8 reasons to consider before purchasing a LGSF machine.

8 reasons to consider before purchasing a LGSF machine and why one should avoid second hand machines and purchase a new LGSF machine.

It is important for a buyer of an LGSF machine to take a long term view of the business in terms of profitability and its viability before purchasing a LGSF machine.

Potential LGSF machines buyers should ensure that they don’t cut corners. In the name of budget constraints by reducing capital cost, by doing so you are putting your business at risk.

This had been proven time and gain in the LGSF industry not only in India but also globally.

Given below are some of our thoughts why one should avoid second hand machines as these are the major reasons to consider before purchasing a LGSF machine.

8 reasons to consider before purchasing a LGSF machine.

1. Unknown History of the Previous LGSF Machines: The previous usage and maintenance of a second-hand LGSF machine is often unknown, which can lead to unexpected breakdowns or malfunctions.

2. Wear and Tear: Second-hand machines may have significant wear and tear from previous use, which can affect their performance and longevity.

3. Obsolete Technology: Second-hand machines may be based on outdated technology and may not be compatible with current industry standards.

4. Limited Warranty: Second-hand machines often come with limited or no warranty, which can be a significant risk for the buyer and basically in LGSF industry people only sell machines when something is totally wrong with it.

5. Difficult to Repair: Second-hand machines may be difficult to repair or may require expensive parts, which can be a significant cost to the buyer. Sourcing the correct spares is another hurdle that may take extra time and energy and keep you defocused for the primary reason you had wanted to purchase the machine in the first place.

6. Lack of Support: Second-hand machines may not be supported by the original manufacturer, which can make it difficult to obtain replacement parts or service.

7. Potential Safety Hazards: Second-hand machines may not have been properly maintained, which can lead to safety hazards for the operator.

8. Lack of Customization: Second-hand machines may not be able to be customized to the buyer's specific needs and adapt to what’s the trend going on in the rapid construction industry at the moment.

8 reasons to consider before purchasing a LGSF machine and why one should avoid buying Low cost Unbranded LGSF Machines:

1. Reduced Life time of machine – So Compared to the life time of the machine, your machine value will be high. So Value for money is low.

2. Frequent Spares Replacement: In order to earn more from you, the lowcost companies purposefully reduce the quality of the spare parts so that you have to come back to them for spares often. We never know when the parts fail. And when we are in the middle of production for a big order, we cannot take risks like this. It is like sitting on a time bomb, not knowing when it will explode.

3. Precision and Accuracy issues: For a Simple rollformer like a Roofing or Hat channel machine, a little bit of deviation in the Dimensions and shapes will not hugely affect the structure. But in LGS, it is an engineered structure, so Every mm is important. A little deviation will cause a huge ruckus in the long run, like Rickety joints, Creaky floor walks, Cracked wall claddings, Vibrations in buildings and a sense of uneasiness for the clients, as though they are subjected to mild tremors (Particularly in multi storied buildings).

4. Engineering Failures: We might spend a lot of time in Structural design calculations and arrive at the best optimized design, but a bad machine can negate the whole work and the structure can fail due to bad profile output from a low quality machine.

5. Trust issue from the buyers of the houses: A Bad machine results in bad structures and also shows up with bad finishings with cracks. So we will be in unnecessary troubles with held up payments from customers and also need to undergo badmouthing from the clients. Customers will think that it is a bad workmanship or bad technology, but in reality it is just the result of bad profile quality coming from a poorly calibrated LGS machine.

6. Waiting time for getting the right spares: The lowcost companies do not maintain a proper inventory for their spares and they also keep changing their supply vendors depending on the price given by the vendors on that particular batch. We have seen instances of the Newly replaced Spares not matching with the old machines as there is no standard policy on spare parts and part numbers with low cost machines. Some times clients needed to send their defective parts back to the supplier and then they take measurements and make a fresh one and send it back to the client. All these activities will eat up 3 to 4 week of production time. Huge loss in terms of money and time.

7. Dimensional Stability: This is another important problem with lowcost machines. The profile output will measure correctly when we start the machine and over a period of time, the profile output dimensions change, both in size and also by offset. We have seen a lot of time and lot of wastage in sample steel profile to keep checking the quality of the profile output during busy production hours. With LGS, We need machines which are dependable and doesn’t need too much maintenance and calibrations so that the time, steel and money is not wasted.

8. Local Support: Local Sales support and Local service support is very important for smooth functioning of the machine and also the business. This comfort is not available with lowcost machines. They just sell the machines and then it is all left to the buyer to come to terms with the market conditions.