The document discusses RFID (Radio-Frequency Identification) solutions, detailing various products such as RFID tags, readers, and their applications in supply chain management and asset tracking. It highlights the advantages of RFID technology, including unique identification and simplified data reading, along with specific technical specifications for different types of RFID tags. Additionally, case studies are presented, including the implementation of RFID in crates for fresh products and the modernization of Saudi Post's mail distribution system with RFID-enabled letterboxes.

1. Identification,
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RFID solutions We have the solution you need

2. RFID NS
S OLUTIO W ha t is RF ID ? Ou r re fe re nc es
Products Tailor-made products Projects Maintenance
· RFID tags · FID inlay encapsulating
R · Material identification · Material renting
· FID readers antennas
R · Products traceability · quipment maintenance
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· RFID printers scanners · Container reading follow-up
· Supply chain identification · Maintenance contract
· Palletized products reading
· Access control
· Warehouse management

3. W ha t is RF ID ?
RFID advantages
· Unique identification
· Mass reading
· Information storage (temp, shock…)
· Simplified reading (vs scanner)

4. W ha t is RF ID ?
Technical specifications
READER COMPUTER
LF
Tag actif
· he tag has its own battery
T
Frequences 125-134 KHz 13.56 MHz 840-960 MHz
ANTENNA
Reading distance 0 to 50cm 0 to 1m 0 to 8M
Tag type PASSIVE PASSIVE PASSIVE/ACTIVE
Data transfer 1Kbits/s 25 à 100 Kbits/s 650 Kbits/s (reading)
Textile ✔ ✔ ✔
Liquid ✔ ✔ ✔
MATéRIAU
READER COMPUTER
Metal ✔ ✔ ✘
Paper ✔ ✔ ✔
Plastic ✔ ✔ ✔ PASSIVE TAG
· 1) he antenna alternately emits and
T
Glass ✔ ✔ ✔ receives a signal.
ANTENNA
· ) he tag draws energy from the
2 T
signal and emits data.
· ) he reader interprets the informa-
3 T
tion of the tag and makes it availabl

5. W ha t is RF ID ?
Tags
tag LF tag HF tag UHF

6. Ou r re fe re nc es
Our know-how : GRAI RFID crate
A new crate for fresh pro- Each crate is individually Etilux has designed a com-
ducts has also been espe- identified by a unique GRAI plete production line for the
cially designed for Delhaize. (Global Reusable Asset Iden- tags encapsulation, the inser-
The main innovation of this tifier) barcode and by a RFID tion of the tag in the crate
crate is its stronger bottom. tag. and the programming of the
It enables it to cover long dis- GRAI code on the basis of
Etilux makes part of this
tances on conveyor bands. the tag. After the palletisation
innovation since the begin-
What is more, the crate of 160 crates, the passage
ning. Different prototypes
can be folded and enables a under a RFID portal validates
have been proposed and,
volume reduction of 79% - the pallet content and creates
after some tests along with
when carried empty. an SSCC label and sends an
the crate designer, the solu-
EDI file to the pooler.
tion is an UHF encapsulated
tag, which is located in an
adapted place and can be
replaced when defective.

8. Ou r re fe re nc es
Our know-how – uhf encapsulated tags
The Saudi Post has moder- Then, they have been The implementation phase
nized its different fields of equipped with their own let- concerned the installation
activity and offered home terbox. of 1.2 million boxes in 10
mail distribution. Before, the months in the city of Riyadh.
From a technical point of
annual 842 million sendings In this context, Etilux sup-
view, the metal letterboxes,
were put in letterboxes plied the order of 1.2 million
made in China, are designed
placed near the RFID tags in 2005 and 2006.
with a place for the RFID
adressees’ homes. With the tag, which is encapsulated in The installation is also in pro-
Wasel project, most Saudi a plastic housing to limit the gress in other Saudi Arabian
Arabian households have interferences between metal cities.
received an address. and tag.