| sMOTIVE Maintenance RFID Technology Overview |
Limited accessibility or hostile environmental conditions their borders. I of the operational maintenance, technical service and  Facility Management is the use of RFID-Transpondern especially in the outdoor (influence of weather), or on objects in dirt and verschleißintensiven areas of interest. Technical fundamentals of RFID RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification. It is a radio, contactless technology for the identification of objects. An RFID system consists of several components: - Transponder (other names: Smart Label, RFID-Label/-Tag/-Chip, Funk label), an EPC (Electronic Product Code-a unique identification number) and possibly further data - Reader - IT infrastructure for the processing of information with a product code are connected A transponder consists of a storage element and a circuit for signal processing and an antenna. The transponder is read by a reader initiated. It sends it to an appropriate frequency radio signals, which in turn cause the transponder, which in its memory chip stored information as a radio signal through the integrated antenna abzustrahlen. Predominantly come passive transponder used their energy from the radiation of the reading device without a battery and related paraphernalia. The range of these transponders is low and, depending on the type and Sende-/Empfangsleistung the reading device under realistic conditions of a few centimeters up to a maximum of 1-2 meters.
Alternate identification systems Basically, for the identification of an object different procedures in question:
However, the use of RFID in each case carefully. In particular, the higher cost of transponders and readers who have little standardization (id readers usually work only on one, max. Two frequencies and support then there only a selection of the existing protocols and formats), an RFID-Einsatz only makes sense where he alternative to the barcode one or several of the above Advantages promises. Deployment Scenarios A typical deployment scenario is the identification of processing machinery companies in the manufacturing industry. Many processing methods come cooling lubricants are used and there are chips or dust, so that the surfaces of the machines pollute heavily and repeatedly cleaned. In such an environment would bar codes soon lead to failure, which is why the use of RFID and the screws or gluing transponders on the machines tested. The employee can be the engine for maintenance tasks identified. He has for example On his PDA a list of current contracts. Reads a corresponding machine number by RFID, it jumps automatically to the display order, and the time to start recording. The employee can now begin once the planned activities and watch a history of the missions to retrieve this machine. Then he introduces his work through and captures the activities and materials used. Finally, the time he finished recording and includes the job. Later, the mission to the appropriate cost center booked and all data collected are now again in the history of the machine is available. sMOTIVE and RFID sMOTIVE provides for the use of RFID in the maintenance and service a comprehensive support. The module sMOTIVE Logistics supports the user in the adoption of RFID by providing a convenient way of procurement and inventory ID. Afterwards, the so-covered objects and installations in the sMOTIVE object hierarchy and may be available as usual for planned and unplanned events can be selected. The module sMOTIVE Maintenance Mobile binds RFID-Funktion an appropriate PDA automatically, and thus constitutes the comfort of a RFID-basierten object labeling immediately available. |
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