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Currently in Berlin, Germany, Berlin Water Supply Co., Ltd. provides water resources for approximately 3.8 million people (9 water supply systems, 800 wells, 6 sewage treatment plants, 150 pumping stations, more than 16,000 kilometers of pipeline network). 140 employees need to track and manage more than 300 different measuring points and more than 62,000 items. In addition, they need to carry out inventory counting, access management, repositioning of measuring points, and sale of scrapped fixed assets (such as computers for managing equipment, equipment, etc.). Time efficiency, error rate, data accuracy, etc. are issues that need to be solved urgently.
Due to the complex and harsh environment of the water plant, barcodes cannot be used in this solution. Applying the latest RFID technology to monitor company assets in different locations in and around Berlin, Berlin Water Supply Co., Ltd. is establishing a state-of-the-art technology development model for the most modern mobile assets and facility management. The challenge facing the RFID tag is that it must overcome the most difficult environments such as waste water, dirt, soil or cold, and it must be pasted on various underground materials including metals.
Choice of label
Nine water supply stations in Berlin and Brandenburg prepare drinking water for people. Five water pipe repair centers are responsible for the pipeline network. A central laboratory continuously monitors the quality of the water. 600 wells pump groundwater for consumers through a pipeline network of approximately 8,000 kilometers. Approximately 300 measuring points observe the pipeline network. Wastewater treatment is completed in 6 sewage treatment plants, and 146 pumping stations serve it through a 9228-kilometer pipeline network. Therefore, more than 60,000 economic items need to be monitored to ensure the reliability of water supply and sewage treatment.
60,000 economic goods and assets will be tagged in different locations. smart-TEC is designated as the supplier of the label. smart-TEC developed and provided special tags that can withstand harsh conditions for this project. These products are smart-LABEL, smart-DOME Classic and smart-DOME MOM.
smart-TEC faces a special challenge, that is, in the industry, only three types of labels can be used, and these labels must be permanently fixed on different underground materials, such as wood, plastic, concrete, or metal. Reliability is also a must. In addition, data acquisition should also be able to be carried out in an explosion hazard room of the sewage treatment plant. In a special test, smart-TEC was able to prove that its products are reliable, able to resist ultraviolet rays, sulfur vapor and moisture, and resist all environmental impacts. And these labels will not be erased.
Smart-LABEL labels have been used under normal conditions, such as labeling all items in the office. Smart-DOME Classic classic smart cover label is used in all places where a high degree of self-sticking is required and under harsh conditions. Smart-DOME MOM smart cover label is used for metallic underground substances.
User benefits
With a new type of radio frequency identification system and dynamic data acquisition equipment, all data can be immediately acquired at any time. The management efficiency of all basic functions of facility management is greatly improved, the speed of all work processes is greatly improved, and human errors are eliminated as much as possible. With the RFID technology provided by smart-TEC, Berlin Water Supply Co., Ltd. has a comprehensive tool to support asset inventory and facility management. Due to the application of RFID technology, the benefits for users are as follows:
-Recognition is more secure and reliable
-Clear location recognition
-Increase the accuracy of data
In addition, the combination of clear markings and dynamic data acquisition has great potential in similar technical applications (such as monitoring data in maintenance schedules).
Summarize
The benefits of using RFID technology in the Berlin Water Plant are as follows:
-Provide system integration support for the inventory handling process of all departments involved
-Reliable identification of goods
-Reliable identification of the location of the product
-Establish a more effective and accurate database
In addition, for the identification of items with a relatively long service life, we can save costs or speed up the processing process in the following ways, for example:
-Develop maintenance procedures
-Equipment management based on IT technical support
-Electronic Warranty Certificate
-Paperless fast tracking of item transfer, etc.
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