China’s large oil fields use metal RFID tags to track mobile pole transformers
chrispeng [ad_1]
On September 16, 2014, a large oil field in eastern China used Xerafy metal tags to track portable pole transformers used in its onshore oil exploration.This asset management solution based on passive RFID technology is geared towards more than 30,000 transformer equipment in the oil field, and it is believed to be the largest outdoor asset in China’s oil and gas industry.RFIDManage projects. The large oilfield also plans to install tags on pipelines, valves and other assets in the future.
This automated asset inspection and maintenance system was jointly developed by Shandong Shengruan Technology Co., Ltd. and Xerafy. The solution uses Xerafy Trak series Cargo Trak tags, which are installed on the transformer through high-strength special epoxy glue, and become the permanent identification of the equipment. The oil field needs to upgrade the current asset management model to better adapt to the newly introduced industry standards. Transformers are live equipment at high places and need to be moved frequently, and ordinary barcode recognition is not applicable. According to the petroleum industry safety production industry standards issued by the State Administration of Work Safety in early 2013, refining and chemical enterprises are required to establish complete and accurate asset maintenance and inspection files to ensure safe production and long-term operation of the enterprise.
Via handheld tagReaderAnd tablet devices, asset managers can aim at tags within 12 meters of the transformer to read asset information. The long-distance reading and writing performance of Cargo Trak has become one of the key factors in the implementation of the entire project. The transformer is usually installed at a high place and is live, and it is dangerous for the staff to climb up and approach the equipment. Oilfields have always wanted to use RFID technology to replace the existing bar code scanning methods, but they need to find an RFID tag that can be durable in the dangerous environment of the oilfield, but can read and write over long distances.
Xerafy founder and CEO Dennis Khoo said, “This project fully reflects the advantages of RFID in improving the efficiency and safety of asset management. We have many customers from industries with extremely dangerous operating environments such as oil fields and nuclear energy. RFID has become these special environments. An irreplaceable technology for intelligent asset management.”
Xu Haiting, Manager of Petroleum Technology Development Department of Shengruan Technology, said: “By using electronic tags to identify outdoor assets, the problem of fragile and easy-to-lost barcode marking methods is solved. Cargo Trak is a very good label. It is sturdy and durable. The distance is long, the installation is convenient, and the appearance is eye-catching, which is very suitable for use in oil fields.”
Cargo Trak complies with EPCglobal® Gen 2 and ISO 18000-6C international standards. It has the characteristics of being readable on both metal and non-metal surfaces, and has a long reading distance of 12 meters. Its IP68 environmental rating ensures that the label performance is not affected by liquids, dust and other substances, and the label can be read normally within the temperature range of -40°C to +85°C.
[ad_2]
