Decommissioned a line? Don't weigh it in.
The control gear coming out of a panel you are scrapping is the exact part another plant has a line stopped over. We buy obsolete and surplus PLCs, I/O, HMIs and drives — tell us what you have and we will tell you what it is worth.
What we buy
- Allen-Bradley / Rockwell — ControlLogix 1756, CompactLogix 1769, SLC 500 (1746/1747), PLC-5, MicroLogix, FLEX I/O, PowerFlex, Kinetix
- Siemens — SIMATIC S7-300 and S7-400 (withdrawn from sale and in constant demand), S7-1200, SIMATIC HMI panels
- Omron, Mitsubishi, Schneider — SYSMAC CJ/CS, MELSEC FX and Q, MELSERVO, Modicon M340/Quantum/Premium, Altivar
- Whole panels, part-stripped racks, spares cupboards, and the box of modules nobody can identify
Straight answers about how this works
What is it actually worth?
It depends entirely on whether anyone is looking for it. A discontinued S7-300 CPU or an SLC 5/05 processor is worth real money because there is no new-stock alternative. A current-generation module the manufacturer still sells is worth very little, because a buyer would just order a new one. We will tell you which of those you have rather than making a vague offer on the lot.
We price per item, not per pallet
A pallet price sounds simpler and is almost always worse for you — it averages your valuable processors down to the price of the filler modules around them. We will go through the list.
Faulty is still worth something
Say so if it is faulty — it changes the price but not usually to zero. Dead units have value as repair cores, and being told something works when it does not is far worse for both of us than being told the truth up front.
What we will ask you for
- Photographs of the actual items, including the data plate or label
- Whether it was working when it came out, as far as you know
- Confirmation you are entitled to sell it — decommissioned plant sometimes belongs to a leasing company or an administrator rather than the site
What we will not do
We will not quote you a number before seeing what it is, and we will not claim something is worth more than it is to get it out of your yard. If there is no demand for it we will say so — that is more useful to you than a collection that never happens.
Tell us what you have
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