Hose Track 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. Hose Track monitors 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, Hose Track tracks who did what to each batch and when. It’s a logical approach to tracking all critical process components.

U.S. Patents 7,195,149 and 7,328,837. Other U.S. and foreign patents pending.

Key Features

• Identifies individual hose assemblies using RFID tags
• Allows recording and storage of critical information
• Provides an audit trail to assist in validation processes
• Third-party validated for 21 CFR Part 11
• Accesses and records the current status of any tagged process component on the spot
• Links to a database that contains the complete biographical history of parts
• Tracks key wear-related events such as cleaning cycles/dates and batches of material processed or user-defined events
• Can be used with other process equipment components such as pumps, bio-bags, diaphragm valves, filters, and UV lamps using RFID tags
• 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
• Unlike bar code labels, tags do not require a clear sight line for reading/writing
• Electronically links to notes, cleaning schedules, files, certifications, photos and illustrations, installation instructions, warning notices, and other protocols
• 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
• Gamma-radiation-resistant RFID tag – GammaTag – also available
• 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 7,328,837. 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