Industry
Traceability for switchgear and electrical assembly
Electrical 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.
The situation this is for
A component supplier issues a field notice on a contactor date code. You have shipped four hundred panels this quarter. Which ones contain it, and which customers have them?
What gets captured
- Component serials and date codesContactors, relays, breakers — serialised or lot tracked as appropriate
- Wiring and continuity checksCaptured as test results with the underlying readings
- Insulation resistance and hipotMeasured values against limits, with the instrument identified
- Terminal torqueThe one that causes field failures nobody can explain later
- Functional testVerdict tied to the operation and operator
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 · Enclosure identification and label
- 20 · Component mounting — serials and date codes scanned
- 30 · Wiring — terminal torque captured
- 40 · Continuity and insulation resistance
- 50 · Functional test — verdict and readings
- 60 · Final inspection and dispatch
Questions from this industry
Our panels are configured per order. Every unit is different.
That is a route and BOM per product revision, which is how Trace is modelled anyway. A configured-to-order panel gets its own revision, its own BOM and its own route, and the genealogy records what actually went in.
Can we trace components a customer supplied to us?
Yes. A free-issue component is a BOM line like any other; scan its lot or serial at the operation that consumes it.
Talk about traceability for switchgear and electricals
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
- Part genealogyA multi-level record of every component serial and every material lot consumed by a unit, tied to the operation and operator that fitted it.
- 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.
- Pumps and valvesA 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.
Not sure a full MES is the right answer? Read how to choose between MES and standalone traceability.