Industrial Machinery Buyer Singapore

Buying decommissioned industrial equipment for scrap value — full removal from site.

When factories upgrade or close, the old equipment has scrap value. Molten Steel buys decommissioned industrial machinery — CNC equipment, presses, conveyors, mixers, HVAC plant, compressors, generators, and full production lines.

We handle the full removal: disconnection, rigging, transport, and site clearance. Payment is per-machine based on recoverable metal value (typically 60–80% ferrous + 20–40% non-ferrous), minus removal costs.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What machinery do you buy?

Production machinery (CNC, presses, mixers), conveyor systems, HVAC plant, compressors, generators, forklifts, motors, transformers. Basically anything industrial with recoverable metal content.

Do you pay more than a scrap rate?

For machinery in good working order with resale potential, yes — we can often exceed scrap value. For end-of-life equipment, we pay based on metal recovery.

Who handles removal?

We do. Our crew disconnects, rigs, and transports. You just need to grant site access and clear paths for equipment movement.

How long does removal take?

Single machine: 1 day. Full production line: 1–2 weeks. We give firm timelines in the quote.

Machinery and equipment categories we buy

We buy a broad range of end-of-life, decommissioned and upgrade-displaced industrial machinery across Singapore. Regardless of the category, value is calculated from recoverable metal content first, with a bonus if core components can be salvaged and reused. The main equipment categories we buy include:

  • CNC machining centres, lathes, mill-turn machines and milling machines
  • Press, stamping and forming lines — mechanical, hydraulic and servo
  • Industrial pumps, compressors (screw, reciprocating, centrifugal) and pneumatic systems
  • Electric motors, drives, gearboxes, transformers and switchgear
  • Generators, diesel gensets and standby power equipment
  • Food processing equipment — mixers, ovens, mills, dough lines, conveyor ovens
  • Packaging machinery — fillers, cappers, labellers, shrink tunnels, flow wrappers
  • HVAC chillers, cooling towers, air handlers, boilers and process refrigeration plant
  • Marine machinery — propellers, shafts, winches, thrusters, pumps, gearboxes
  • Full production lines, tooling and work-in-progress jigs from factory closures

Not sure whether your machine fits? Call or WhatsApp with a photo and nameplate — we’ll usually shortlist it within a few hours. For related services see our industrial scrap programme, manufacturing scrap, and demolition and plant removal.

Pricing approach for industrial equipment

Our pricing is simple: machinery is valued by its recoverable metal content, not as working equipment. We weigh (or estimate weight from make/model and nameplate) and apply the daily metal mix. A typical industrial machine breaks down to roughly 60–80% ferrous (priced against HMS and cast iron) and 20–40% non-ferrous — copper windings and cable, aluminium housings and fan blades, and stainless panels and piping. Rates track the LME daily benchmark, and you can get a rough number from the scrap calculator. If core components (motor, gearbox, controller) are intact and resaleable, we layer a reuse bonus on top of the scrap floor — this is where machinery sellers often recover more value than expected.

How the clearance process works

  1. Site visit or photo inventory. For single machines we normally work from clear photos, model tags and nameplate data. For multi-machine clearances we schedule a site walk and inventory.
  2. Assessment. We estimate weight-by-metal-mix from make/model data, or use on-site XRF for alloy verification on non-ferrous and stainless.
  3. Quote. You get a fixed-price lump-sum quote or a per-item schedule, clearly itemised by machine.
  4. Disconnection coordination. Mechanical and electrical disconnection can be handled by your team or by our licensed subcontractor — we’ll confirm who does what before site work starts.
  5. Rigging and transport. Our crew brings crane trucks, forklifts and skates as required. Heavy or oversized pieces are planned around LTA permits where needed.
  6. Payment. Single-machine jobs are paid same-day at the weighbridge; multi-week clearances run on agreed contract milestones.

Who sells industrial machinery to us

We regularly buy machinery from a handful of recurring situations. The most common are: factory relocations and closures — where an entire production footprint needs to be cleared within a lease window; equipment upgrades — where operators replace older CNC, presses or packaging lines and want the displaced machines gone quickly; production-line retirements — where a product SKU is discontinued and its dedicated line becomes redundant; lease-end returns and landlord requirements — where a space must be handed back clean by a fixed date; auction purchases and insolvency clearances — where a third party has bought machinery at auction and needs fast on-the-ground liquidation; and insurance write-offs and flood/fire recovery — where equipment is damaged but still has significant metal value. If your situation fits any of these archetypes, we can usually respond within 48 hours. See also our sell your scrap metal and collection service pages.

Frequently asked questions — industrial machinery

Do you buy machinery that is still working?

Yes, but we price from scrap value first. If a machine has clear resale potential — recent model, documented service history, complete controller — we’ll layer a reuse bonus on top. Decision often turns on age, condition and whether we have a buyer-of-record for that make and model.

Do we need to disconnect and move the machines ourselves?

No. Our crew handles rigging, crane work and transport. Electrical and mechanical disconnection can be done by your own M&E team or our licensed subcontractor — whichever is faster for your site.

How do you price production lines and multi-machine clearances?

For multi-machine jobs we usually issue a single fixed-price lump sum based on a site walk and inventory, itemised per machine for transparency. Larger clearances can also be run as a contract with milestone payments.

How fast can you clear a factory?

Single machines are often same-day. Full production lines typically take 1–2 weeks depending on rigging complexity, access and LTA permit requirements for oversized pieces. We give firm timelines in the quote.

For nickel superalloys recovered from industrial equipment — INCOLOY 625/718/825/925, copper-nickel piping, duplex and super-duplex stainless — see our special alloys scrap buyer page.

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