RFID can improve employee safety and productivity of glass
Asahi Glass Co. Subsidiary AGC Flat Glass Europe a total of 10,600 employees, annual sales of 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, the company is now Belgium Moustier of the factories use RFID systems to ensure the safety of workers, the plant by the use of robotic crane to package large areas of glass.
AGCFlatGlassEuropeIT Project Leader EricDeneye last month in RFIDJurnalLIVE! Europe conference, said, RFID system provides four major forklift in the packaging area, real-time location information. RFID system is installed at the factory to re-built in a region, robotic cranes in the area packing size 300 cm * 321 centimeters of the large glass.
When the glass production finished, they are placed into a so-called "put Taiwan" on - a four tripod plate surface, plate surface with a row of meters high railings. About 1000 to place tables and install the tags, each placed on Taiwan's two front legs frame each affixed with a label. Part two labels have the same ID code.
Forklift drivers are required to send packages will be placed Taiwan area, one out of the area after entry (a total of 12), each door with an RFID reader antenna. The driver on-board computer commands to open the door when the forklift through the door, RFID tag reader to place tables and labels, updating the system Forklift position.
In the packaging area, employees will be placed Taiwan on the specified row, glass packaging area on the floor to install a small fence marking the different pairs of rows, this can be fixed to place tables. Later, the machine began to manipulate the crane packing glass.
As the RFID reader can identify the placement of units into the packaging area, so no need to get off the workers scan the bar code label placed on Taiwan. The other regions in the factory, the staff must climb down forklift to read bar codes, and sometimes they will slip, sprain ankle.
Installation of RFID system, when a forklift truck in packaging identification between the rows, the crane will stop working. When the forklift truck driver out of the area, he has pressed a button to open the door. When the truck left the packaging area, he pressed another button to close. Once the door closed again, cranes once again picked up the glass panels to plastic and wood packaging it.
RFID systems help managers to ensure that no one in the crane work area. As the reader on a forklift to place tables and automatic identification tags, the system know when the forklift in the packing room of the location of the crane to stop working there.
The system was implemented in 2006, the project chose EPCGen1RFID label operating frequency of 870MHz. At that time, the label test results are satisfactory at reasonable prices. System with approximately 4 units used CAENRFID reader, IBM provides systems integration services.
The project encountered challenges include the metal factory environment, tag and reader antennas to determine a suitable installation location to ensure a satisfactory read rates. System capacity depends on the forklift reads the tag location, and the label to place tables and location.
He said, "After the success of each label to read, the user will be notified, so that if necessary, they can manually enter data."
According to Deneye said the project cost is not high, return on investment within two years. The company is currently considering the introduction of RFID into the production, because production has also adopted the same place.
"We are considering further expansion of RFID projects," Deneye said, but we need to find a new application opportunities and a reasonable return. "
AGCFlatGlassEuropeIT Project Leader EricDeneye last month in RFIDJurnalLIVE! Europe conference, said, RFID system provides four major forklift in the packaging area, real-time location information. RFID system is installed at the factory to re-built in a region, robotic cranes in the area packing size 300 cm * 321 centimeters of the large glass.
When the glass production finished, they are placed into a so-called "put Taiwan" on - a four tripod plate surface, plate surface with a row of meters high railings. About 1000 to place tables and install the tags, each placed on Taiwan's two front legs frame each affixed with a label. Part two labels have the same ID code.
Forklift drivers are required to send packages will be placed Taiwan area, one out of the area after entry (a total of 12), each door with an RFID reader antenna. The driver on-board computer commands to open the door when the forklift through the door, RFID tag reader to place tables and labels, updating the system Forklift position.
In the packaging area, employees will be placed Taiwan on the specified row, glass packaging area on the floor to install a small fence marking the different pairs of rows, this can be fixed to place tables. Later, the machine began to manipulate the crane packing glass.
As the RFID reader can identify the placement of units into the packaging area, so no need to get off the workers scan the bar code label placed on Taiwan. The other regions in the factory, the staff must climb down forklift to read bar codes, and sometimes they will slip, sprain ankle.
Installation of RFID system, when a forklift truck in packaging identification between the rows, the crane will stop working. When the forklift truck driver out of the area, he has pressed a button to open the door. When the truck left the packaging area, he pressed another button to close. Once the door closed again, cranes once again picked up the glass panels to plastic and wood packaging it.
RFID systems help managers to ensure that no one in the crane work area. As the reader on a forklift to place tables and automatic identification tags, the system know when the forklift in the packing room of the location of the crane to stop working there.
The system was implemented in 2006, the project chose EPCGen1RFID label operating frequency of 870MHz. At that time, the label test results are satisfactory at reasonable prices. System with approximately 4 units used CAENRFID reader, IBM provides systems integration services.
The project encountered challenges include the metal factory environment, tag and reader antennas to determine a suitable installation location to ensure a satisfactory read rates. System capacity depends on the forklift reads the tag location, and the label to place tables and location.
He said, "After the success of each label to read, the user will be notified, so that if necessary, they can manually enter data."
According to Deneye said the project cost is not high, return on investment within two years. The company is currently considering the introduction of RFID into the production, because production has also adopted the same place.
"We are considering further expansion of RFID projects," Deneye said, but we need to find a new application opportunities and a reasonable return. "
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