Industrial parts cross-reference · by aQb Solutions
Find and Compare Industrial Part Replacements with Equivato.
Equivato is industrial parts cross-reference software that turns any competitor part number into ranked, spec-matched replacements.
Video transcript
When a customer asks for a replacement part, speed wins the deal. Harvard Business Review found that firms responding within an hour were nearly seven times as likely to qualify the lead as those responding an hour later. But matching a part means digging through datasheets, or waiting for the one expert who knows. Equivato by aQb Solutions is the AI cross-reference engine for industrial parts, built for sales and engineering teams. Paste any competitor part number, and get ranked, spec-matched replacements from your own catalog in seconds. Every match carries a score, and matches verified by engineers come back instantly. Open the breakdown to compare every parameter, field by field, or get an AI explanation with concerns and a clear verdict. Every search lands in your history, with team KPIs, ready to rerun. Rate any match and flag the specs that confirmed it, and you are notified when engineers verify one. Tune the scoring weights to what matters most to your customers, and track usage, outcomes and feedback on the dashboard. A test client account is shown. Match faster. Explain every result. Be first to answer.
Equivato by aQb Solutions is an AI cross-reference engine for rotary encoders and industrial valves that turns a competitor part number into ranked, spec-matched replacements from your own catalog, with every match explained. Be first to answer: built for manufacturers and distributors, paste a competitor part number from a supported component family and get ranked, spec-matched replacement candidates from your own catalog, each explained field by field. Engineers verify a match before it is marked verified.
Impact you can measure
Illustrative targets, to be confirmed in a pilot on your own catalog.
500K+Part variants indexed (rotary encoders and industrial valves)
<3sSearch time to spec-matched equivalents
Every matchShows a field-by-field comparison and an engineer-verified flag
PDF · Excel · CSVExport formats for every comparison
What it does
AI cross-reference search
Paste a competitor or supplier part number and get ranked, spec-matched replacements from your own catalog, each with a weighted match score.
Field-by-field comparison
Open the breakdown to compare every parameter side by side and see exactly why a part matches.
AI explanation
Get an AI explanation for any match, with the concerns and a clear verdict.
Engineer-verified matches
Matches verified by engineers are marked as verified and come back instantly on repeat searches. You are notified when a match you searched is verified.
Tunable scoring and feedback
Set the weight of each specification to what matters most to your customers, and rate matches to flag the specs that confirmed them.
Search history and dashboard
Every search is saved with team KPIs, ready to rerun. A dashboard tracks usage, outcomes and feedback, and results export to PDF, Excel or CSV.
Key Questions Answered
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Which parts can it match?
Today it covers two component families, rotary encoders and industrial valves, with 500K+ indexed part variants. A search only returns matches for parts in a supported family whose specifications exist in the catalog. Other families depend on the data available and are scoped during onboarding.
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What does the match score mean?
The score is a weighted specification-similarity score used to rank candidates. It is not a probability that a part is compatible. You set the weight of each specification, and an engineer verifies a match, for the application in question, before it is marked verified.
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How are critical mismatches shown?
Every match lists its concerns and a verdict, and critical mismatches are flagged for attention. Engineering review of a candidate is still required before it goes into a quote.
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How is a catalog onboarded, and how fast are the results?
Your catalog is onboarded and indexed with you, and engineers approve each equivalent before it is verified. The under-three-second figure is the search time to spec-matched equivalents, and total response time depends on your catalog data and workflow.
How it works
01Part Expansion
02Specification Extraction
03Semantic + Spec Search
04Weighted Match Scoring
05AI Explanation
Technology stack
AWS: S3
PostgreSQL
React
EC2
DuckDB
Use cases
01First to answer, first to quote
01Industrial distributors
First to answer, first to quote
Turn a competitor part number into ranked, spec-matched replacements from your own catalog in seconds, while the customer is still waiting.
02Cross-reference knowledge that stays
02Sales and engineering teams
Cross-reference knowledge that stays
Capture engineer-verified matches once and reuse them on every repeat search, so expertise does not depend on one person.
03Every substitute justified
03Quotation desks
Every substitute justified
Show a field-by-field comparison and the concerns for each suggested part, so substitutes are offered with confidence and checked by an engineer.