An recent Wall Street Journal article entitled "New Ways to Use RFID" provides a long overdue positive spin on RFID by a globally recognized business publication. Written by Michael Totty, a news editor for The Journal Report in San Francisco, the article features several examples of how companies are benefiting from using RFID technology. To his credit, Mr. Totty did not include a single reference to the Wal-Mart RFID project often mentioned by traditional business publications.
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RFID TagSource is a vendor independent provider of RFID tagging solutions for asset management applications. We work to understand application requirements and rapidly identify tagging solutions that best support our customer’s needs.
What's New
The RFID TagSource Laminated Tag consists of an industry standard inlay laminated in a highly durable plastic material. This provides a tag with the durability and flexibility of a standard credit card in a more slender form factor.
This tag is available in several configurations to support applications such as personnel identification, tagging returnable transport items, and tracking work in process assets. This tag is not designed to work when placed directly on metal.
Specifications
Dimensions - 1 X 5 inches (25 mm X 125mm)
Communication Protocol – EPC Class 1 Gen2 / ISO 18000-6C
Frequency Range – 915 MHz
Integrated Circuit (IC) / Memory - Impinj Monza II – 96 bits
Materials – Durable plastic laminate
Environmental Durability
Steelwave Micro
The Confidex Steelwave Micro is rapidly emerging as the industry leader for IT asset tracking applications. This is a small tag with exceptional on-metal performance; ideal for tracking blade servers, network equipment, or mobile IT assets such as laptops and other hand-held units.
The Confidex Pino designed to enable cost-efficient and reliable tracking of wooden assets, including pallets, shipping containers, and raw materials in the forestry industry.
Specifications
Dimensions – 2.95 x 0.55 x 0.015inches (75 x 14 x .4 mm)
Communication Protocol – EPC Class 1 Gen 2 / ISO 18000-6C
Frequency Range – 860 MHz – 960 MHz (Global)
Integrated Circuit (IC) / Memory
- NXP G2XM – 512 bits
Materials – Durable Label Material
Environmental Durability
- Temperature - -31F – 140F (-35C – 60C)
- Impact Resistance – Good
Mounting / Attachment – Mechanical
Performance (using Motorola MC9090G hand-held unit)
- Read Range – 3 feet (optimized for wood applications)
- Orientation Sensitivity – linear; performs best at 90 degrees to hand-held linear antenna
Options
Confidex Halo
The Halo was designed specifically to support asset management and location tagging applications where a tag with focused read characteristics is desired. This unique light-weigh on-metal tag provides a variety of attachment options including adhesive, magnetic tape, or with cable ties.
Steelwave
Confidex Steelwave is designed for indoor tracking and asset management solutions where small size but best achievable performance of passive UHF RFID technology can be utilized. This tag features a three dimensional antenna which provides superior performance on any material, including metal.
The majority of the RFID tag products we provide are sold through our network of Solution Provider Partners. In most cases we can find off the shelf products that address their needs. For more challenging applications we work together with our partners to develop tagging solutions that support their unique requirements.
Going above and beyond to support customer success is an integral part of our business. It's what we do...and our customers (and their customers) appreciate that very much.
The overwhelming majority of requests we get are for tags that must work for the most demanding applications. We are constantly putting tags to the test to make sure we can rapidly meet the needs of our customers. We recently ran a battery of tests to test the durability of tags in high temperature environments including autoclaves. The results are in...and they are not all in line with vendor claims.
Given the current economic conditions I really didn't know what to expect from the 2009 RFID Journal Live conference. Yes, attendance was down significantly...but so was the hype. In past years it seemed as if there was a concerted focus on a limited set of industry specific topics such as supply chain centric case/pallet tagging and item level tagging in the pharmaceutical industry. This year was more broad and pragmatic. The RFID industry is maturing...and this is a very good thing.
Improved visibility of high value IT assets has long been a goal of the information technology industry. In the past, equipment and data were locked up in the enterprise IT environments. With the advent of the internet, intranets, laptops, hand-held computers and phones, and portable storage media, high value equipment, and higher value data, are increasingly mobile. Current methods for tracking these high value assets are primarily manual and error prone.