Israeli interior door manufacturer brings UHF RFID technology to production line
chrispeng [ad_1]
An Israeli wooden door manufacturer embedded passive UHF RFID tags into wooden panels to track the production process of wooden doors.
Pandoor Doors, an Israeli wooden door manufacturer, is using RFID systems to track the production process of customized wooden doors.RFIDLabels are provided by Tadbik. Using RFID technology, through the reading of tag information, the process of processing is automatically selected to meet the customized requirements of customers.
Pandoor is Israel’s largest manufacturer of interior wooden doors and claims to be the largest manufacturer of Italian-style wooden doors in the world. Since 2002, the company has been designing and developing Italian-style interior wooden doors. The manufacturer allows customers to choose different styles, colors, glass, accessories, etc. to meet the needs of different decoration styles. Available design options include 17 colors, 13 sizes and three heights, as well as various trim combinations. In addition, 2011 began to offer waterproof and polymer material doors, not only limited to wood.
Robotic arm places wooden boards with embedded RFID tags on conveyor belts, here Feig ReaderRead the ID of the tag.
In the past, workers had to manually set the parameters of the CNC machine to select the style to be machined. In 2013, the manufacturer opened a new automated factory, and the manufacturing process was fully automated to meet the production of large-scale orders. Manual settings not only affect the efficiency of production, but can also make mistakes.
To automate, Pandoor developed a set of data software to manage the order, and use RFID tags to mark the boards that will be customized for production, so as to choose the appropriate operation path. At first, RFID readers were installed in the production workshop, and now the readers have also been installed in the paint area.
The company tested several readers and then contacted Tadbik to provide the appropriate tags to meet the application requirements. Tadbik chooses plastic labels with strong adhesives. Each tag contains an Impinj Monza 4QT chip to store and record customer customization requests. The tags also store details of design requirements, including components required for production, such as screws, hinges and glass.
In other processing plants, all jobs, including spray painting, require manual setup. However, all work is automated at Kiryat Gat factory.
The factory has opened two production lines with RFID technology for customized production. After the order is placed, the Intermec RFID printer prints the RFID label, which stores the ID code and related data, including automatic routing instructions. Workers attach the printed labels to wooden boards, which are then transported to the production line and placed on conveyor belts by robotic arms.
The conveyor belt attachment was fitted with a Feig Electronics MRU 200 RFID reader. When the board arrives on the conveyor belt, a nearby reader reads the tag’s data and forwards the relevant information to the ERP system to update the order status. At the same time, send the specifications of the door to the router.
While the tag is being read, read-write writes new data to the tag, such as what process is in progress, when it happened, etc. At the same time, other readers read the tag information again to confirm whether the tagging process has been completed.
The biggest benefit of the RFID solution is to increase productivity, save time, and reduce mistakes, such as screw connection errors, incorrect cutting patterns, etc.
The company has recently installed RFID readers in its spraying line, enabling the process to automatically select the appropriate spraying color, model, etc.
The company plans to install an RFID solution in its inventory management system by the end of 2015 to track goods entering and leaving the warehouse. The company plans to install 15 readers and will be able to provide customers with shipping notices.
[ad_2]
