Ake Yadez uses RFID to improve worker safety
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Aker Yards’ shipyard in Turku, Finland, installed an RFID interrogator on the (ship) springboard. Using the interrogator, the administrator can clearly know that fire or other dangers occur. , who was on the boat.
The Akjadz Shipyard in Turku, Finland, manufactures the world’s largest cruise ships, and when the cruise ship is assembled at the shipyard, more than 5,000 people work on or around the ship at the same time. Therefore, shipyard operators need to know which workers are on board in the event of a fire or other problem.
Of the 5,000 people working on a ship at the same time, possibly from more than 40 different countries, 2,500 of them may be employed by subcontractors. The fact that workers are employed by different workers and speak different languages makes it difficult for Ake Yadz to keep track of workers and provide them with security.
For nearly a decade, the company has been looking for solutions to its tracking needs. The company had considered hiring guards, but the cost was too high, and had considered a standard key fob application, which used passive RFID technology, but ultimately gave up, as workers disembarking and disembarking often carried or carried Heavy items may damage the keychain, or it may be difficult to use due to the use of two hands.
Antti Virkkunen, CEO of Vilant Systems, at RFID Journal LIVE in Amsterdam on Wednesday! Europe says the system must be wireless and that administrators can use it to know how long a worker has been wearing it. “The main purpose of the system is to have the tools available and not be in a rush when an emergency such as a fire occurs,” Virkkunen told attendees.
Vilant Systems developed and installed the system. The system uses Motorola interrogators to track workers disembarking and disembarking, wearing hard hats tagged with RFID tags. Interrogators are installed on both sides of the ship’s springboard, one interrogator is installed on the one-meter-wide pedestrian bridge, and two are installed on the three-meter-wide bridge.
The reader has a built-in heater and small drain to drain rain or snow. The device complies with the EPCgloble Gen2 standard and can be used normally in the range of minus 40 to plus 50 degrees Celsius. The only wire on the interrogation machine is an electronic plug wire. After the plug is plugged in, the built-in battery in the interrogation machine can keep the interrogation machine working for half an hour. When a fire breaks out, firefighters usually cut off the power to the ship immediately. The reader can get in touch with the end system through a wireless LAN connection.
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