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Automation Technologies 3/2014

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previous page back to current issue 02 The signals from the sensors and the RFID data are brought to the controller via Profinet history display can also be called up for each individual tag, showing all the faults that have occurred with it. The data itself is stored in a database that assigns it to the individual tags. “The tags do not leave the process. This means that a database solution is more suitable than data storage directly on the tags,” Rutten explains. At the telescopic slide manufacturer, the RFID system forms the interface between information and production. Design features prevent the tags from being read directly at some of the testing or assembly stations. The controller then calculates from the data We now have considerably less manual interventions in the plant. We achieve a higher level of productivity and quality... Roy Klaassen, Thomas Regout International B.V. of the previous and subsequent RFID reader which tags are currently present at the station and assigns the information in the database to the appropriate data record. Further projects planned The three-month test phase with the current system is very promising: “We now have considerably less manual interventions in the plant. Production runs more smoothly and we are also achieving a higher level of productivity and quality,” a satisfied Klaassen states. The modernization of another plant is planned for 2016. This plan involves the optimization of the entire production flow so that it follows the logic of the production chain instead of the historical progression of plant expansions. This would enable the job lists and product parts lists with a long history of use to be replaced with an electronic production data management system based on RFID. RFID tags fitted on the component containers and the corresponding mobile handheld RFID readers will then virtually exclude the possibility of any read or transmission errors. Another optimization feature will enable the identification of punching and cutting tools. This would make it possible to prevent the misuse of tools, and also to permanently monitor the lifespan of the individual tools. Any deteriorating machining results can be detected early on. Photographs: teaser fotolia www.turck.com About Company name: Hans Turck GmbH & Co. KG Headquarters: Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany Turnover: € 450 m (2013) Employees: more than 3,350 Products: sensors, fieldbuses, interfaces, connectivity, RFID AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGIES 3/2014

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