctions, and used equipment dealers. If we do not have a model in stock we can locate a core usually in a couple of days. Pines offers the most comprehensive and robust remanufacturing process in the industry and here is how we do it:
- A team of seasoned engineers, mechanics, and electrical tradesmen are assigned to the machine being remanufactured. The team gathers and reviews the machines engineering records kept by Pines since your machines birth (Yes we have over 30,000 hard copy engineering files holding every piece of data and nuance of your specific machines original build). A review is conducted on the machines general state of repair, any special customer requirements, and new option additions. An action plan is developed and monitored by the production and engineering departments as required.
- We disassemble the ENTIRE machine, including brackets, support blocks, and manifold mounting hardware.
- All hydraulic components are removed and scrapped (manifolds, valves, plumbing).
- The tank assembly is inspected for leaks and repaired as necessary. New mounting hardware (Electrical standoffs, manifold brackets etc), pump, motor and pump bell housing are installed.
- The machine is sandblasted, primed, and painted to the color of your choice.
- While the tank assembly is being repaired, the swing and stationary arms are being inspected and repaired as required on OEM Factory fixtures. (If it needs a new bend arm or bend arm spindle it gets replaced with a new one.)
- Hydraulic cylinders are added where needed, replaced with new ones or rebuilt.
- A new Pines control system is being built in tandem as the other processes are being performed. In case you were wondering what a new control system means….. New disconnect box, new control box, new control stand. You sent the machine in for a rebuild not a paint job on a 30 year old electrical box. The machine is brought up to the current level of safety standards.
- The new and remanufactured parts are delivered to the assembly floor for the assembly process. The same skilled technicians that build our new tube forming machines also perform the assembly process on the rebuilds and have been involved since step 1 of the process.
- After assembly is completed a 5 hour run test, 100 bend repeatability test, and 3 inspections are conducted. Electrical and mechanical foremen check the machine over for any deviations. The service technician installing the machine also inspects the machine prior to shipment as he will become responsible for its proper working order when it is installed in your facility.
- The machine does not leave the pines facility until all requirements are met.