Which units are worth harvesting?
Harvesting pays where a unit's parts are worth more than the time it takes to recover them. Each returned unit is booked in with your own return reference, its model, revision and serial, its owner, the reason it came back and the condition seen. It is received held: nothing is recovered from it until a supervisor records the owner's permission.
Take out only what is really there
Recovery follows an approved method for the model, position by position. Only parts that actually came out are recorded, each with its part code, revision, serial and grade, and a part that is missing or damaged is recorded as a finding instead. Nothing becomes stock because a parts list says it should be there.
Test and grade each part
Each part is checked with the approved method for its model: a condition check and a bench output reading against its limits, for example, with a visible grade already recorded at recovery. The person checking confirms these are their own observations, and a supervisor who didn't supply the evidence reviews them and decides on release. A grade is not a release.
Store it held, or ready for use
Recovered parts are kept apart until they are released. ReclaimStation records where each part actually is, but putting it in a bin never makes it available: permission, checks and release are separate decisions, and an uncertain or failed part stays held.
Use it in a repair or a build
A released part is reserved for the named unit and requirement it is going into, with its slot and revision. The reservation needs current permission, checks that are still in date and a matching approved policy, and it does not record the fitting: the installation is recorded when the part and the unit are scanned and the fitting is confirmed.
What to look for in parts harvesting software
Parts harvesting software should keep each recovered part traceable from the unit it came out of to the unit it goes into. Look for:
- A grade recorded apart from the release decision.
- The bin or area each part is actually in.
- The repair or build each part is reserved for, and the unit it is fitted into.
- A label for each part, linked to its own record.
- Holds and concerns that stop a part being used.
What ReclaimStation does not do
- Resale listings, data erasure, vehicle dismantling, recycling or waste brokerage.
- Bulk recovery by weight or material lots. It records individual parts.
- Deciding that a part is fit to reuse. Your approved methods and an independent release decide.
Common questions
Are harvested parts resold or used in repairs?
Either, depending on the business. ReclaimStation is for parts you reuse in your own repairs and builds; it has no sales listings or marketplace.
How is parts harvesting different from demanufacturing?
Harvesting targets particular working parts for reuse. Demanufacturing breaks a product down into materials for recycling. ReclaimStation records harvested parts and is not a recycling system.
Does ReclaimStation decide whether a part is fit to reuse?
No. Your approved methods and limits decide, the checks are recorded against them, and a supervisor who didn't supply the evidence releases the part. No AI decides, grades or approves a part.
Trials are by invitation and start with one agreed workflow. Scope and arrangements are agreed with you before access.
