Most spare parts in your hands within a week.
Not because we guessed what to put in a warehouse — because we run our own China–Africa supply channel, and your part joins a movement that is already scheduled.
The part is easy. The channel is the hard part.
Anyone can find a bearing in China. What a stopped factory actually needs is for that bearing to be correctly identified, genuinely sourced, shipped, cleared, and delivered — in days, not months. That takes a supply channel that is already running. We have one, because moving industrial equipment and spares out of China is our core business, every week.
Continuous, high-volume procurement gives us three things a one-off buyer can never have:
- Established supplier relationships. A factory takes a repeat customer's parts order the same day. A stranger with a single-carton order waits.
- A standing shipping channel. Regular consolidated movements from China into Africa — your part doesn't wait for a shipment to be arranged; it joins one that already exists.
- Freight economics. Our cost per kilo is a fraction of a single-carton rate, because your carton travels with everything else we're already moving.
That is why the word on this page is channel, not warehouse. A warehouse only ever holds what someone guessed you'd need. A channel gets you the part nobody guessed.
| Sourcing a part alone | CISH | |
|---|---|---|
| Finding the part | Identify it, find a supplier, verify it's genuine | We already know the machine and the supplier |
| Supplier response | New buyer, small order, low priority | Repeat volume customer |
| Shipping | Arrange a one-off shipment | Moves on a channel already running |
| Freight cost | Full single-consignment rate | Consolidated |
| Clearance | Your problem, first time | Routine — done constantly |
| Realistic time | Weeks to months | Within a week |
Honest boundary: structural and custom-fabricated components take longer than a week. We tell you which is which — before you buy, not after it breaks.
We supply parts for Chinese-built machines we didn't sell.
If you imported a line directly and now can't get the part — that is exactly the situation our channel exists for. Send us the machine plate, the part, or just a photo of what broke. No purchase history with us required.
1 · Identify
Machine make and model, part number if you have it, photos if you don't. Our engineers match it against the supplier base we buy from every week.
2 · Source & verify
Genuine part from the original or equivalent manufacturer — verified before it ships, priced in writing before you commit.
3 · Move & deliver
The part joins our next consolidated movement out of China, clears with our routine paperwork, and is delivered or fitted — your choice.
Spares are specified on day one — not discovered in year one.
Wear-part kit, priced at purchase
A first-time buyer can't know which spares to hold. We do — so every line we sell is quoted with its wear-part kit: what to keep on your shelf, what we keep on ours, and what stays in China because it ships fast anyway.
Buffer stock in Johannesburg
Common wear items for the line types we support are held in Johannesburg, with consignment stock placed with in-country agents where volume justifies it.
Every line documented at handover
Parts list, drawings, and part numbers — in your hands, in English. When something breaks in year three, nobody has to reverse-engineer what to order.
Priced against the alternative
European OEM parts pricing is typically an order of magnitude above the same function sourced through our channel. We'll show you the comparison on your actual parts list, not a marketing average.
Common wear-part categories, with indicative bands.
Indicative ex-China price bands for common line types — your quote is itemised to your machine. Exact pricing depends on size, brand, and specification.
| Category | Typical examples | Indicative band (USD, each) | Usually holds where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bearings | Conveyor, gearbox, motor bearings | $20–400 | Your shelf + Johannesburg |
| Seals & gaskets | Shaft seals, O-rings, pump seals | $5–150 | Your shelf |
| Belts & chains | Drive belts, modular conveyor belt, chains | $15–250 | Your shelf + Johannesburg |
| Heating elements | Sealing bars, barrel heaters, tunnel elements | $30–400 | Johannesburg |
| Contactors & relays | Motor contactors, overloads, control relays | $15–200 | Your shelf |
| Sensors | Proximity, photoelectric, level, temperature | $25–500 | Johannesburg + channel |
| Cutting & forming tools | Blades, dies, mould inserts, punches | $20–600 | Channel (fast-moving) |
What buyers ask before they trust a parts promise.
Most standard parts — bearings, seals, belts, heating elements, contactors, sensors, drives — within a week, because they join consolidated shipments we already run for our own trade. Structural and custom-fabricated components take longer, and we say which is which before you buy.
Yes — the channel works for any Chinese-built machine. WhatsApp the machine plate and the part; no purchase history with us required. Start here →
No — photos are enough: nameplate, the part in place, any stamped number. Identification is our job, and lines we commission come with a full documented parts list so it never becomes yours.
Typically an order of magnitude lower for the same function. We show the comparison on your actual parts list, not a marketing average.
Small, cheap, line-stopping items — usually 1–3% of line value; a sensible first stocking runs 3–6% of equipment value in total. The full three-tier strategy →
Johannesburg buffer stock plus consignment stock with in-country agents where volume justifies it — but the channel matters more than any shelf, because it covers the part nobody predicted.
Waiting on a part right now?
Send a photo of the machine plate and the part. An engineer — not a bot — will come back with availability and a price.