Spare Parts To Have On Hand

[DonR]

Yesterday an air line on our Sportsman got a hole in it. We had some spare tubing and replacing it only took a few minutes. But this got me thinking of what spare parts we should keep on hand. Currently for our Sportsman we have:

Chopper
proximity Sensor
Yellow Card
smaller air line
head drive belt

For our Sprint 2000 we have a spare burner rod and spark plug. Should we have any other parts available to keep everything up and running? What does everyone else keep on hand?

[inkman996]

I have a tote chock full of parts. When ever something breaks I  replace it but also buy spares and add it to the tote. Off the top of my head I have

two rolls of tubing, two sizes
a huge assortment of fittings
several air pressure adjusters for the head controls
a bag of proxies
3 head control boards
2 replacement choppers
an assortment of hardware like pins and bolts.
And a complete FPR, already had one go.
Replacement bulbs for the flashes
Replacement sockets for the bulbs, already rewired 90% of the originals
2 disconnects for the flashes


Thats it for off the top of my head.

[Zelko-4-EVA]

i keep on hand for our M&R presses:

yellow cords
cylinders for:
      chop
      screen
      squeegee/flood clamps
      lift
bolts, nuts, screws
squeegee bar
proximity switches
flash bulbs for 3 different flashes
cable for flash
solenoids
tubing and quick disconnects
assortment of switches and buttons for control panel and print heads
pressure regulators
print head belts
print head motor and AC drive
yellow clamps for platens


basically if one breaks one i buy two.  they are all similar ages and likely from the same manufacturing lot and could fail at similar times.

i had a boss that said if the replacement part costs less than the lost press time i should buy the part. ive ended up with a decent amount of spare parts.

i do save the broken yellow cords and cut off the broken end and use the good part for head one or head 10 because they are hard wired into the print head.

[inkman996]

i keep on hand for our M&R presses:

yellow cords
cylinders for:
      chop
      screen
      squeegee/flood clamps
      lift
bolts, nuts, screws
squeegee bar
proximity switches
flash bulbs for 3 different flashes
cable for flash
solenoids
tubing and quick disconnects
assortment of switches and buttons for control panel and print heads
pressure regulators
print head belts
print head motor and AC drive
yellow clamps for platens


basically if one breaks one i buy two.  they are all similar ages and likely from the same manufacturing lot and could fail at similar times.

i had a boss that said if the replacement part costs less than the lost press time i should buy the part. ive ended up with a decent amount of spare parts.

i do save the broken yellow cords and cut off the broken end and use the good part for head one or head 10 because they are hard wired into the print head.

You have a couple things listed on my wish list. Like the print head motor and AC

I also with to have an extra VFD on hand but worry even if I did how would I program it?

[Doug B]

  Spare compressor.

[Zelko-4-EVA]

  Spare compressor.

we have two of those.

1994 atlas copco GA-18 for a backup.

the main compressor is the atlas copco GA-18 VSD.

i fire up the backup once a month to make sure its running okay.  theres nothing worse than finding out that the emergency backup is also broken.

[Zelko-4-EVA]

i keep on hand for our M&R presses:

yellow cords
cylinders for:
      chop
      screen
      squeegee/flood clamps
      lift
bolts, nuts, screws
squeegee bar
proximity switches
flash bulbs for 3 different flashes
cable for flash
solenoids
tubing and quick disconnects
assortment of switches and buttons for control panel and print heads
pressure regulators
print head belts
print head motor and AC drive
yellow clamps for platens


basically if one breaks one i buy two.  they are all similar ages and likely from the same manufacturing lot and could fail at similar times.

i had a boss that said if the replacement part costs less than the lost press time i should buy the part. ive ended up with a decent amount of spare parts.

i do save the broken yellow cords and cut off the broken end and use the good part for head one or head 10 because they are hard wired into the print head.

You have a couple things listed on my wish list. Like the print head motor and AC

I also with to have an extra VFD on hand but worry even if I did how would I program it?

i bought ours from M&R.  i think the mitsubishi ones are being replaced with the yaskawa version.  i have a yaskawa sitting on the shelf with the instructions to convert from the mitsubishi.

i dont think they are programmed, but i could be mistaken

[inkman996]

i keep on hand for our M&R presses:

yellow cords
cylinders for:
      chop
      screen
      squeegee/flood clamps
      lift
bolts, nuts, screws
squeegee bar
proximity switches
flash bulbs for 3 different flashes
cable for flash
solenoids
tubing and quick disconnects
assortment of switches and buttons for control panel and print heads
pressure regulators
print head belts
print head motor and AC drive
yellow clamps for platens


basically if one breaks one i buy two.  they are all similar ages and likely from the same manufacturing lot and could fail at similar times.

i had a boss that said if the replacement part costs less than the lost press time i should buy the part. ive ended up with a decent amount of spare parts.

i do save the broken yellow cords and cut off the broken end and use the good part for head one or head 10 because they are hard wired into the print head.

You have a couple things listed on my wish list. Like the print head motor and AC

I also with to have an extra VFD on hand but worry even if I did how would I program it?

i bought ours from M&R.  i think the mitsubishi ones are being replaced with the yaskawa version.  i have a yaskawa sitting on the shelf with the instructions to convert from the mitsubishi.

i dont think they are programmed, but i could be mistaken

Unfortunately my press is not supported anymore so a software or programming issue could be catastrophic, everything else is off the shelf. I think I may be able to program a VFD by drilling through the set ups on a working VFD and just copy the settings, not sure but I hope not to ever be in that place.