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Having a part number in my system does not mean that it is a reasonable case for a spare part. These are actual examples from my business: I have part numbers
by amdavidson 9y ago
Having a part number in my system does not mean that it is a reasonable case for a spare part.
These are actual examples from my business: I have part numbers for raw powders that I have not yet sintered into ceramics. I have part numbers for parts that go into a welded and inseparable sub-assemblies. I have part numbers for components that are bonded together with glass seals that cannot be repaired if separated.
It is easy to see how you cannot just use the BOM to determine the list of spare parts and it is easy to see how a manufacturer could simply pot their whole unit in epoxy for "structural" reasons and prevent any individual spare part or sub-assembly from being useful.
- admax88q 9y agoTo be fair though, if the law mandated that you make all of those available as spare parts you could. Even if many of them are not useful to most consumers, it's not like you're unable to sell some of the ceramic powder, or one part of a welded component.
- chuckkir 9y agoBut maintaining this inventory of partial parts that maybe one person might request for perhaps long after production has stopped is cost (and space) prohibitive. Sure you could do it, but then it probably wouldn't make sense to build the widget in the first place.