API plants run reactors, centrifuges, dryers and solvent systems in multi-step campaigns. PlantOps360 keeps the maintenance, calibration and cleaning records that ICH Q7 and customer audits expect.
An API plant has the compliance load of pharma and the process hazards of a chemical plant, in the same building.
Equipment is shared across products, so a breakdown mid-campaign delays batches and risks cross-contamination controls.
Flammable solvents, pressure and reactive chemistry make equipment integrity a safety matter.
Regulatory inspections and customer audits both examine equipment maintenance and calibration records.
Balances, gauges, temperature probes and pH meters each have their own calibration interval.
Scrubbers, effluent treatment and evaporation systems must run to consent conditions.
Equipment is cleaned and released between campaigns, with maintenance coordinated around it.
Pre-configured preventive schedules, inspection checklists and condition parameters for the equipment that runs an API plant. Hover any card to see failure modes, checklists and sensors.
Four everyday situations in an API plant, before and after PlantOps360.
Equipment usage and maintenance logs are filled in by hand and signed later. During audits, someone searches cabinets.
Work is recorded as it is done, by a named user, with a time. Records are searched by equipment, date or work order.
Maintenance is squeezed between batches, and nobody sees which equipment is due before the next campaign.
PM tasks due before a campaign start are listed by equipment, so they can be done in the gap between products.
Instrument calibration sits in a separate register, and an instrument can be used a day past its due date.
Due dates are shown with the asset. Out-of-tolerance results create a work order and a record for review.
Inspection of pumps, hoses and earthing in solvent areas depends on a safety officer's checklist on paper.
Inspections are recurring checklists with results recorded, and failures raise work orders.
A plain-language summary of what each one asks of maintenance, and where PlantOps360 fits.
This is a plain-language summary for orientation. Always follow the current text of each law and standard, and the rules of your own site and licence.
Three real situations, step by step, and where each step happens in PlantOps360.
A shared asset with a batch waiting.
Equipment checked before a product starts.
A breakdown on a high-value batch.
Each one links to its own page, with what it does and how it works.
Reactor, centrifuge, dryer and utility PMs with checklists, planned around campaigns.
See the module →Calibration due dates, certificates and out-of-tolerance handling for instruments and balances.
See the module →Breakdown and corrective jobs with approvals, safety steps and full history.
See the module →SOPs, certificates and records linked to equipment, with audit trails.
See the module →Seal kits, gaskets and critical spares reserved to the job.
See the module →Condition trends on centrifuges, agitators, pumps and utilities.
See the module →Record work as it happens, with a user and time on every entry.
See the module →Criticality and history per asset to support risk-based intervals.
See the module →Articles from the PlantOps360 blog on the topics above.
Equipment, tasks, intervals and yearly workload.
See the schedule →Intervals, triggers and a worked example.
Read the guide →A 12-month schedule for your equipment, as an Excel file.
Open the generator →What auditors ask for, and how digital records answer it.
Read the article →Traceability, intervals and out-of-tolerance handling.
Read the article →Inspection, testing and records for equipment that contains hazards.
Read the article →Book a personalised demo and see how PlantOps360 fits the way your plant runs.