PLEXUS EXAMPLE · 03

Pump datasheet vs offers

One datasheet, three offers: every parameter aligned, deviations marked, the bid tab ready for a decision.

Input

DATASHEET REFERENCEACD-DS-P101-001

IPA Feed Pumps P-101A/B

Revision: Rev 0
Service: IPA feed to reaction section
Duty: 5.0 m3/h @ 105 m

Aldera PumpsAP-26-11472026-06-30

Novik FlowNF-Q-55212026-07-02

Brenta IndustrialBI-088342026-07-04

The source documents are not shown: supplier offers stay inside your project. The tabulation below comes from a hypothetical plant (ACD) with fictional vendors, presented the way comparison results arrive.

What Plexus does

01Reads the datasheet and each offer into one parameter structure.
02Aligns every offer value with its requirement.
03Marks each value: complies, deviates, exceeds or unclear.
04Flags the deviations that matter; the engineer decides the shortlist.

Output

0 / 42 parameters checkedrun first, then export

This animation illustrates the Plexus workflow on a hypothetical plant (ACD) with fictional vendors. In the product, offer alignment runs server-side and every value keeps provenance to its source document; an engineer reviews and decides.

Source documents: ACD-DS-P101-001 Rev 0 and three vendor offers, hypothetical plant

Parameter and requirement	Aldera Pumps	Novik Flow	Brenta Industrial
Rated capacityRequirement: 5.0 m3/h	5.0 m3/hcomply	5.2 m3/hcomply	5.0 m3/hcomply
Differential headRequirement: 105 m	106 mcomply	105 mcomply	108 mcomply
NPSH required at rated flowRequirement: NPSHa 6.0 m; margin 0.5 m min	4.1 mcomply	5.8 mtbcMargin 0.2 m, below the 0.5 m rule. Vendor asked for curve at rated flow.	3.6 mexceed
Efficiency at rated pointRequirement: State	58%info	61%info	63%info
Minimum continuous stable flowRequirement: 1.2 m3/h max	1.0 m3/hcomply	1.2 m3/hcomply	0.8 m3/hexceed
Pump standardRequirement: ISO 5199	ISO 5199comply	ISO 5199comply	API 610 (OH2)tbcAlternative standard. API 610 OH2 exceeds mechanically; confirm interfaces and ISO 5199 acceptance.
Casing materialRequirement: SS304	SS304comply	Carbon steel, epoxy coateddeviateWetted CS on 99.85% IPA rejected by plant MOC philosophy.	SS316exceed
Impeller materialRequirement: SS304	SS304comply	SS304comply	SS316exceed
Mechanical sealRequirement: Single, API 682 Plan 11	Single, Plan 11comply	Single, Plan 11comply	Single, Plan 11 + 62exceed
Motor ratingRequirement: 7.5 kW recommended	5.5 kWtbcAdequate at rated point; confirm non-overloading at end of curve.	7.5 kWcomply	7.5 kWcomply
Hazardous area ratingRequirement: Ex de IIA T3 Gb (Zone 1)	Ex de IIA T3 Gbcomply	Ex de IIB T4 Gbexceed	Ex de IIC T4 Gbexceed
Performance testRequirement: ISO 9906 grade 2B, witnessed	ISO 9906 2B witnessedcomply	ISO 9906 2B, non-witnesseddeviateWitness test dropped without a price note. Clarify before shortlist.	ISO 9906 1U witnessedexceed
Delivery (ex works)Requirement: 20 weeks target	18 weekscomply	14 weekscomply	28 weeksdeviateEight weeks over the 20-week target. Check against the project schedule float.
Price, 2 pumps (EUR)Requirement: Evaluate	45,200info	38,400info	61,900info

Manual: 4-8 hours
With Plexus: 20-40 min review (estimate, three-offer single-pump package)

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