Predictika · airflow, filter media, duct capacity, explosive dust zone and dust type fit

An AI sales agent's industrial dust collector quote, checked before it goes out

An AI sales agent prepares a dust collection quote for a fictional woodworking plant: a collector, a filter cartridge, a duct run, an airflow, an air temperature, a dust type, an explosive dust zone and a number of collectors. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the dust collection rules and returns a verdict, every reason, and the price it computed.

Scope: Industrial cartridge dust collector quotes in the style of Nederman: three collector sizes, three filter cartridges and three duct runs, checked against airflow, filter media, duct capacity, explosive dust zone 22, quantity and discount rules. Prices and limits are illustrative estimates, not a vendor quote. See everything this validator covers

This validator models industrial cartridge dust collectors in the style of Nederman, with three collector sizes, three filter cartridges and three duct runs, not just the scenarios shown below.

  • Airflow sizing — the airflow against the range each collector can handle, with a review above 90 percent of its limit, and against the capacity of the duct run.
  • Filter media — the air temperature against what each cartridge withstands, and whether oily dust has an oil resistant cartridge.
  • Explosive dust zone 22 — whether the collector has explosion venting, the cartridges are antistatic and the duct run is grounded.
  • Quantity, discount and size — one to 6 collectors per quote, a volume discount from 3 collectors, an approval band above 5 percent total discount and a limit at 12 percent, and a deal desk review above USD 600,000.

Any quote for these collectors, cartridges, duct runs, dust types and dust zones is in scope, not only the scenarios pictured here. Not checked: other Nederman product lines such as welding fume extraction, oil mist filters or vehicle exhaust systems, real list prices or lead times.

The AI sales agentBuilds the dust collector quote from the conversation and says it is ready.
Predictika validatorChecks every rule at once and returns the verdict, each finding, and the computed figures.

6 scenarios in 3 groups · each group runs from the agent’s first attempt to the outcome · click one to switch

What the agent proposes

The AI sales agent says

Illustrative agent statement. The validator receives the structured request below.

Proposing agent: AI sales agent (scripted)

Before sending, the agent must call Recorded run

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Where a rules-based CPQ gets this wrong
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Our assessment of what a typical rules-based CPQ (product rules, price rules and validation rules, as in Salesforce CPQ or Conga) does with the same cases. It is a judgment about effort and reliability, not a claim that nothing can be built.

    
What the validator caughtA rules-based CPQPredictika
Airflow range per collectorOnly with workarounds
A capacity table per collector that must be kept as rules or lookups and updated with each new size.		The range is looked up from the collector on every call and compared with the airflow.
Cartridge temperature and oil resistanceOnly with care
Option filters per cartridge that must agree with the dust and temperature inputs.		Temperature, dust type and cartridge capabilities are checked together.
Explosive dust zone packageOnly with workarounds
Three separate dependencies (venting, antistatic media, grounded duct) spread over several product rules.		Each of the three is compared directly whenever the zone is selected.
Review when close to a limitOnly with care
Threshold approvals are easy to miss.		Airflow near the collector limit raises an approval finding next to the hard blocks.
Every problem returned in one answerOnly with workarounds
Rules tend to fire as the quote is saved, so a rep often fixes one error and meets the next.		All findings come back together, whatever order the choices arrived in.

  

  

    
What this validator catches: findings from its test cases
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Every rule is checked on every call, in any order the choices arrive; one problem never hides another. Blocking findings stop the quote; approval findings need a person to sign off; everything else is computed.

    
1The airflow must be within the range the collector can handle, and the duct run must carry the airflow.
2An airflow above 90 percent of the collector limit needs application engineering to confirm.
3The air temperature must be within what the filter cartridge withstands.
4Oily dust needs an oil resistant cartridge.
5In an explosive dust zone 22 area the collector needs explosion venting.
6In an explosive dust zone 22 area the cartridges must be antistatic.
7In an explosive dust zone 22 area the duct run must be grounded.
8A quote holds one to 6 collectors.
9A total discount above 5 percent needs the sales director, and above 12 percent is blocked.
10An order above USD 600,000 needs a deal desk review.
11The net total the agent states must equal the total the validator computes.

  

  

    
Scenarios and results
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The recorded result of the validator for each scenario on this page: the request the AI agent sent, the verdict, and every finding, in the order they appear above.

    
1. Airflow above the collector limit: Modular collector at 20,000 cubic meters per hour

    
The agent's request. Please check a quote for one Modular cartridge collector with polyester cartridges and the grounded heavy duct run, for wood dust at 40 C with no explosive dust zone, handling 20,000 cubic meters per hour, for our fictional woodworking plant customer Alder Creek Millwork. The quoted total is USD 123,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Airflow outside the range. An airflow of 20,000 cubic meters per hour is outside the 2,000 to 18,000 the Modular cartridge collector can handle.
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  • Airflow near the limit. The airflow is above 90 percent of the collector limit; application engineering must confirm.
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  • Estimated price. The estimated list price is USD 123,000 for 1 collector, with 0 percent total discount. Prices are illustrative estimates.
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2. Airflow above the collector limit: The agent resubmits after fixing the error

    
The agent's request. Please check the quote again. For Alder Creek Millwork I lowered the airflow to 16,000 cubic meters per hour: one Modular cartridge collector with polyester cartridges and the grounded heavy duct run, for wood dust at 40 C with no explosive dust zone. The quoted total is USD 123,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Estimated price. The estimated list price is USD 123,000 for 1 collector, with 0 percent total discount. Prices are illustrative estimates.
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3. Explosive dust zone 22: Polyester cartridges in an explosive dust zone 22 area

    
The agent's request. Please check a quote for one Modular cartridge collector with polyester cartridges and the grounded heavy duct run, for wood dust at 40 C in an explosive dust zone 22 area, handling 6,000 cubic meters per hour, for Alder Creek Millwork. The quoted total is USD 123,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Antistatic cartridges required. A dust explosion zone 22 area needs antistatic cartridges, and the Polyester cartridge is not antistatic.
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  • Estimated price. The estimated list price is USD 123,000 for 1 collector, with 0 percent total discount. Prices are illustrative estimates.
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4. Explosive dust zone 22: The agent resubmits after fixing the error

    
The agent's request. Please check the quote again. For Alder Creek Millwork I changed the cartridges to the Antistatic polyester cartridge: one Modular cartridge collector with the grounded heavy duct run, for wood dust at 40 C in an explosive dust zone 22 area, handling 6,000 cubic meters per hour. The quoted total is USD 125,500. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Estimated price. The estimated list price is USD 125,500 for 1 collector, with 0 percent total discount. Prices are illustrative estimates.
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5. Quoted total that does not match: A quoted total below the price the validator computes

    
The agent's request. Please check a quote for one Modular cartridge collector with polyester cartridges and the standard spiral duct run, for wood dust at 40 C with no explosive dust zone, handling 6,000 cubic meters per hour, for Alder Creek Millwork. The quoted total is USD 101,700. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Blocked.

    
    
      
  • Quoted total. The quoted net total of USD 101,700 does not match the USD 113,000 the validator computed.
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  • Estimated price. The estimated list price is USD 113,000 for 1 collector, with 0 percent total discount. Prices are illustrative estimates.
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6. Quoted total that does not match: The agent resubmits after fixing the error

    
The agent's request. Please check the quote again. For Alder Creek Millwork I corrected the total: one Modular cartridge collector with polyester cartridges and the standard spiral duct run, for wood dust at 40 C with no explosive dust zone, handling 6,000 cubic meters per hour. The quoted total is USD 113,000. It is ready to send.

    
Verdict: Allowed.

    
    
      
  • Estimated price. The estimated list price is USD 113,000 for 1 collector, with 0 percent total discount. Prices are illustrative estimates.
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Narration transcript
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The text of the narrated walkthrough, step by step.

    
    
      
  1. Welcome to a demo of Predictika's Validator. An AI sales agent prepares a dust collection quote for a fictional woodworking plant: a collector, a filter cartridge, a duct run, and more. Before it goes out, the agent sends it to Predictika, which checks it against a declarative model of the dust collection rules and returns a verdict, every reason, and the price it computed.
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  2. I will start with the first request by the agent.
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  3. The agent says. Please check a quote for one Modular cartridge collector with polyester cartridges and the grounded heavy duct run, for wood dust at 40 C with no explosive dust zone. The quoted total is USD 123,000. The rest of the request is on screen.
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  4. Before it goes out, the agent calls the validator.
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  5. Blocked, with one finding and one approval, all in one answer. An airflow of 20,000 cubic meters per hour is outside the 2,000 to 18,000 the modular cartridge collector can handle.
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  6. The validator returned one blocking finding and one approval in one answer. A check that reads one field at a time would pass most of this; it shows only when the choices in the quote are checked against each other.
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  7. What this shows: for airflow range per collector, a rules-based CPQ can do this only with workarounds.
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  8. Now the agent resubmits.
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  9. The corrected request. It changes the airflow to 16000 cubic meters per hour.
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  10. It calls the validator again.
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  11. This time the validator clears it.
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  12. Both earlier findings are cleared.
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  13. Two problems caught in one call, fixed in one pass, and a clean quote. That is the value of Predictika's validator: catching mistakes before they reach the customer. Now you can try the other scenarios yourself.
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