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Traceability for pump and valve assembly
A pump that leaks in the field is traced back to one gasket lot or one under-torqued flange. Trace keeps the values that tell you which, per unit.
The situation this is for
Field failures start arriving from one region. The common factor turns out to be a gasket lot that was fine on paper. You need every unit that used it — and just as importantly, proof of which units did not.
What gets captured
- Flange torquePer fastener, against the window for that revision
- Grease appliedA boolean capture point is still a capture point, and it is the one that gets skipped
- Gasket and seal lotsLot codes at the operation they were fitted
- Hydro / pressure testReading, hold time and verdict
- Leak testMeasured rate against the limit, not a pass sticker
A route for this product
Routes are configuration, so this is a starting point rather than a fixed template. Yours is built from your operations at the walkthrough.
- 10 · Body identification — mark applied and verified on the casting
- 20 · Seat and seal assembly — lots scanned against the BOM
- 30 · Flange torque — captured per fastener
- 40 · Grease and cover — boolean confirmation recorded
- 50 · Hydro test — pressure and hold time captured
- 60 · Label and dispatch
Questions from this industry
Half our stations have no instrument. Does that break the record?
No. A manual station captures the same points against the same limits with the same audit fields — only the source flag differs. Plants are never uniformly instrumented, and the manual half is exactly where data normally goes missing.
We assemble in batches, not on a moving line. Does that work?
Yes. A route is a graph of operations, not a conveyor. Batch assembly, cell assembly and line assembly are all just different route shapes and station configurations.
Talk about traceability for pumps and valves
We walk one line, list what each operation should capture, and tell you plainly which of your machines can be read. You get that list whether or not you buy anything.
Keep reading
- Process data captureTrace records what was done to each unit, not just that it was scanned. Torque per fastener, grease applied, test readings, with limits held as configuration.
- Auto components and Tier 1/2Your OEM customer can ask for the build record of a single part number from eight months ago and expects it the same week. Trace keeps that record per unit, in a form that holds up when it is challenged.
- Switchgear and electricalsElectrical assemblies fail on components you did not make. When a contactor batch turns out to be bad, the question is which panels have it inside them.
Not sure a full MES is the right answer? Read how to choose between MES and standalone traceability.