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TRACKING ADVANTAGES
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 Identifies individual process equipment parts such as pumps, hoses, bio-bags, diaphragm valves, filters, and UV lamps using RFID tags
- Allows recording and storage of critical information
- Provides an audit trail to assist in validation processes
- Records and accesses the complete biographical history of parts using a portable, handheld reader/writer to identify each tag
- Tracks key wear-related events such as cleaning cycles/dates and batches of material processed or user-defined events
- Reduces errors on the production floor
- Eliminates the inefficient calendar method of swapping out used parts – reduces wasted production life and underutilized equipment
- Limits failures and helps calculate equipment life expectancy using actual data
- Tags are encoded with serial numbers and externally attached to each piece of process equipment – no contact with material flow
- Production protocols – proper set-up instructions and photographs, training aids, damage examples – may be embedded
- Reduces dependency on paper records and their inherent problems, such as transposed numbers, incorrect dates, handwriting legibility, misread data, and misfiled documents
- Data may be downloaded to existing computer systems (software upgrades may be necessary)
- Safe for use with CIP, SIP, and autoclave processes
- Applicable to predictive maintenance systems (PdM)
- Select the tag attachment method best suited for each particular item – choose from a molded pouch, lamination, watchband style encasement, or silicone fusible tape
- Field installation methods are available to immediately start tracking existing process equipment
- U.S. Patents 7,195,149 and 7,259,675. Other U.S. and foreign patents pending
- Developed in partnership with ProcessHQ, Inc., experts in pharmaceutical process technologies
- Custom made to best meet individual needs
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TYPICAL CONFIGURATION
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| RF Identification Attachment Methods |
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Portable Handheld Reader/Writer |
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Lifecycle Analysis Tool |
| The RFID tag is attached to each device and encoded with a unique serial number. Several attachment methods are available and include a molded pouch, lamination, watchband- style encasement, silicone fusible tape, and complete silicone encasement. Many of these methods allow tag attachment to process equipment currently installed in facilities. Tag encoding can be customized to meet specific needs. |
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The handheld reader/ writer identifies each device by its serial number for reference in a database. The reader/ writer logs and tracks ongoing wear-related events such as the number of cleaning cycles and dates performed (CIP, SIP, autoclave), and the number of batches of material processed. Data is programmed back onto the RFID tag and later downloaded to a database for analysis. |
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Specific data is transferred to a local computer using the Lifecycle Analysis Tool (software) to catalog process equipment, maintain wear-related events, and store application data associated to a particular location. Personnel can perform lifecycle analysis for individual locations for an accurate, application specific replacement schedule prior to excessive degradation or failure. |
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POSSIBLE ATTACHMENT METHODS
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A wide variety of process components exist in various shapes and sizes creating a need for different attachment methods. The AdvantaPure engineers are up to the challenge of attaching RFID tags to your components and are ready to work with you to design something that fits your specific requirements.
Our development of the Hose Track™ System has given us extensive experience with hose attachment methods. For example:
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| ...silicone injection molded to the O.D. of a hose assembly |
...wrapped silicone fusible tape for use with existing tubing and hose |
...a watchband design for use with existing hoses |
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Contact your AdvantaPure representative for more info on
Process Equipment Tracking
1-888-755-4370
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P•E•T Process Equipment Tracking™ offers a new degree of safety and reduced risk for the pharmaceutical processing industry, as well as other high purity applications in the food and beverage, cosmetic, chemical, and biomedical sectors. Using RFID (radio frequency identification) technology, all process equipment involved with a particular batch of product is monitored from start to finish. Track usage and cleaning cycles to ensure timely maintenance and replacement . . . before parts begin to fail, risk product integrity, and waste time and labor. Briefly stated, you can track who did what to each batch and when. It’s a logical approach to tracking all critical process components.
