Follow reusable equipment
Keep carrier identity connected to the production record.
Carrier tracking & maintenance
Is a recurring production problem following the carrier?
Connect reusable pallets, trays or fixtures to their recorded activity and production results, so your team can investigate wear and performance with more than a calendar reminder.
A practical path from evidence to action
- Identify the carrierPallet, tray, fixture and positions
- Record activityAssociated products and check-outs
- Compare performanceYield, attributes and service history
- Review maintenanceAuthorized service record and follow-up
Inspect differences
Compare performance with the recorded activity context.
Make service history useful
Record maintenance and understand the counter it resets.
A fixture can travel with the problem.
When failures appear across otherwise similar units, a reusable carrier may be one of the variables worth investigating. IntelliTrack™ connects carrier activity and production evidence so the team can assess that possibility without assuming that a count alone predicts failure.
How it works in IntelliTrack™
Know the identity and the meaning of the counter.
Model the carrier workflow
Define carrier identities, positions and product associations at the relevant locations.
Inspect activity and performance
Review carrier activity, applicable cycle counts and available yield or attribute comparisons.
Record service and reassess
Use the authorized maintenance workflow or integrated event to record service and reset the relevant maintenance counter. Review subsequent performance.
Illustrative manufacturing scenario
One pallet repeatedly appears in a low-yield population.
Engineering compares the pallet's recorded production outcomes with other carriers and reviews its activity since maintenance. The team inspects the fixture before concluding that wear explains the pattern.
Carrier activity
What you can inspectPart events since maintenance and estimated passes based on configured positions.
Your team's decisionJudge usage with the full-carrier assumption made explicit.
Cycle Life
What you can inspectWhole-tray check-out counts.
Your team's decisionUse the measure only where the production workflow generates those events.
Performance and service context
What you can inspectCarrier-related yield or attribute comparisons and maintenance history.
Your team's decisionDecide whether physical inspection or service is warranted.
Keep the comparison meaningful.
- Define unique identities, position counts and reliable product associations. Unrecorded movements or incorrect associations weaken the analysis.
- Carrier Activity estimated passes assume a full carrier. Cycle Life uses whole-tray check-outs; individual part cycles are a different measure.
- Maintenance reporting does not automatically stop a carrier or prove when it will fail. Plan any operational restrictions separately and retain human maintenance judgment.
Practical questions
What to know before you start.
What is the difference between activity and Cycle Life?
Carrier Activity counts recorded part events and can estimate passes using the configured number of positions. Cycle Life counts whole-tray check-outs. These answer different questions and should not be used interchangeably.
Why might Cycle Life show zero on a busy carrier?
If the workflow records individual part cycles but no whole-tray check-outs, that counter can remain zero. Verify which production events your integration actually records.
Are estimated passes exact?
No. Dividing part events by the carrier's position count assumes full occupancy. Partially filled carriers can make that estimate differ from physical passes.
Does reaching a service count stop the carrier?
The maintenance reports do not automatically block a carrier. Your team decides when to inspect or service it, and any required operational restriction needs an explicitly designed workflow.
Can a yield difference prove that the carrier caused a defect?
No. It identifies a relationship worth investigating. Compare product mix, process conditions and recorded activity, then inspect or test the carrier before accepting a causal conclusion.
How is maintenance recorded?
Authorized users can record maintenance through the supported administration workflow, or the equipment integration can supply the appropriate event. Confirm which counter is reset and how your team records the work performed.
Bring a carrier family and the way it moves through your line.
We can map identities and positions, distinguish the relevant activity measures and review how a maintenance event should be recorded.