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The Trusted Source for Secure Identity Solutions
An ASSA ABLOY Group brand
The Trusted Source for Secure Identity Solutions
An ASSA ABLOY Group brand
Empowering People: RAIN RFID simplifies laundry management to create a positive work environment for people with disabilities
March 9, 2017
An ASSA ABLOY Group brand
PROPRIETARY INFORMATION. No unauthorized use.
About FOVAHM
Foundation of Valais in Favor of Mentally Handicapped
Persons (FOVAHM) was founded in 1970
Their mission is to improve quality of life and
encourage participation and social inclusion
Safe guard and train more than 360 people with
disabilities
Daily care center, workshops for dependent and retired
people
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mARTigny boutique-hôtel – Empowering the disabled
Created especially for integrating people with disabilities
Multiple workshops within the hotel
Currently employs 40 disabled people
Team is placed on their desires, capacities and available positions
Using RAIN RFID technology in the laundry “La Romaine” enables personnel to work independently
The laundry facility processes over 450 kg/day and has a capacity of 1.2 tons
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Challenges faced by FOVAHM
Implement a system enabling people with disabilities to
work in a safe environment
– with limited supervision
– while maintaining impeccable standards
– minimize handling errors
– used without any difficulties
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The RFID Solution
HID Global’s RAIN UHF RFID
transponders applied uniquely
identify each item
An RFID enabled conveyor
automatically sorts laundry by
required process into different
hampers
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RAIN RFID Tags for Laundry
The HID LinTag™ transponders are
designed for secure and discreet
applications
Withstand harsh life cycle of commercial
laundry
– repeated washings (>300 times),
drying and ironing
– Resistant to water, cleaning chemicals,
sterilizing heat and pressure
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The laundry process (1/4) RFID Tags are securely affixed using
heat-seal application
Hotel linens at production
Garments at arrival
Integrated RFID conveyor system
sorts the linen according to washing
and drying program
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The laundry process (2/4) Laundry is inserted into washing
machines per predetermined
treatment program based on RFID
Followed by the drying machines
with corresponding program
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The laundry process (3/4)
The linen is ironed and folded
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The laundry process (4/4) Packed and sorted by final
destinations and owners
Finally - linen is stored and
scanned for accuracy via RFID
before shipping
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RAIN RFID Technology enables the team to:
Sort linens by cleaning and drying process
effectively
Uniquely identify, pack, and stage items by
destination minimizing shipping errors
Store and manage hotel inventory quickly and
easily
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Tag Application Options Embed
– Insert tag into pouch or cover sheet to sew-on to linen
– Use this to match existing processes
Heat-Seal
– Use tag with glue to heat-seal onto cloth within 15 seconds at 446°F (230°C)
– See video:http://youtu.be/x6TiSgw6eH4
Stitch
– Sew-on tag directly into hem or wash instructions
– No extra pocket/pouch needed
– See video:http://youtu.be/yQfGrZLSqok
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Value for Laundries to use RAIN RFID
Reduce labor cost for sorting, counting
Reduce handling mistakes
Greater control over inventory
To have a full automatic traceability
system
Increase of customer’s confidence
Automated accurate billing per item/type
instead of weighing
Reduce production cost with precise
process monitoring
In healthcare, automatic garment dispenser might be requested and justified for hospital with more than 100 people. In such case RAIN RFID is the only option and the benefits are:
Distribution 24h without personnel
Better hygiene control
Reduce losses and stock level
Better monitoring of the daily needs
(quantity, type of garments)
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Value for Laundry’s Customers (e.g. Hotel)
Accurate billing per item/type instead of
estimated billing by weight
To avoid initial high investment for the
garments, uniforms, mops, maps, flat linen
To benefit of a high visibility stock
management following precisely their needs
To have a service for collecting the soiled
articles
To benefit of on time delivery of clean
articles, repaired and with hygiene quality
control
Indirect benefits:
There is in all sectors world wide a strong trend to be more ecological and effort to reduce electricity, water, CO2 etc. Concentrating cleaning in high tech industrial laundry is the best way to reduce pollution. A cleaning process in industrial laundry is much more ecological compared to cleaning at home.
64% less water
73% less energy
90% less chemicals
30% less CO2
36% less NOx
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Solution in Summary
Customized RAIN RFID tags fixed to the items
Linen recorded, identified and sorted electronically
Allows disabled people to work safely and independently
Minimize risk of human error
Maintain the highest quality standards
→ Download the case study
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Privately held company and an ASSA ABLOY Group brand
Headquartered in Austin, TX
2,500+ employees worldwide
International offices that support 100+ countries
Production facilities in U.S., South America, Asia and Europe
Primary brands include ActivID®, EasyLobby®, FARGO®, IdenTrust®, LaserCard®, Lumidigm®, Quantum Secure, Bluvision
Serves a variety of markets: PACS (physical access control), LACS (strong authentication/credential management, card personalization, visitor management), Government ID and (RAIN) RFID technologies for a range of industrial applications
About HID Global
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