简介:HitachiInformationSystemsstarteduptheRFIDbusinessfrom2002andprovidesvarietiessolutions,especiallydevotedtheenergiesontheresearchofmetallictagandthedevelopmentofitsappliedarea.Themetallictagwasdevelopedtowithstandtheharshenvironmentlikevibration,shock,high-pressurewaterinjection,highvoltage,andultravioletirradiation.Becausethemetallictagthatdifferentwiththemetaltagcreatedbefore,isprotectedbythemetallicmaterialthatmadeitverystrongtobeusedintheenvironmentlistedabove.June,2006,ourcompanysuccessfullydevelopedthemetallictagwitharmor-cladstainlesssteel.Therefore,comparingwiththeresintag,themetallictagwithremarkablemechanicalstrengthwassufficientattentiontowithstandtheoutdooruse,eventoresistUV.Bythemethodofscrewfixing,rivettightening,solderingornailstriking,theinstallationprocedurecanbecompleted.Becausethevariousinstallationmethodsweresupported,themetallictagcanbeappliedtomanyindustryareas.Themanagementmarketslikeconstructionmachinery,substationequipment,molds,tools,andmetalliccontainerthatneedtheverystrongtagcanbedeveloped,becauseofthemetallictag.Inthisthesis,itwillbedescribedabouttheresearchbackgroundandtheresearchresultsofmetallictag,thecommercializedmetallictag’sfeaturesandapplicationfields,aswellastheresearchsubjectsinthefutureandrecentdevelopmentsituation.
简介:Improvingefficiencyinrollgrindingprocessisacriticalissueinthesteelmill.Eachrollhastobegrindedtoawell-definedprofileandthentobemeasuredforqualitycheck.However,thesurfaceconditionsareinspectedbyusingdifferenton-lineinspectionprobesequippedonthegrinder.Therollnumberisauniqueinformationwhichcanbeusedtomergewithahugeamountofmeasurementdatasothattheconditionofeachrollisfullymonitored.Oneofthekeyfactorsthathindertheefficiencyinsuchprocessistheerrorsandtimeconsumptionduetohumanintervention.Inordertomitigatetheseissuesandtorealizethefullyautomaticgrindingprocess,radiofrequencyidentificationtechnology(RFID)couldbeasolutionandhasbeendevelopedinthispaper.ItiswellknownthatwhenanRFIDtagisplaceddirectlyuponametallicobject,intheabsenceofagaporasubstrate,itfunctionsratherpoorlyandevenbecomestotallydysfunctional.Thislimitation,inturn,posesarealbarriertotheuseoftheRFIDonmetallicobjects.ThispaperproposesaminiatureRFIDtagantennadesignforapplicationonrollnumberidentification.TheexperimentaltestsshowthatthemaximumreadrangeoftheproposedRFIDtagplacedonarollisapproximately1.5mandtheoverallsizeisonly32×18×3.2mm~3.AnRFIDsystemforrollnumberidentificationwasusedinarollshopandseveralremarkableimprovementswereachieved,includingthecompletelyautomaticgrindingprocessandtheerror-freeidentification,aswellasthehighpersonnelsafetyoperation.