Vehicles

Vehicle parts remanufacturing

Eaton is reducing waste and improving uptime by remanufacturing thousands of heavy-duty vehicle parts each year.

Why Remanufactured?

Remanufactured products perform like new but with a lower price so you can get the same performance while improving sustainability. Each year, we remanufacture thousands of transmissions, clutches and electronics. Our commitment to remanufacturing helps us maximize the reuse of materials, which reduces the burden on landfills, saves energy, and reduces emissions and waste. Our remanufacturing business recovers failed units (cores) from the market and returns them to like-new condition and performance. Eaton remanufactured products provide customers with cost-effective solutions while maximizing the reuse of good components, creating a sustainable manufacturing process. Our remanufactured products return the performance to like new conditions with market competitive warranties, while providing peace of mind for fleets of all sizes.

By expanding our remanufacturing business and remanufactured product portfolio, we are minimizing the environmental impact from the use of raw material, energy, etc. that is used in manufacturing new parts and electronics, which creates the improved sustainability from this business model. Remanufacturing also allows us to extend the availability of some parts to improve the availability for vehicles already on the road.

Our Remanufacturing Process

Our remanufacturing process has been developed through our OEM manufacturing experience and is designed to restore the parts to like-new quality and performance. Each of the steps of our remanufacturing process are outlined below.

Core inspection: Upon receipt of a core from our customers, we perform an external evaluation designed to determine if the core is acceptable for remanufacturing.
Teardown: We completely disassemble all cores so we can individually inspect and identify all components that are a potential for re-use. All parts that are designated as 100% new replacement during our assembly process or that are broken, are immediately disposed of or recycled at this step.
Part cleaning: All parts passed through teardown are sent through a washing process which removes all debris and contamination so a more detailed inspection can be completed. We use multiple part cleaning methods in our operation including washing, blasting, and other approved processes, to ensure each part is thoroughly cleaned without impacting the future performance or integrity of the part.
Part inspection: Once cleaned, every part that is re-claimed is thoroughly inspected against a variety of criteria. Any part which does not pass our initial inspection criteria is set aside for a secondary inspection. Once a part passes our inspection process it is deemed acceptable for remanufacturing.
Assembly: All parts which have passed our rigorous inspection process are moved to our assembly line where they are paired with new genuine OEM parts to complete each remanufactured component. Our remanufactured part assembly processes and specifications are the same as those for new components that come from our manufacturing facilities and go in new vehicles across North America.
Testing: After assembly, all remanufactured parts must pass an end-of-line test designed to ensure the performance is like-new and will provide the life expected by our customers.

Remanufactured Electronics

Remanufactured Transmissions

Remanufactured Clutches

"Eaton Remanufactured products provide customers with cost-effective solutions while maximizing the reuse of good components creating a sustainable manufacturing process. Our remanufactured products return the performance to like new conditions with market competitive warranties while providing peace of mind for fleet operators of all sizes.”

Tim Bauer, vice president, Aftermarket, North America

Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy and helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges.