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From a broken part to a remade one

Send the broken part.
We find who can make it.

An independent buying service for industrial, machinery and appliance spare parts, including discontinued components remade from a drawing, a sample or careful measurements. We agree the material and tolerance in writing before any tooling is cut.

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industrial, machinery and appliance spare parts sourcing and purchasing

What would you like us to buy?

Links are reviewed by our sourcing team. We confirm specifications and pricing before you approve any purchase.

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Parts we source, by process

Process decides cost. Machined parts are mostly setup, moulded and cast parts need tooling and volume, and seals and gaskets sit in between.

Six steps, from sample to shipment

How a broken part becomes an order.

  1. Send what you have

    In descending order of usefulness: the original drawing, a CAD model, a physical sample, or photographs with a scale reference and measured critical dimensions. Send the broken one; a failed part can still be measured.

  2. Decide what is critical

    On most parts three to six dimensions carry the function: bore and shaft fits, sealing faces, mounting hole positions and running clearances. Everything else can be held to a general tolerance.

  3. Match a shop

    We look for a shop that will take a quantity of one and hold the tolerance that matters, and agree the material in writing before any tooling is cut.

  4. Review the quote

    Setup dominates small machined runs, so we show where the per-unit price stops falling. Goods, domestic freight, our fee and international freight are itemised.

  5. Approve the first article

    One piece is made and measured against the drawing before the rest of the run. Sending a request authorises nothing.

  6. Inspect and ship

    Photographs at the warehouse before export. Dense, high-value parts make air freight defensible, and wear parts ordered before they fail can go by sea in a consolidated shipment.

What to send

A parts request a shop can quote.

A complete drawing turns a week of quoting into one to three days. These details get you there.

  • The original drawing or CAD model, if you have one.
  • The physical sample, including a broken one, or photographs with a scale reference.
  • The measured critical dimensions: bore and shaft fits, sealing faces and mounting hole positions.
  • The material if you know it, or the application if you do not, so it can be identified or inferred.
  • The quantity now and how many you expect to use over the machine’s remaining life.
  • Whether the part carries a pressure, lifting or safety rating.