A Quick Tour of RFID in Manufacturing Dennis Carmichael, President
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- A Quick Tour of RFID in Manufacturing Dennis Carmichael,
President
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- Introduction Cimulus, Inc. Data Collection and Management
Focused on using technology for efficiency and accuracy Former
member of EPCglobal, defining the EPC standard Me Electrical
engineer, co-founder of Cimulus and ERT Systems Career in
developing practical applications for technology Dennis Carmichael
of Cimulus, Inc.
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- What is RF-ID? The Technology: Evolutionary Just another member
of the Auto-ID family, alongside bar codes, OCR, image processing,
thumbprint scanners, etc. Use-Cases: Revolutionary? No silver
bullet, but offers some unique capabilities that open a few new
doors Radio-Frequency Identification RFID is one of many Auto-ID
Technologies
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- Applying RF-ID Comparison of RFID vs. Bar codes Extremely Cheap
& Reliable Technically Simple Large Existing
Infrastructure
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- Passive Read with No Line-of-Sight More Data, such as Serial
Numbers Read/Write capability Physical & Data Security
Extremely Cheap & Reliable Technically Simple Large Existing
Infrastructure Applying RF-ID Comparison of RFID vs. Bar codes
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- Applications Locating and Tracking Dies, reusable containers,
tools and inventory: watch them without expanding procedures
Putting RFID to Practical use Pack/Ship Validation Portal readers
to verify part type, quantity, and serial numbers, post-pack /
pre-ship
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- Washable Tags for Textiles Rugged tags that can be read without
careful positioning, auto-sorting at high speeds Liquid/Hazardous
Chemicals Unwieldy & heavy containers, meeting tracking &
reporting requirements without system integration Applications
Putting RFID to Practical use
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- Read range & Interference Distance and orientation,
materials, and shadowing Reliability & Costs Off the roll
quality (