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RFID Applications in Medical Field is boosting in recent years.

With the continuous development of technology, RFID technology is more and more widely used in the medical field. RFID technology is a kind of wireless identification technology, which can be used to track and manage medical equipment, drugs and patient information. Medical field applications.


Device Management


In the hospital, there are many medical equipment that need to be managed and maintained, such as medical equipment, surgical instruments, etc. Using RFID technology can help the hospital manage these equipment. By installing RFID tags on the equipment, the hospital can easily track the location and usage of the equipment. Furthermore, RFID technology can also be used for equipment inventory management and procurement, thereby increasing hospital efficiency and reducing manpower costs.

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Drug Management


Medicine management in the hospital is also an important issue. The use of RFID technology can help the hospital track the drug flow and usage status, thus ensuring the safety and effectiveness of the drug. By installing the RFID tag on the drug, the hospital can store the drug in and out. Automatically record drug information, real-time monitoring drug stock status, and carry out drug shelf life and batch management. This information can be used for drug tracking and recycling, improving hospital safety and quality management level.

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Patient Management


Using RFID technology can help the hospital manage and monitor the patient, improve the patient’s treatment effect and safety. By giving the patient an RFID bracelet or card, the hospital can track the patient’s location and status, understand the patient’s illness and treatment status. These The information can be used for hospital scheduling and bed space management, increasing hospital efficiency and reducing waiting times. In addition, RFID technology can be used for patient medical information management, including medical history, diagnosis results, drug use records, etc.. These information can be For personalized patient treatment, improve treatment effect and safety.

In summary, RFID technology has a wide application prospect in the medical field. The use of RFID technology can help the hospital realize the automation of equipment, drug and patient management, improve the efficiency and safety of the hospital.

Using a wine bottle cap with an RFID chip, when consumers unscrew the wine bottle cap, the label chip and the antenna on the bottle cap are broken, and the RFID tag becomes invalid immediately.



Wine bottle cap RFID electronic label features: 

1. Smart and convenient, stable and reliable, easy to use. 

2. Diversity of expressions. 

Application scope of RFID electronic label for wine bottle cap: 

RFID electronic tags have the characteristics of global uniqueness, non-copying, anti-transfer, automatic identification and other functions. The chip code in the electronic label is unique, and the secret control information, including product information, can be entered through the electronic label. It can realize the functions of anti-smuggling and traceability. The coding of information is added in the production process, and various information such as the production date, raw materials, shelf life, origin, alcohol concentration and even which production line of the wine can be edited and coded, so as to realize the production, sales and use links. Verification, when the wine reaches the retail terminal market, the retail customer can use the retail terminal information system to identify and parse the code on the product package, read the wine factory information and retail customer order information, and after it is circulated to the consumer, the consumer can use the mobile phone. By querying the platform, you can obtain the wine's circulation channel information and authenticity identification services. 



As shown in the picture above, a wine bottle cap with an RFID chip is used. When consumers unscrew the wine bottle cap, the label chip and the antenna on the bottle cap are broken, and the RFID label becomes invalid immediately. This label is different from the traditional RFID easy-to-use label. The broken wine label ensures that the outside of the label is well protected from damage during use. After tearing off, the surface paper and the antenna can be separated, and cannot be imitated, which solves the problem of the label being recycled and reused. It can also be made in the form of a tag, and the chip is embedded in the tag; it can also be combined on the packaging of the wine bottle, such as the decorative stickers on the wine bottle and the outer packaging such as combined in the wine box, etc. The expression can be based on the wine. Customized packaging design. 

Wine bottle cap RFID electronic label label parameters:

Specification size 40mm×20mm (can be customized according to customer needs) 

Protocol EPC C1G2 (ISO-18000-6c) 

Chip H3 (LF, HF, UHF chips can be packaged according to customer requirements) 

Operating frequency 860～960MHz 

Recognition distance 5~6cm in the air, 2~3cm on the wine box (aluminum foil) 

As the global elderly population grows exponentially, including Hong Kong. Many older adults live longer and suffer from chronic diseases. Creating a huge need for community services. At the same time, manpower shortage is a major problem in the community service industry. As a result, the industry is under increasing pressure to keep up with the demand for its services. The project develops an IoT network and system infrastructure for community service centers. To support a much-need function for asset management efficiency.

The RFID smart asset management system consists of three main parts:

Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) RFID reader system. Multi-directional antenna platform and back-end inventory management system. The smart asset management is a mobile platform that can move freely in all directions. As well as an intelligent multi-directional antenna platform. That can scan multiple RFID tags in different directions through a seamless scanning mechanism. The developed platform is also capable of scanning and locating individual mark items for easy item finding. The mobile platform makes of light-weight yet strong material and has smooth and soft rubber wheels. A multi-directional scanning RFID antenna mounted on top of a raise platform so that it can scan large areas seamlessly. The RFID tag EPC will send to the back-end inventory management system for processing and inventory status updates. And a rechargeable batteries poweres the entire system .

These technologies help improve the operational efficiency and productivity of service centers in the areas of inventory and asset search.





 


author:SHIJUN LI

Dual-frequency RFID is a relatively special application market. It is still relatively narrow and the industry chain is relatively simple. In addition to making UHF+HF the same IC , There are still some scenarios in the market that use the scheme of combining UHF tags + HF tags with two different tags.

In addition to the chip threshold, dual-frequency tag equipment and manufacturing difficulties are also more difficult than ordinary tags, because the working principles of HF and UHF two different frequency bands are completely different, one is near-field coupling, and the other is far-field radiation, which requires two different antenna combinations.

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In addition, the current usage of dual-frequency products is not large, so dual-frequency RFID products, whether they are chips or tags, are more expensive than ordinary ones.

According to the information we have investigated, the application volume and application scenarios of dual-frequency RFID tags are increasing rapidly, and may become a new market growth point.

1. Introduction to the advantages of dual-frequency RFID

The advantages of dual-frequency RFID products mainly include the following two aspects

Advantage 1: It retains the function of UHF RFID rapid inventory in large quantities

The biggest advantage of UHF RFID is that it has a long transmission distance and can be read in groups. It is very suitable for some scenarios that require quick inventory, especially in the B-side warehousing logistics and sorting links.

Advantage 2: retains the ability of HF RFID to interact with mobile phones

Because NFC on mobile phones is a kind of HF RFID technology, HF RFID tags can interact directly with mobile phones, which greatly expands the use boundary of RFID. Anti-counterfeiting traceability requirements.

Therefore, dual-frequency RFID tag products can not only meet the needs of the B-side for efficient turnover, anti-lost, and visual management, but also meet the needs of the C-side crowd for anti-counterfeiting and traceability, which can form a good closed loop in business.

2. Dual-frequency RFID market and application introduction

The application scenarios of dual-frequency RFID products mainly have the following characteristics

First, the usage scenario needs to combine the high inventory efficiency of ultra-high frequency and the characteristics of high frequency interaction with mobile phones, which requires a relatively large amount of applications and concentrated, so that there is a demand for large-scale inventory; second, product consumption It has strong attributes and needs to interact directly with consumers.

Second, the unit price of the product in the application scenario is more expensive. Because the product is more expensive, it will stimulate consumers’ demand for anti-counterfeiting traceability. In addition, the price of the dual-frequency RFID tag product itself is also much more expensive than the single-frequency tag. Only high-value scenarios can afford such a cost input.

Third, there is a strong demand for authenticity identification, but there is a lack of authoritative endorsement products in the market. This kind of product requires consumers to identify the authenticity by themselves, which requires the use of technical means.

According to this logic, we think the following areas are more suitable for dual-band products.

1. High-end alcohol products

This field is a scene where dual-frequency RFID products are being used in large quantities, because high-end liquors have a large shipment volume, such as Maotai, Wuliangye and other high-end liquors, which are in the tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of shipments per year. There is a demand for warehouse inventory. In addition, the price of high-end liquor can range from several hundred yuan to several thousand yuan, which can fully cover the input cost of dual-frequency labels. Consumers have relatively high requirements for the authenticity of liquor.

2. Luxury

For example, high-end watches, bags and other products are very expensive. Consumers have a rigid need for the authenticity of such products. Moreover, the scale of the current market is also relatively large and requires a faster inventory. Therefore, dual-frequency is in this category. There are also more scenarios. It is understood that there are also many luxury brands in foreign markets that are trying to use dual-frequency RFID tags.

3. Collectibles

Collectible products include gold, stone, jade, antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and various handicrafts. These products are very expensive, but they require a high degree of professional ability to distinguish between true and false. It is difficult for ordinary people to identify them, so they need to use dual-frequency RFID tags. screening.

4. Library

At present, some libraries in China use dual-frequency solutions, but this is a problem left over from the development of the industry, because in the early days, many libraries used high-frequency tags, but with the maturity of UHF RFID and cost reduction, UHF RFID It can also meet the market demand, resulting in many libraries that use high-frequency solutions need to use dual-frequency solutions to overdo it.




 


author:SHIJUN LI

With the help of RFID asset tracking solution, the automatic inventory of assets can accurately realize in a short time. Asset tracking RFID tags must attach to all assets. From servers, racks and laptops to office chairs, carts and even buckets. Instead of identifying assets, locating barcodes. Or scanning assets one by one when taking an inventory. Workers can simply walk around the workplace with an RFID reader in hand or pushing a cart with a mobile RFID reader.

As a result, employees can get rid of the heavy lifting. And businesses can change inventory count reviews from once a year to weekly or even shorter cycles. Automated RFID solutions can reduce high costs and errors (including omissions or misclassifications) caused by manual inventories. The company can grasp the accurate asset status in a timely manner. And can implement business management as needed.

The advantages of RFID asset management:

Easy identification, long reading distance

Fast reading, instant display in RFID handheld readers

Accurate reading, each marked fixed asset has a unique RFID tag

Transponders RFID are wear-resistant

Excellent anti-collision performance

The chip content can be rewritten more than 10,000 times


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Components of the RFID Asset Tracking Starter Kit:

RFID Asset Tracking Tags

Fixed RFID Reader

RFID Handheld Reader

RFID Antenna

asset management RFID system features:

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RFID-based asset tracking system can realize the whole life cycle management of equipment from purchase to scrap.

With RFID technology, it can manage small but high-value assets such as integrated circuit boards. As well as large assets such as automobile factories.

RFID realizes the automatic identification of assets from procurement, storage, allocation, inventory to scrapping.

By using RFID device tracking tags, devices can track and acquire anytime, anywhere.

The fully visualized information platform provides users with timely grasp of asset status and convenient configuration of resources. And facilitates the tracking of non-networked tangible resources.

The “RFID fixed asset management” function effectively manages the quasi-fixed assets that have not been transferred. Which makes up for the shortcomings of the original barcode asset management system.

It saves the time for inventory of fixed assets and improves efficiency.

A complete asset management system can avoid repeated purchases and waste.

The powerful RFID information collector can record more asset-related information and assist the refinement of asset management.

Asset management is more flexible and accurate. RFID, through its large amount of information, makes the asset status visualized and can modified.

RFID asset tracking system can record dynamic information of assets. Such as: equipment configuration, use and return records, main components, annual inspection status, etc.

Benefits of RFID Equipment Tracking System:

Increased Productivity – Significantly reduces the time employees spend tracking lost or misplaced devices.

Improve asset maintenance and ensure important routine maintenance procedures (such as calibration)  followed.

24/7 access to the warehouse without human intervention increases productivity.

Improve equipment utilization and asset monitoring capabilities, and greatly reduce the purchase and loan of spare parts and equipment.

Reduce operating costs and asset losses.


 


author:SHIJUN LI

RFID production line management system plays a pivotal role in modern production lines. So how does this system work? Today we will take a closer look.

1. Project Background

In traditional manufacturing enterprises, daily management is more concentrated in product management, quality management, warehouse management. And mobile asset management, on-site personnel management, fleet management, etc. Production line management. The collection of production line information usually adopts manual collection and manual input. This manual collection and manual input method is far from accurate and has a high error rate. In addition, manual input can only be done periodically.

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Not Accurate

Resulting in weekly or monthly submissions of production plans that cannot be accurate to the day. The production data in the system cannot be updated in real time, and the lag is serious. Which is not conducive to the smooth progress of the production process. And restricts the further improvement of production capacity. At the same time, manufacturing companies have realized the existence of these problems. And are trying to use emerging technologies to solve them. Currently, some manufacturing companies use barcode recognition to improve the accuracy of data entry.

However, there are still technical bottlenecks in barcode recognition:


The work efficiency of workers is different. Which is easy to cause uneven division of labor among groups.
It is impossible to find production abnormalities and production line bottlenecks in real time.
Low labor efficiency and low utilization rate of actual working hours.
Once the barcode label is not clearly printed, there will be problems such as creases and difficult identification of the barcode gun.
Real-time tracking is impossible. And it is difficult for the management to arrange work according to the work status. If there is a problem in a certain process in the work process. It must be eliminated until the next day.
Barcode data collection requires a dedicated team of personnel to operate. And the labor cost is high.


Requirements

Therefore, the production line management system is increasingly unable to meet the requirements of enterprises. For efficient and lean production management. While deepening the modern management concept. It is of great significance to the enterprise to build a more technical production line management system.

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2. Project Definition

RFID radio frequency identification technology is an emerging high-tech technology. Which has caused changes in the field of automatic identification after barcodes. It utilizes the penetrability, long-distance transmission and wireless electromagnetic waves. To realize identification through specific protocols. Item information automatic identification technology. In the manufacturing industry, UHF (Ultra High Frequency). RFID technology essential advantages compare with the currently widely used barcode technology. It can not only read and write wirelessly at a long distance. But also have the functions of penetrating reading and high-speed mobile reading and writing. It can store more data and can also be used in harsh environments. Therefore, RFID technology is not just a simple replacement for barcode technology.

Production construction line management system is based on the computer network.

With RFID as the core

The construction meets the production management requirements of the enterprise. And aims to solve the existing problems of the enterprise. A comprehensive management system that automatically collects real-time data in the whole production process. And manages the tracking and management of batch numbers.

As a data carrier, electronic tags can play the roles of identification, item tracking, and information collection. The RFID system consisting of electronic tags, readers, antennas. And application software is directly connected to the corresponding management information system. Every item can be tracked accurately. This comprehensive information management system can bring many benefits to customers. Including real-time data collection and tracking management. Therefore, RFID technology is applied to the tracking and management of goods transfer between production lines. It can effectively prevent errors, realize intelligent production line logistics management. And greatly improve the production line management level of enterprises.

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3. System Design

The production line management system based on RFID technology. Applies advance RFID radio frequency identification technology to production lines. Transshipment and temporary storage warehouses. And uses reusable radio frequency electronic tags. Each tag has a unique ID number and a readable and writable data area. Write the product information into the RFID electronic tag. Install the reader at the offline station of the production line and the entrance of the warehouse. Automatically write and collect the product information of each location by reading and writing the tag information. And share the data information with other IT systems, at the same time. It displayed on the screen, prompting the production line operator. So that the semi-finished products are transferred from the offline to the warehouse, temporarily stored.

3.1 Construction goals

Manufacturing production line enterprises introduce RFID, combine RFID with existing IT systems. Establish a real-time production line management system, optimize and rationally utilize resources. Increase production capacity, improve asset utilization, higher levels of quality control. And various online measurements to create greater benefit the business.

RFID provides a constantly updated stream of real-time data. Complementing the Manufacturing Execution System, the information provided by RFID. Used to ensure the correct use of labor, machines. Tools and components, enabling paperless production and reducing downtime. In addition, the production process can be controlled. Modified or even restructured in real time as materials. Parts and assemblies move through the production line to ensure reliability and high quality. All data is collected wirelessly at high speed by client computers.

Base on real-time data flow

Management systems such as ERP can mine these massive data. Conduct real-time and effective supervision of production plans and processes. RFID can provide the most accurate calculation of the man-hours required by the process. The ERP software can accurately evaluate the process and working time of each worker through RFID. And calculate the actual production capacity of each production line. Business managers can use this data to make a more accurate analysis of the company’s business capabilities.

Complete data mining and analysis. Enterprise managers can master workshop capacity, solve production bottlenecks in real time. monitor production progress in real time, and improve production processes through quality monitoring. RFID provides a basis for enterprises to achieve a balanced production line. Is compatible with enterprise ERP, SCM, MCS, etc. Combine with mainstream management systems. so that every employee in the enterprise can maximize energy efficiency.

3.2 System Network Diagram

The network diagram of this system is as follows.

The system mainly realizes the intelligent management of the entire production line. From card issuance to station management and warehouse management.

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3.3 System flow

3.3.1 Card Issuance Management

Arrange production plans according to production orders, including production order import. Order statistics and status information transmission, production task decomposition, automatic task allocation, etc.  According to the production plan to produce and issue electronic labels. And bind the electronic labels to the goods that need to be managed. And obtain information through the ERP sharing interface, write the information into electronic labels. Such as batch, box number, etc. Establish product files in the production management system. And comprehensively track the conversion process line of goods production.

3.3.2 Workplace Management

RFID readers and antennas are installed at each site. When the goods with RFID tags enter the RFID work point. the reader (writer) reads the data information stored in the electronic tag on the product. The read (write) device reads the obtained electronic data information. And directly transmits it to the logistics control management Information system. Then the management system lists the package number and batch information of the goods according to the product production information. and displays it on the display screen, prompting the production workers to perform the correct operation.

3.3.3 Warehouse management

After the goods are processed on the production line. They need to be sent from the production line to the transit warehouse. Where an RFID channel-type reading device install to realize automatic collection. Of cargo information and real-time data update in the back-end warehouse. The goods are automatically released from the warehouse in batches in the same way. Realizing real-time and efficient management of the goods.

4. System benefits

Establishing a production line management system based on RFID technology can bring the following benefits to enterprises:

1. Production data can be collected accurately and in real time.

Real-time feedback of production data is the basis for ensuring smooth production. The real-time production data of the production workshop collected by the system. Is automatically collected in real time by the RFID equipment. The RFID reader reads the specific information contained in the RFID electronic tag feeds it back to the system. The server updates the data every 5 seconds. . Through this mode of operation, the system can provide real-time production data for collection and data analysis.

2. Improve productivity on the original basis

Productivity is the focus of production management, but also the difficulty of management. If the productivity increases, it means that the output of the enterprise will increase. And the profit will also increase. The real-time production data of the production workshop is fed back to the system. Through system monitoring, the reasons that hinder the smooth flow of the production line can be found in real time. And the production bottleneck can be found in time. Through real-time data collection. The system monitors the production situation of each workshop, group. And station in real time.so as to find any abnormal situation in any production link. And solve the bottleneck that hinders the production process in time. Production efficiency.

3. Real-time tracking of order progress to ensure timely delivery

If the order is not shipped in time. It means that the company will not only be unable to make a profit but will lead to a loss. and will also affect the company’s reputation. The future development of the company has been greatly affected and hindered. Especially export enterprises are more important for the timely delivery of orders. The system starts with the customer’s order. and tracks the real-time progress of the entire production process of the product produced from start to finish. Track the order progress on the production line in real time. So as to accurately grasp the production progress of each order and achieve the purpose of timely delivery.



 


author:SHIJUN LI