The company is using passive RFID to track assets and tools at its California Metal Deposition laboratory, and a Wi-Fi-based RTLS to capture the locations of high-value items in real time.
Admin
Admin's Latest Posts
MagicBands Bring Convenience, New Services to Walt Disney World
Visitors use the RFID wristbands to access the parks, rides, hotel rooms, and other attractions and services.
Just How Big Will RFID Be?
The lessons learned from the adoption of other technologies suggest that radio frequency identification will be more important than anyone currently imagines.
Omni-ID and Guard RFID Release Open-Standard 433 MHz Technology
The companies have tested the operability of Omni-ID’s new Power 415 tag with Guard RFID’s Tag Reader Receiver, and will begin selling their hardware, based on the IEEE 802.15.4f standard, and free of licensing fees.
RFID News Roundup
Mapúa Institute of Technology library adopts CSL UHF RFID technology; Metalcraft announces NFC tags; Red Cell Innovation unveils handheld PDA with RFID; NFL Draft picks Fish Technologies; University of Salento researchers develop RAMSES passive RFID sensor tag; NXP Semiconductors joins ZigBee Alliance Board of Directors.
Middle Eastern Aircraft Services Company Gains Efficiency With RFID
Abu Dhabi Aircraft Technologies is using passive UHF tags to track the components it services, thanks to a solution it developed with help from Airbus.
Collingwood General & Marine Hospital Adopts RTLS that Tracks Infants, Assets and Environmental Conditions
The Canadian facility has deployed Stanley Healthcare’s Wi-Fi-based RFID tags and MobileView software platform, which also manages asset locations and records temperature and humidity levels within the OR.
RFID Improves Efficiency and Transparency at Rehau’s Bumper Factory
The German auto parts manufacturer is tracking its work-in-progress at eight plants worldwide, ensuring the automotive bumpers it produces are accurately made to order.
Is the RFID Industry Ready for Growth?
There are two important issues that need to be addressed as the technology becomes mainstream.
Global Company Tracks Its Corporate Art
An RFID solution provided by NCS Technologies is helping to manage art at multiple sites via TSL’s handheld reader and an app running on a mobile phone.
RFID News Roundup
MAINtag announces deployment of over 1 million flyable tags, new deliveries of FLYtag skin; Kit Check releases new RFID scanning station; new DOD rules for electronics parts contractors could spur RFID use; Lab ID introduces two new RFID inlays; IDTronic unveils new UHF RFID reader module; NXP releases Android development kit for Mifare, Icode and NTAG products; Smartrac and Confidex partner on U.S. distribution agreement; Tecsys Buys Logi-D.
Carlsberg UK Expands RFID Keg-Tracking System
The beer and cider brewer expects to tag a total of 600,000 kegs, using RFID to create a record of which empty kegs are onsite, which have been filled and shipped, and how long they remain at a customer’s site.