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A Flurry of High-Memory Tags Take Flight
Another aerospace tag provider is Finnish tag solutions firm Confidex. The company says that a version of its Ironside on-metal high-memory UHF tag, made with the TegoChip XL, complies with the AS5678 standard.
Systems integrator OATSystems, a provider of complete RFID solutions for Airbus and its suppliers, is offering an aerospace parts-tagging solution that includes the TAGAT 1089G, as well as tags made by Xerafy, MAINtag and TagSource. The solution also comes with a handheld reader from Motorola Solutions or Intermec, along with its own software package for managing read data and providing analysis based on that information.
This week, OAT announced that it has sold its packaged solution to Parker Hannifin, so that it can tag and track components to be installed in Airbus A350 XWB aircraft at the point of manufacture, in accordance with Spec 2000. Parker Hannifin, however, has yet to decide which vendor's tags will be used as part of the solution. "Every aircraft supplier has its own requirements," says Prasad Putta, OAT's cofounder and general manager, with regard to size, ruggedization and other factors. The Parker Hannifin installation will initially include only attaching tags to its aircraft parts, reading those tags with a handheld interrogator and storing each tag's ID number with the serial number in the OATSystems software, then shipping each component to its proper customer. During a second phase of the solution, however, says Alan Sherman, OAT's director of marketing, the technology can be used by Parker Hannifin for additional functions, including tracking work-in-progress as parts are manufactured and prepared for shipping, and tracking the location of tools and reusable assets within its facility.
Putta expects additional end-user announcements to be made over the coming weeks, as well as an endorsement of OATSystems' solution by "a major aerospace company."
The release of additional high-memory tag products from a variety of companies is good news for other industries, as well as aerospace, says Puleston of Tego. Not only does it offer a greater variety of options for those in the aerospace industry, he indicates, but other industries have been seeking high-memory tags that can store data in remote locations that may lack easy access to Internet or cellular connections. "We are seeing a great deal of interest in high memory for maintenance-based applications," he states.
Systems integrator OATSystems, a provider of complete RFID solutions for Airbus and its suppliers, is offering an aerospace parts-tagging solution that includes the TAGAT 1089G, as well as tags made by Xerafy, MAINtag and TagSource. The solution also comes with a handheld reader from Motorola Solutions or Intermec, along with its own software package for managing read data and providing analysis based on that information.
This week, OAT announced that it has sold its packaged solution to Parker Hannifin, so that it can tag and track components to be installed in Airbus A350 XWB aircraft at the point of manufacture, in accordance with Spec 2000. Parker Hannifin, however, has yet to decide which vendor's tags will be used as part of the solution. "Every aircraft supplier has its own requirements," says Prasad Putta, OAT's cofounder and general manager, with regard to size, ruggedization and other factors. The Parker Hannifin installation will initially include only attaching tags to its aircraft parts, reading those tags with a handheld interrogator and storing each tag's ID number with the serial number in the OATSystems software, then shipping each component to its proper customer. During a second phase of the solution, however, says Alan Sherman, OAT's director of marketing, the technology can be used by Parker Hannifin for additional functions, including tracking work-in-progress as parts are manufactured and prepared for shipping, and tracking the location of tools and reusable assets within its facility.
The release of additional high-memory tag products from a variety of companies is good news for other industries, as well as aerospace, says Puleston of Tego. Not only does it offer a greater variety of options for those in the aerospace industry, he indicates, but other industries have been seeking high-memory tags that can store data in remote locations that may lack easy access to Internet or cellular connections. "We are seeing a great deal of interest in high memory for maintenance-based applications," he states.
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