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New brooms sweep well. This does not necessarily apply to the machinery in the workshop. When is retrofitting an alternative to buying new?
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The machine is getting old. Parts wear out too quickly. Performance and quality no longer correspond to the state of the art. In these cases, plant operators must ask themselves the question: Is it better to buy a new machine or do a retrofit?
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