OPENTECHNICAL PUBLICATION
OT-2026-000000271

Method for tracing forged parts over the entire production process, in particular from the forging process, via sandblasting and heat treatment, to mechanical processing

Published: 2026-09-15T19:02:41.170648Z
Permanent URL: https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000271
Categories: Sensors, Controls & Machine Vision > Industrial Control

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ABSTRACT

Tracing forged parts over their production process includes: capturing process
parameters of a forging process; marking a workpiece with a first identifier;
storing the captured process parameters and the first identifier in a
database; reading the identifier from the workpiece produced in the previous
process step; capturing process parameters during subsequent process steps;
storing the process parameters of the subsequent process steps in the database
for the read identifier, if legibility of the first identifier of the
workpiece remains during the subsequent process step; marking the workpiece
produced in the subsequent process step with a further identifier, if
legibility of the first identifier of the workpiece does not remain during the
subsequent process step of the production process; and storing the process
parameters of the subsequent process step together with the further identifier
and process parameters of the previous process steps and the first identifier
in the database.

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OpenTechnical publication OT-2026-000000271
Published 2026-09-15T19:02:41.170648Z
https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000000271