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RFID is a technology for uniquely identifying assets.
Regardless of the industry, all companies need systems to manage their assets and their movements throughout the supply chain.
RFID makes these systems more agile, more accurate and more efficient.
What is RFID?
RFID, which stands for Radio Frequency IDentification, is a technology whose function is the remote identification (up to 15 meters) of people, objects and/or animals.
The particularity of RFID technology is that it does not require a field of view and can read up to 1000 IDs per second. This has a direct impact on the automation of asset identification and traceability, reduces human errors and implements a substantial improvement of multiple processes inherent to the supply chain.
How does RFID work?
RFID technology works through various devices that are responsible for processing the signal. There are essential components to implement a basic RFID environment, as well as more complex and more specific products, designed as a response to certain issues of specific markets. In Myruns we manufacture products of both types.
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags facilitate the recognition of objects to ensure their traceability wirelessly. The tags incorporate a chip to which the necessary information is added for subsequent printing and engraving. There are 3 classes of RFID tags according to the type of frequency in which they operate:
Passive TAG The tag has no battery and responds as a passive element by reflecting the read signal. The tag consists of an aluminum antenna and an IC. Its reading range can reach up to 15 meters.
Semi-passive TAG The tag has a battery connected to the IC. It acts as a passive element, but at the moment of reflecting the signal it injects energy to reach further (30 meters) or carry heavier information (e.g. temperature).
Active TAG The tag has a connected battery and acts as an active element constantly emitting a signal that can be read by the reading system at a range of up to 100 meters.
The readers receive and process the radio signal and transmit it to the computer in a comprehensible form. The antennas are a link between the tag and the reader. Their function is to emit a radio frequency signal which, when reflected on the tag, collects the information (identification code) of the tag.
Conventional fixed reader The tag has no battery and responds as a passive element by reflecting the read signal. The tag consists of an aluminum antenna and an IC. Its reading range can reach up to 15 meters.
Mobile reader The tag has a connected battery and acts as an active element constantly emitting a signal that can be read by the reading system at a range of up to 100 meters.
Its purpose is the adaptation of RFID technology to the medium or application. The reading system can be given in multiple options or formats: Arches, poles, reading tunnel, integrated in shelves, furniture…etc.
In addition, we can find products that use an RFID antenna and a reader under its housing. These products alone comprise a reading system.