COMPUTERISED REMANUFACTURING WITH AUTOMATED TEST CYCLE MANAGEMENT

Caterpillar has developed and patented management techniques which are used to remove wear and damage from used parts bringing them back to as new standard.at shrewsberry.The manufacturing process includes: -Environmentally friendly cleaning techniques  remove carbon and debrises.
                            -CNC (Computer numerical controlled) manufacture machining to repair worn    worn surfaces  
                            - Sleeving to reinstate features
                            - A range of Advanced proprietry process
processes for addition of material to worn and damaged parts including puddle welding, selective recasting, friction welding,wire arc spraying and laser clading. Qualityand test procedure form a vital element of the remanufacturing process,computerized to cordinate measuring machines that are used to check dimensional integrity of parts, and the company had wide range of non destructive test methods at the disposal for the evaluation and management of the integrity of critical components. process such as calorimetric titration,performance tracking and pH control ensure that all parts meets the spécifications. once the re-assembly has been completed  parts are tested, painted  and labeled .Engine are run on automated dynamometers which drive them through a test cycle,designed to expose any potential flaws, before the unit is shipped to the Customer( Ian,2005).It states that it is the world largest remanufacturer and parts are stock throughout its world wide distribution network. In addition to the remanufacturing of its own products.The company has the capacity to third party customers,the high volume of its operations -two million unit annually recycling over 45,000 tonnes, of used product -gives it economies of scale that allow investment in the Equipment that would otherwise might be avaliable,while allowering the re-manufactured to be priced compititively.
 the re-manufacturing programme delivered economic benefit to Customer who obtain parts of the same quality and durability,which carry the same gurantee as new  components,but at aproximately half the original cost. The processes used provide an assurance that investment in manufactured parts  will not be false economy (Ian,2005).