Ageing plants run on equipment that manufacturers stopped supporting years ago. The risk stays hidden until a part fails and there is no replacement, only a redesign and a long outage. We help operators find obsolete and at-risk parts across their critical assets and plan a response before it becomes an emergency. Obsolescence becomes a planned cost instead of an unplanned shutdown.
How we
do it.
Build the list
We take part numbers from critical assets and spares records, filling gaps from manuals and nameplates where records are incomplete.
Check supply status
Each part is checked for manufacturer support: current, end of life announced, or obsolete.
Rank by risk
An obsolete part on a C3 asset is a note. An obsolete part on a C1 asset is a project. We rank findings by criticality and lead time to an alternative.
Plan the response
For each high-risk item we set out the options: last-time buy, alternative part, reverse engineering, refurbishment or planned upgrade, with indicative costs.
What you get.
- Obsolescence register with supply status for each part
- Risk ranking by asset criticality
- Mitigation plan with options and indicative costs
- Watch list for parts approaching end of life
Common
questions.
What is obsolescence management?
Identifying parts and equipment that are no longer supported by their manufacturer and planning how to replace or sustain them before they fail.
When should we review obsolescence?
For any plant over about 10 to 15 years old, and before major life extension decisions.
Talk to an engineer
about obsolescence.
Tell us what you run and what keeps going wrong. We'll tell you straight how we'd approach it.
Start the conversation