RFID Traceability
How the automotive industry benefits from the use of RFID technology – from the supplier to the delivery
One of the main advantages of RFID involves the user reading the authenticity features and rewriting them to a data carrier. Data carriers (also known as tags) accompany the part throughout the entire production cycle or quality test; relevant data is written automatically onto the tag and then read at the end of the production cycle. Together, with the finished product, there is also a quality management protocol available that shows all production steps of the product, as well as the quality test.
Another benefit of RFID technology is that the information is less susceptible to environmental influences because it is transferred electromagnetically via radio waves. While externally applied printed bar codes become unusable with high temperatures, dirt, or moisture, the special RFID data carriers and robust scanners allow the use of RFID systems under very rough conditions or through nontransparent media.
Rethinking in the automotive industry
High temperature tags are attachable to a carriage (also known as a skid) that transports the vehicle body throughout production. This is how the path of the vehicle can be tracked from shelling to the final assembly, as long as the transport system remains the same. The most commonly identified components include monorail conveyors, skids, or any other carriers that handle the vehicle body and larger vehicle parts, such as engines and axles.
If a data carrier is firmly connected to the vehicle body at the beginning of the production process, the body can be identified safely at any time - from shelling and painting to the final assembly and delivery.
Vehicle body identification demands UHF-system
When transport systems are equipped with tags, there are always relatively small, defined distances between the data carriers and the combined read/write heads. If the tag is attached to the vehicle body directly, the range is inevitably larger – it mostly varies between 30 and 100 cm. For this reason, HF-systems cannot be used in this instance because the transmission range is limited to 20 cm. The solution is to utilize the UHF-range, which allows distances of up to three meters.
From the supplier to the final assembly
The fact that UHF-challenges also can be mastered and carry considerably lower data carrier prices convinced many automobile manufacturers to equip the coming model ranges with data carriers on the vehicle bodies, which means that they can be identified throughout the entire process. Furthermore, in projects where Turck is involved, the possibilities are tested to also optimize the delivered parts of the suppliers with RFID, thereby optimizing the entire production process up to the final assembly with the wireless identification.
- Automotive
- Press Shop
- Sheet Metal Thickness Measurement
- Body Shop
- Paint Shop
- Final Assembly
- Final Assembly – Diagnosis of Leaks
- Area Guarding for Robotic Cells
- Tier 1
- Powertrain
- Automotive Welding Tip Inspection
- Body Detection in Automobile Production
- Item-level Detection with UHF RFID
- Supply of cooling lubricant in machine tools
- Manual Load Weld Cell
- Controlling hydraulic pressure in pressing plants
- Measuring process pressure on scissor lifts
- Detecting Black Parts on Black Door Panel
- Moonroof Detection
- Long-Range Inspection in Automotive Assembly
- Rubber Washer Detection on Engine Block
- Engine Block Part-In-Place Detection
- Electric Vehicle Detection in Charging Station
- Vehicle Detection in a Self-Serve Car Wash
- Success Stories - Automotive
- Modular Conveyor System
- RFID and I/O modules for Safe Tool Changes
- RFID in an Automated Guided Vehicle
- IO-Link Wired Silencer Production
- Workpiece Carrier Identification in Rear Vent Production
- Weld Nut Sensing
- RFID Traceability
- RFID in Engine Production
- Bumper Production with Identification
- Solutions for Paint Shops
- Welding and Assembly Sensors
- Angle Sensors for Assembly Systems
- Tool Identification
- Pick-to-Light for Bumper Assembly
- RFID Identification of Injector Nozzles
- RFID in the Body Shop
- IO-Link Eases Differential Gear Production
- Cloud-based level monitoring
- Chemical
- Detection of Pigs
- Remote Signal I/O
- Easy Connection of Field Devices
- Signal Processing with System I/O in the Control Cabinet
- Signal Separation with Interface Technology in the Control Cabinet
- Identification of Hose Connections
- Efficient Monitoring of Cabinets in the Field
- Monitoring of Quarter Turn Actuators
- Planning and Assembly of System Solutions
- Success Stories
- I/O System Excom Creates Space in the I&C Rooms
- Zone 2 and 22 RFID
- Efficient Testing Control
- Intrinsically Safe Field Communication
- Process Control System Partnership
- Hazardous Area Remote I/O
- Dual Valve Position Feedback
- Flexibility with Fieldbus
- Asset Management with Remote I/O
- Correct Positioning with RFID in Carbid Production
- Fast conversion in restricted space
- Energy
- Food and Beverage
- Condition Monitoring in Storage Rooms
- Dough Thickness Control in Rolling Machines
- Identification of Food Containers
- Detection of Valve Position
- Container Check
- Detection of Pipe Elbows
- Identification of Chocolate Molds
- Success Stories
- Track and Trace in Meat Production with RFID
- Contact-free Encoder in Potato Production
- UHF RFID in Food Distribution Center
- RFID for Chocolate production
- Distributed I/O for Food Equipment
- Remote I/O for Distilleries
- RFID and Autoclaves
- IP67 Power Supplies for Conveyors
- Transparency in Chocolate Manufacturing
- Identification in Food Product Storage
- Bottle Detection with Camera
- Mobile Equipment
- Distribution Lines for Field Sprayers
- Measuring the Ground Clearance on a Field Sprayer
- Angle Measurement on a Field Sprayer
- Determining the Boom Angle Position
- Material Flow Monitoring on a Combine Harvester
- Equipment Compartment Illumination on Fire Engines
- Two-Axis Tilt Measurement on a Combine Harvester
- Collision Protection on Reach Stackers
- Success Stories
- Position Measurement with RFID and Encoder
- Speed Control via Radar Sensor QT50
- RFID Guides AGV in Suspension Production
- Block I/O Modules on Super Yacht
- Wear-free encoder on hopper dredger
- I/O for Dust Suppression
- Cabinet Cooling
- Quick Disconnect Connectivity
- Automation Solutions for Extreme Cold
- Remote I/O for Cranes
- Rugged Heavy Metal Lifting
- Rollercoaster Positioning
- Mobile Machinery Solutions
- Exact Height Positioning
- Critical Angle Sensing
- Angle Indicator
- Oil and Gas
- Packaging
- Identification of Printing Color Cartridges
- Reliable Operation of Machines
- Container Check
- Monitoring of Caps in Filling Lines
- Monitoring Changeover Processes
- Identification of Test Bottles
- Level Monitoring of Ground Coffee
- Level Detection in Vessels
- Detection of Transport Containers
- Success Stories
- Pharmaceutical
- Control of Valve Interfaces
- Monitoring of Quarter Turn Actuators
- Detection of Pipe Elbows
- Remote Signal I/O
- Planning and Construction of Super Skids
- Easy Connection of Field Devices
- Identification of Portable Tanks
- Identification of Cryovessels
- Identification of Mobile Containers
- Identification of Mobile Containers with Handheld Devices
- Identification of Hose Connections for Precursors
- Identification of Hose Connections in Sterile Areas
- Identification of Hose Connections in Ex Zone 1
- Identification of Big Bags and Bioreactors
- Identification of Single-Use Applications
- Success Stories
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