Patent ID: 7259675

Claim:
A process equipment tracking system, comprising: an attached RF ID tag and an attachment device adapted to attach the RF ID tag to a piece of process equipment; an RF ID tag reader/writer useable by a user to obtain the identification from the RF ID tag on the process equipment and including a user input for at least one trackable event, and being able to write data on the at least one trackable event onto the RF ID tag, the RF ID tag reader being at least one of connectable to an internet or compatible for uploading the identification and the user input to a network access device; a data base having process equipment related information, including at least one of manufacturing date, replacement date, batch number, lot number, material specifications, material lot number, certificates of compliance, size specifications, fitting specifications, description, customer data, batch process description, cleaning operations and customer application associated with the identification for the process equipment, the data base provides access to a user to obtain the process equipment related information based on the identification and receives and stores data related to the at least one trackable event; wherein the data related to the at least one trackable event is stored in at least one of a local process equipment history data base and an internet accessible history database, which is used to store data on a series of trackable events; and an automatic notice generation system which interrogates the process equipment data base regarding an expected replacement life of the process equipment, and generates an electronic notice to the user prior to an expiration of the process equipment expected replacement life.