Production ended. The equipment didn’t.
For equipment manufacturers, the end of a production run doesn’t necessarily mean the end of the equipment’s service life.
Construction equipment, agricultural machinery, specialty vehicles, and utility equipment can remain in the field for years—or even decades—after original production has ended. And as long as that equipment is operating, customers still need access to the parts and components that keep it working.
That’s where supporting legacy equipment can become a challenge.
Original tooling may no longer be available. Components may have become obsolete or difficult to source. Required quantities may be too low to justify restarting traditional production. Meanwhile, customers still expect dependable parts and continued support.
Aeromotive provides another path.
Keep Legacy Equipment in the Field
Aeromotive’s re-tooling approach and quick-turn, lean manufacturing model provide manufacturers with a practical way to address low-volume, high-mix requirements while maintaining demanding quality standards.
Instead of bringing costly old production tooling back online, manufacturers can work with Aeromotive to address aftermarket and legacy component requirements as they arise.
Our capabilities can help manufacturers:
- Support legacy equipment without reactivating costly production tooling
- Source obsolete or difficult-to-find components
- Address low-volume aftermarket requirements
- Maintain dependable parts solutions through established quality processes and procedures
- Reduce the burden of maintaining legacy part inventories
- Extend customer support throughout the equipment lifecycle
The goal is simple: help keep equipment working in the field while giving manufacturers another option for supporting customers after original production has ended.
When Low Volume Becomes a Big Challenge
Legacy support often creates a difficult manufacturing equation.
A customer may need a replacement component, but demand isn’t high enough to justify a traditional production run. Restarting old tooling may be costly or impractical. In other cases, the original component may be obsolete, discontinued, or backordered.
For the equipment owner, however, that one component can be the difference between a productive machine and one that can’t do its job.
A low-volume requirement can become a significant aftermarket challenge.
Aeromotive’s low-volume, high-mix approach is designed to help address those situations without requiring manufacturers to return to the production model originally used for the equipment.
Looking for End of Run Parts?
Aeromotive also has end of run parts and components available for commercial operators.
Extending Support Throughout the Equipment Lifecycle
Keeping legacy equipment operating isn’t only about solving an immediate parts problem. It’s also about extending support throughout the equipment lifecycle.
Aeromotive’s circular-economy approach can help reduce the burden of maintaining legacy part inventories while providing additional options for keeping equipment in service.
Rather than treating the end of original production as the end of the support cycle, manufacturers can continue looking for practical solutions to repair, replace, re-tool, or source the components their customers need.
Production may end. Customer support doesn’t have to.
Request a Legacy Parts Review
Do you have an end-of-run, discontinued, obsolete, or backordered wire assembly or part?
Is a low-volume component creating an aftermarket challenge?
Send Aeromotive the part information and let’s explore your options.
REQUEST A LEGACY PARTS REVIEW
parts@aeromotive.us
224-535-9220
