Safe and Reliable or Costly Mistake?
Your plant availability depends on it.
Beware of replicator parts.
You can find replicator parts for Fisher® control valves,
actuators, and instruments from a variety of sources. Sure,
some replicator parts look like they can do the job and fit
into Fisher equipment. But if you buy replicator parts, what
are you really getting? Parts that are not ideal for your
Fisher equipment.
Why you should care.
While replicator parts may initially cost less, you will pay
more in the long run.
Replicator parts typically do not last as long as genuine
Fisher parts, so you have to replace them more often. This
results in higher costs for additional parts and may cause
unplanned downtime impacting your profitability.
Sometimes replicator parts are even produced from
wrong or substandard materials. The proper materials of
construction—heat treatments, thermal history, NACE
processing requirements, proprietary coatings, chemical
formulation for non-metallic and composite components—
are critical. Using a replicator part made of wrong materials
for process fluids may threaten worker safety, cause
environmental concerns, damage operating equipment, or
cause a plant shutdown.
Replicator parts are not made to the specifications of
your Fisher equipment, and it is unlikely that the parts are
tested in actual Fisher equipment to verify performance.
Poorly performing replicator parts could lead to process
inefficiencies. Plus the use of unauthorized replacement
parts is not covered by our warranty.
In addition, replicator parts are not made using the
material quality controls, manufacturing techniques,
tooling, or inspection that are used for genuine Fisher parts.