You use this function in inspection planning in the master recipe to determine which production resource/tool (PRT), for instance, which measuring instrument, is required as test equipment for carrying out quality inspection during production.

When you release the order, the system copies the test equipment assignment to the inspection lot. When recording the inspection results for an inspection characteristic, the inspector can display the PRTs for the relevant operation or phase. Test equipment is marked separately.

PRTs that you want to use as test equipment must be assigned to the same operation or phase as the corresponding inspection characteristic in the master recipe.

The assignment of test equipment must be allowed in the control indicators for the inspection characteristic.

You can assign test equipment as follows:

• You can assign a piece of test equipment directly to an inspection characteristic.

• If you have entered several materials to be produced in the recipe header, you can also assign each material/inspection characteristic combination its own piece of test equipment.

When creating an inspection lot, the system assigns the test equipment to the material/inspection characteristic combination. If no assignment has been made to the combination, the system uses the test equipment that has been assigned to the inspection characteristic.