We handle the freight
Sell a Kiln Transformer in Ohio
Padmount and dry-type units of this type bought across Ohio, in any condition, with the oil sampled before we quote.
What we buy
What we buy here
A kiln transformer is usually the last piece of equipment replaced in a plant upgrade, because it is the heaviest and the most disruptive. The one thing that stops a kiln transformer purchase is a unit that cannot be identified at all.
| Size band | 100 kVA to 5 MVA |
|---|---|
| Voltage | 480 to 13,800 volts |
| Usually found | ceramic plants, brick works and cement operations |
| What we inspect | winding temperature history, cooling and the tap setting used for the firing curve |
| How it travels | a skid and a crane, with the tap setting recorded before the move |
Who we buy from
Six kinds of seller, one desk
- Recyclers
- Electrical contractors
- Equipment dealers
- End users
- Demo contractors
- Distributors
Fast offers
A nameplate photo is usually enough to price a unit the same day.
Dedicated logistics
We arrange the crane, the permits and the flatbed, not you.
No broker fees
You are dealing with the buyer, so nothing is shaved off the offer.
How it works
Six steps from your yard to the money
- 01
Take pictures
The nameplate, the cabinet interior and the tank in daylight. Three photographs are usually enough to place a unit in the right class and the right price band.
- 02
Send them to us
The form on this page, a text or an email all reach the same desk. Include the city, the access and any deadline the site is working to.
- 03
Review the offer
A buyer reads the photographs, asks one or two questions and sends a written offer with the assumptions stated, so nothing changes on the day.
- 04
We schedule freight
Crane, flatbed and permits are booked around your access. You get a date and a window, and we carry the cost of getting it right.
- 05
Testing on arrival
Winding resistance, megger and turns ratio, plus oil analysis where the unit is liquid filled. The results decide the final number, and you see them.
- 06
Get paid
Payment is released on the agreed terms once the unit is received and tested, by check or ACH. No retention, no sixty-day terms.
What we handle for you
The parts sellers dread, done for you
Rigging
Crane and forklift arranged around your access, not the other way round.
Oil containment
Bunds, absorbent and disposal handled before the unit moves.
Bill of sale
A clean title document for your records, signed on collection.
PCB paperwork
Pre-1979 units get the testing and the manifest they need.
Transformer type
What a kiln transformer is
The kiln transformer category covers several vintages, and the year of build changes the materials inside the tank. A photograph taken in daylight beats one taken with a flash, because glare destroys the stamped characters.
A three-phase unit with one damaged winding is still a three-phase unit, and the repair is priced accordingly. Rewinding is a planned decision rather than an emergency one, which is why it suits a unit with a rare rating.
Where these units turn up in Ohio
A municipal utility keeps records that an investor-owned utility rarely matches, which helps at resale. A short drive within one county costs less than a long drive across three, and the number shows it.
A river terminal changes the arithmetic on a very large unit, because barge transport avoids the bridges. The paperwork at the end is short, and it is the part that keeps everybody out of trouble.
What we check before we quote
The cabinet tells you whether anybody has been inside it recently, and the bolt heads tell you whether they knew what they were doing. A contaminated unit enters a regulated path, and the documentation changes from equipment to waste.
A unit with a nitrogen blanket that has lost pressure has been breathing damp air for years. A seller who keeps the test sheet makes the next sale faster, because the next buyer asks the same questions.
Condition, oil and contamination
What a kiln transformer is worth to us
Getting it off the pad
Common questions
Other transformer types we buy
Get started
Get an offer in minutes
Five fields and a phone number is all we need to start. We reply the same business day, and a firm number follows the nameplate photo.
(614) 715-3047or send the form and we will call you.
Questions
What sellers ask before they call
Equipment types
Do you buy a kiln transformer that has already failed?
The figure we agree is the figure that lands, because rigging and freight are ours to carry, not yours to absorb. A buyer who says yes to everything is not a buyer; the useful answer explains what would have to be true for the number to rise. A plant engineer who knows the fault history is worth more than a file of invoices.
Service area
What does a kiln transformer weigh, and does that change the pickup?
We work to your deadline rather than ours, which is why the first question is when the site has to be clear. Rigging weight, shipping weight and operating weight are three different numbers and only one of them belongs on a permit. A decision made on a photograph is reversible; a decision made after the truck arrives is not.
Payment
Can you collect a kiln transformer outside Ohio?
If a unit sits just over a state line, the honest answer is that somebody closer should buy it. We buy in Ohio and only in Ohio, which is why a truck can be at a Ohio gate the same week the number is agreed. A demolition pickup is fast, dirty and often the most profitable, because the alternative is a unit in a rubble pile.