Wherever the product has to be engineered to the application.
Axle works across technical industrial sales. The category is broad because the work is the same: read the application, select and configure the right product, size it where the physics requires, price it, validate it, quote it. The vocabulary changes by industry. The job doesn't.
Same system. Your terminology.
Pumps & Fluid Handling
Typical RFQs: transfer, process, chemical injection, sump and booster duties, often with a partial spec and a deadline. Axle reads flow, head, fluid properties, temperature, viscosity, solids, NPSHa, suction conditions, wetted materials, seal requirements, motor and power, environment.
Compressors & Rotating Equipment
Typical RFQs: plant air, process gas, vapor recovery, blowers and vacuum, packaged or bare. Axle reads capacity, suction and discharge pressure, gas composition, temperature, duty cycle, altitude, driver type and site power.
Valves & Flow Control
Typical RFQs: control, isolation, safety relief and specialty valves, alone or as a tagged list. Axle reads service, pressure class, temperature, line size, fluid, required Cv, shutoff class, materials, fail position, actuation and accessories.
Instrumentation & Controls
Typical RFQs: transmitters, switches, gauges, analyzers and their accessories, usually from a tag list or a datasheet with a manufacturer preference. Axle reads process conditions, pressure and temperature, measurement ranges, output signals, process connections, wetted materials, enclosure and hazardous-area requirements, approvals and certifications.
Industrial Automation
Typical RFQs: control panels, PLC and HMI systems, drives, I/O expansion and retrofits, often from a control narrative or an I/O list. Axle reads I/O counts and types, network requirements, motor and drive lists, enclosure environment, voltage and listing requirements.
Electrical & Power
Typical RFQs: motors, MCCs, switchgear, transformers, distribution and protection equipment, from a load list or an equipment schedule. Axle reads load, voltage, phase, fault current, enclosure ratings, coordination requirements and site conditions.
Six industries. Not six limits.
The system that reads a spec, selects and sizes the product, prices it and validates it is the same for every customer. What's configured is yours.
The same for everyone
- Reading requests in any format and extracting the application
- Product selection, configuration and sizing engines
- Vendor pricing collection, customer pricing and margin rules
- Validation, audit trail and configurable autonomy
- Quote, proposal and submittal generation, and system writeback
Configured to you
- Your catalog and line card, with your part numbers and aliases
- Your customers' specs and standards, and your own engineering rules
- Your templates, terms and document formats
- Your pricing structures, margin floors and approval thresholds
- The workflow preferences your team already has, learned from your past quotes and corrections
If your quotes require engineering the product to the application, Axle fits, whether or not your industry is on this page.
Show us what your RFQs look like.
Every demo runs on your product line and a real request you've received. Bring one.