A refurbished robotic welding cell delivers 90% of the capability of a new one at 40–60% of the cost — and ships in weeks, not months. From 25 years of trading welding cells, here's the honest case for refurbished, the cases where new is the right answer, and the numbers that make the decision concrete.
We catalog only MIG/MAG and laser welding cells in our Bilbao warehouse — the two processes that dominate robotic welding. Here's the same decision framework we use with buyers: thickness, throughput, material, budget. With concrete numbers and a look at what's actually moving in the second-hand market.
In 25 years and 120+ cells delivered, we've learned that the difference between a good used welding cell and a regretted purchase is almost always visible during inspection. This is the same 7-point protocol our engineers run on every cell that enters our Bilbao warehouse — published so you can use it on any supplier.