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How to specify a Screening Plant

What to put on an RFQ for Screening Plant: the ratings, documents, and constraints that change the quote.

25 Oct 2026 · 3 min read · Tradinor Desk

Specification points for Screening PlantTRADINOR · FIGUREWhat to lock for Screening PlantTransportServiceCapacitySite
Put these on the RFQ for Screening Plant before you compare prices.

A buyer searching for Screening Plant is usually trying to stop a bad substitute. Construction equipment is specified by capacity, the site, the engine or power, and the transport limits. The notes below are selection criteria for a Screening Plant. They are not a catalog promise. Confirm every rating on the current datasheet, drawing, or test report for the revision you will receive.

What has to be true of Screening Plant

Construction equipment is specified by capacity, the site, the engine or power, and the transport limits. For a Screening Plant, start from the duty, then the interface to the rest of the machine or the room, then the document that proves the claim. A lower price that leaves one of those blank is a different product.

Screening Plant is easy to confuse with Theodolite. If the quote could be read as either, add the line that separates them: the rating, the fitment, or the standard named below. Link the drawing number to that line so receiving inspection can reject the wrong one.

Numbers that change the quote

Line What to write for Screening Plant
Transport Weight, width, and whether it needs a permit.
Service Who supports the machine in the country of use.
Capacity The load, reach, or output at a stated configuration.
Site Ground conditions, grade, and indoor or outdoor.
Power Diesel, electric, or the supply on site.
Attachments The coupler and the buckets or tools included.

How to compare two offers

Lay both quotes for Screening Plant on one sheet and line up transport, service, and capacity. If a cell is empty, the offer is not finished. Ask for the missing line in writing. When those match, the honest difference is lead time, the test evidence, and who carries the warranty. Do not average a fully specified Screening Plant with a cheaper line that omitted transport.

Documents worth having before the deposit

Ask for the load chart or output curve, not only the headline tons. The file should name Screening Plant and the revision, not only the supplier’s homepage. A factory quality certificate such as ISO 9001 can sit beside that file. It does not replace it.

Failures that show up after delivery

  • Buying attachments the coupler cannot take.
  • Reading maximum capacity at minimum reach.
  • Ignoring transport width.

On a Screening Plant, the expensive version of the first mistake is discovering it after the goods are in the crate. Put the rejection condition in the purchase order while the supplier can still restate the offer.

A worked RFQ line

Use this shape, then replace the brackets with your duty: “Screening Plant — Write capacity at a stated setup, power, attachments, and transport size.” That sentence is a template, not a rating of any brand. If a supplier’s datasheet uses different units, convert them onto this sheet so the next offer can be compared.

Where words like stainless / corrosion belong

Searches often add a constraint to Screening Plant: stainless / corrosion, or waterproof / IP65. Keep those on this page. Name the alloy or the coating and the chemical it must survive. Stainless is a family, not a guarantee. IP65 in IEC 60529 means dust-tight and protected against water jets. Write that code if hoses are the real exposure. The word waterproof alone does not name a test. If you need a third constraint, add it as another line on the same drawing. A second URL that only swaps the adjective does not give a buyer a second fact.

Related in this section: how to specify Theodolite.

Questions buyers actually ask

What should an RFQ for Screening Plant include?

Write capacity at a stated setup, power, attachments, and transport size.

Is a cheaper Screening Plant the same part?

Only if transport, service, and the documents match. A missing line is a different offer.

Do waterproof, OEM, or IP words need their own page?

No. For Screening Plant they are extra lines on this specification. Ask for the test or the drawing that gives the word a value.