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How Can You Tell If a Remanufactured Product Is Good Quality?
When considering remanufactured automotive parts, quality often emerges as the central concern for customers and industry stakeholders alike. This article answers some of the most common questions about quality in remanufactured products and explains how rigorous processes ensure performance, durability, and reliability.
What Does OE Mean, and Why Is It Important?
The concept of Original Equipment (OE) is crucial to understanding quality in remanufacturing. OE parts are manufactured by approved suppliers within the automotive chain, either directly for carmakers or their Tier 1 suppliers. These parts are created under strict specifications and validation requirements, and their quality is assessed as part of a vehicle’s homologation process. Any changes to an OE part must be approved by the carmaker or supplier, ensuring that only the highest standards are maintained.
Why Does BORG Automotive Reman Only Use OE Cores?
At BORG Automotive Reman, we exclusively remanufacture OE cores. This decision is based on a fundamental principle: OE cores are built using materials, dimensions, and functionalities that have been rigorously approved by carmakers and their suppliers. By starting with an OE core, we lay the foundation for a remanufactured product that meets the same demanding criteria.
Unlike repair, which only addresses specific faults, the structured remanufacturing process includes full disassembly, cleaning, detailed component inspection, precise reassembly, and comprehensive testing - both at the sub-assembly and full-unit levels.
Measuring a remanufactured alternator to ensure it meets OE specifications. Only OE cores are used to maintain quality and performance.
How Can You Identify an OE Core?
Identifying OE cores is straightforward, as they are marked with the logos and part numbers of carmakers or their suppliers. These markings, placed on castings, confirm the part’s authenticity and ensure its quality.
This brake caliper carries the carmaker’s logo and part number—clear proof of its OE origin.
How Does BORG Automotive Ensure the Highest Remanufacturing Quality Standards?
At BORG Automotive Reman, we consider a new OE unit as a reference point to determine our remanufacturing process. During the re-engineering activity, we apply the so-called “delta methodology”: it consists of taking , on one hand, the reference mentioned above and, on the other hand, cores, in order to define the process steps necessary to ensure that the reman unit and its components have the same characteristics as the new OE unit.
This activity also includes component sourcing, which either comes from the original supplier or undergoes a strict validation process, such as material or hardness testing.
The consequence of this approach is that, unlike repair, which only addresses specific faults, the structured remanufacturing process includes full disassembly, cleaning, detailed component inspection, precise reassembly, and comprehensive testing—both at the sub-assembly and full-unit levels.
How Does BORG Automotive Reman Test the Quality of Its Products?
Using new OE units as a reference for our process also means that the product parameters tested at the end of the line are based on those from the new OE unit. At the end of the line, every remanufactured product is subjected to functional testing, guaranteeing 100% compliance with performance standards.
Beyond these routine checks, annual validation tests are conducted to assess the durability of our products. Last but not least, a two-year warranty with unlimited mileage is provided to our customers.