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.

How it works

  1. 01Part Expansion
  2. 02Specification Extraction
  3. 03Semantic + Spec Search
  4. 04Weighted Match Scoring
  5. 05AI Explanation

Technology stack

  • AWS: S3
  • PostgreSQL
  • React
  • EC2
  • DuckDB

Use cases

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.

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