ReclaimBenchBY SMARTFACTFREE RETURNS AND COMPONENT RECOVERY
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Labelling a recovered part means marking it as soon as it comes out of the unit with what it is, its part and serial number and a code that finds its record, so it can't be mixed up with new stock or another return's parts. ReclaimBench prints a QR label for each recovered part, 100 × 50 mm or eight to an A4 sheet, and scanning it opens the part's current record: where it came from, its checks and where it is now.
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A ReclaimBench component label carries the part code, revision and manufacturer serial, a short reference and a QR code that holds the part's exact local reference, written out in full below it. It says ReclaimBench local record and Check the app before use. The part's status, checks and destination are never printed, because they change: they stay in the record the label opens.
Choose a 100 × 50 mm label, one to a page, for a label printer, or an A4 sheet of eight 99.1 × 67.7 mm labels for an office printer. Print the PDF at 100%, without fit-to-page scaling, and scan one label before printing a batch. Up to 200 labels download at a time, and a label is never cut short: if a value does not fit, the download stops with a reason.
Scan the QR code with a 2D keyboard scanner or the device camera, or type the reference, and ReclaimBench opens the part's record: its part code, revision and serial, its source return, its state and where it is now. A scan only opens the record; recording a check, a move or a use is always a separate, reviewed step.
Each label belongs to the register that made it. Scanning a label from another ReclaimBench register says so, and nothing is opened or created: open the matching register instead. An unknown barcode or a manufacturer's own code is not taken as a part's identity either.
A damaged or lost label can be printed again from the part's record. The new label carries the same reference, so the reprint opens the same part with its whole history. Reprinting never creates a new part, and printing a used or disposed part's label again never makes it available.
The label opens the record, and the record keeps the history. From any part, download its component history PDF: its source return, recovery, checks, availability, fittings, removals and corrections, as at the moment you download it. Keep the JSON backup as well: it is the file that restores the register.
For repair and build bench technicians and refurbishers who put recovered parts into bins and need to tell them apart from new stock and from each other.
A USEFUL STARTING POINT
Handwritten notes come off, and a label that says checked is wrong the moment the part fails its next check. ReclaimBench prints a QR label that identifies the part and opens its current record, so the status always comes from the record and never from old paper. Reprints keep the same identity, so a new label never makes a new part.
FROM QUESTION TO EVIDENCE
Record the recovered part with its source return, part code, revision and serial. ReclaimBench gives it its own identity.
Choose 100 × 50 mm or an A4 sheet of eight and download the PDF. Print it at actual size on your own printer.
Scan the label with a 2D scanner or the camera to open the part, check it or record where it is used.
A DRV-24 driver recovered from return R-1042 gets a 100 × 50 mm QR label with its part code, revision B and serial 000013. While it waits in H-01 Inspection hold, scanning the label opens it as held. After its check it is made available, and the same label then opens it as available, with nothing reprinted.
USED IN PRODUCTION
ReclaimBench is one person's register on one device. When several people recover, check and fit parts, ReclaimStation keeps one shared record, with independent release, reservations and approved reuse rules. It is an invited trial, with scope agreed with you.
Invited trialReclaimStation books returned units in at a handheld or scan station, gives every recovered part its own label and keeps it held until its checks are reviewed and a second person releases it. A released part is reserved for a named unit and both are scanned when it is fitted, and a concern holds every affected part and lists the units already fitted.
BEFORE YOU START
A scanner that reads 2D codes can, and so can the device camera. The labels carry a QR code only, so a scanner that reads only one-dimensional barcodes cannot read them; the reference printed below the code can be typed instead.
No. A reprinted label carries the same reference and opens the same part, with its whole history.
A 100 × 50 mm label, one to a page, and an A4 sheet of eight 99.1 × 67.7 mm labels. Both are PDFs to print at actual size on your own printer.
ReclaimBench is one person's register on one device, for individual parts. There is no shared team stock, reservation, sign-in or independent approval: a local check is your own record. It has no photos or attachments, no spreadsheet import, no bulk quantities and no direct connection to a printer: labels and reports are PDFs for your own printer, with QR codes only, which a scanner that reads only one-dimensional barcodes cannot read. A register is one saved file of at most 5 MiB, and copies on different devices do not synchronise. A source mix-up cannot be corrected by moving a part to another return: it stays held with an unresolved concern. Labels and reports show what was recorded, not proof of a part's condition or that it is safe to reuse.
Your register stays in this browser. Work starts in memory and is lost on refresh until you choose Save on this device or download a backup. Nothing you record, scan or download is uploaded, and camera images are decoded on your device and never stored. No account or contact details are needed. Google Analytics is optional and loads only after you accept; it never receives part codes, serials, return references, notes, label codes or file contents. Use Analytics settings on these pages or in the tool to change your choice; see /privacy/.
ONE SMALL JOB, DONE WELL
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THE SMARTFACT SUITE
Automate factory decisions with rules you describe in plain English. Explore focused SmartFACT services, plus free tools for everyday checks.
Invited trialSuggested next stepBook returned units in, recover and label the usable parts, release them independently and record the unit each goes into. Explore an invited trial for one product family.
Explore ReclaimStation ↗
Invited trialDescribe label rules in plain English. Automatically select layouts, resolve customer codes and check each job before printing.
Explore LabelRules ↗
Early accessTurn plain English component rules into automatic kit checklists, then check scans against the expected parts and quantities.
Explore KitProof ↗
Early accessTurn plain English rules into automatic step selection for each unit, with required evidence and a record of completed work.
Explore WorkSteps ↗
Early accessApply approved product rules and calculations automatically to turn dimensions and options into manufacturing requirements.
Register early-access interest ↗
Early accessBring data in from uploaded sheets or the Shopify, WooCommerce and PrestaShop connectors, check each change and deliver it to the products that use it.
Explore ConfigSheets ↗
Early accessTurn plain English rules into automatic order checks and destination selection, with controlled production release.
Register early-access interest ↗
Early accessScan the work order and the parcel choice to book the courier and print the labels. Approved plain English rules recommend or choose the parcel.
Explore ParcelOffice ↗
Early accessScan an empty container to send the right refill request to stores. Approved plain English rules set the stores queue, priority, ticket printer and escalation.
Explore RefillFlow ↗
Early accessLabel each offcut, find a suitable length before cutting new stock and record what you used. Approved plain English rules decide what to keep and where it goes.
Explore RemnantRack ↗
Invited trialCheck a shared tool before handover, record who has it and keep damaged or overdue tools out of the next issue. Explore an invited trial for one factory crib.
Explore ToolCustody ↗
Invited trialReceive, put away, reserve and issue stores material with barcode checks, keeping held, reserved and available stock apart. Explore an invited trial for one stockroom.
Explore StoresFlow ↗
Invited trialFollow a lot or serial number through the records your factory already keeps, with the source of each link and the gaps shown. Explore an invited trial with two declared sources.
Explore LotTrail ↗
Early accessScan an identified unit to get its approved final-inspection checks, then record exact readings with their result, holds and release history.
Register early-access interest ↗
Free toolSee the text and key events your keyboard scanner sends. Compare them with the value you expected.
Test a scanner ↗
Free toolPrint a known PDF, measure its reference marks and compare scans from the printed codes.
Check a print ↗
Free toolCreate 100 × 50 mm bin and rack cards with Code 128 or QR, from one record or a CSV.
Make bin cards ↗
Free toolCount stock by location with a barcode scanner, compare it with a stock file and export the results. No account needed.
Start a free count ↗
Free toolSee exactly what a scanned barcode contains, with hidden characters shown and GS1 fields, check digits and dates explained. No account needed.
Inspect a barcode ↗
Free toolScan a reference and each label, see an exact match or the first difference, and download the results. No account needed.
Start a free comparison ↗
Free toolScan an item or location, note what needs attention, print a review tag and keep a review list. No account needed.
Make a free tag ↗
Free toolLoad your own parts and locations CSV, scan a code and see every location it lists. No account needed.
Start a free lookup ↗
Free toolCheck cartons, pallets or serial numbers against a list with a phone or scanner and see what is missing. No account needed.
Start a free check ↗
Free toolCheck CSV and JSON files exactly as written, preview a column mapping and compare two versions by key. No account needed.
Check a file free ↗
Free toolTime work cycles and changeovers on a phone, record interruptions with reasons and download the results. No account needed.
Start a free study ↗
Free toolLabel the offcuts on your rack, find a piece long enough before cutting new stock and record what you used. No account needed.
Track offcuts free ↗
Free toolLoad one or two CSV exports and follow a lot or serial forwards or backwards, with the row behind every link. No account needed.
Start a free trace ↗Free toolRecord the parts recovered from each return, label them with a QR code, check them and record the unit each one goes into. No account needed.
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