01 Answer first
Should you buy a new or used water bottling line?
Compare both against the same product, package, output, site, safety, documentation, service, and acceptance basis. Used equipment adds condition, missing-part, controls, relocation, modification, and recommissioning risk; new equipment still requires a complete written project boundary.
02 Where it fits
Position in the project journey
Procurement due diligence - before inspection, purchase, dismantling, relocation, or order.
03 Buyer inputs
What the buyer should prepare
- Product, container and pack requirement
- Target output and operating plan
- Factory, utility and destination information
- Decision owners and required schedule
04 Allot Tech and manufacturing-resource inputs
What should be clarified or provided
- Clarified configuration and interface questions
- Project-specific technical and commercial boundary
- Required drawings, records and acceptance inputs
Allot Tech coordinates requirement, quotation and project communication. Detailed engineering, manufacture, testing, documentation and confirmed service are performed by selected manufacturing resources according to the signed scope.
05 Technical scope
Questions and work to control
Start With the Same Production Requirement
Compare both options against the same water, bottle, closure, label, pack, required output, operating pattern, factory, utilities, quality, safety, and local compliance basis. A machine that cannot run the approved package or fit the verified site is not a comparable option.
Audit the Used Line as an Installed System
Record machine identity, configuration, serial data, current location, operating status, available formats, controls platform, guarding, product-contact condition, maintenance evidence, drawings, software or parameter backups where available, missing parts, and access for inspection.
- Inspection and test evidence under declared materials and conditions
- Dismantling, marking, packing, transport, storage, reassembly, and recommissioning boundary
- Obsolescence, spare availability, modification, safety, and local conformity review
Normalize the Cost and Responsibility Boundary
Separate equipment price from inspection, refurbishment, format parts, controls work, documentation recovery, dismantling, export packing, freight, import, civil and utility changes, installation, commissioning, validation, training, and production-loss risk. Do not publish a universal used-equipment savings percentage.
Define Acceptance Before Commitment
State what can be witnessed before dismantling, what is accepted by inspection only, what must be corrected, what is retested after installation, and who owns every open risk. Applicable safety and regulatory duties require qualified local review.
Buyer questions answered
Practical answers before you request a quotation
Is a used line always faster to deliver?
No. Inspection, negotiation, dismantling, missing parts, controls work, transport, site changes, reassembly and recommissioning can control the schedule.
What should be witnessed before dismantling?
Use an agreed inspection and test plan based on available utilities, materials, operating condition and access; record what cannot be demonstrated.
Who owns compliance after a used line is modified?
Applicable duties vary by jurisdiction and modification. Obtain qualified local safety and conformity review before commitment.
06 Responsibility
Assign the owner before the work is due
Land, building and civil work, permits, import and customs, local taxes, site utilities, unloading, lifting, local labor, travel support and commissioning materials are not automatically included. Confirm every responsibility before order.
07 Common risks
What commonly creates avoidable uncertainty
- Open assumptions are treated as agreed facts
- Interfaces or exclusions remain invisible
- Completion evidence is discussed too late
08 Acceptance or completion
How to know the stage is complete
Completion is based on the criteria and evidence defined for the project, not on a generic website statement.
09 Required documents
Records that support the decision
- Confirmed requirement or specification
- Scope and responsibility record
- Relevant drawings and review register
- Acceptance or completion record
Evidence basis
Official references and project limits
These primary sources support the general planning principles used in this guide. The rules, evidence and responsible authority for the actual project country must still be confirmed locally.
10 Next project step
Turn this decision into a reviewable project brief
Share the product, container, target output, destination and available site information. Unknown inputs can remain open for the first review.
Turnkey scope is project-specific and is defined by the signed technical and commercial agreement.