Modelling and simulation on an RFID based manufacturing system
RFID is becoming a much more powerful technology and being adopted in supply chains and logistics industries, and now it begins to be applied in manufacturing industry. But how to build a framework of the application and analyse the benefits of application quantitatively is still a challenge. In this paper, RFID technology is critically reviewed with respect to its technological basics. The constraints in a conventional manufacturing system are analysed. A framework for the RFID based manufacturing system is proposed. ProModel software is used as a modelling and simulation tool to simulate the role of RFID in a typical manufacturing system. A case study on gear manufacturing is presented to evaluate the benefits by adopting RFID technology comparing to the conventional manufacturing system in terms of the cost distribution and time utilization. As a result of the improvement the cost of processing was redistributed by the same amount. The study illustrates an 8.39% improvement by implementing RFID technology in the system.
You are using the RFID based system for gear manufacturing. Did you have any problems with metal parts interfering with RF?
Hi! Can you described the terms of active and passive tag. And why Passive tags tend to have the shortest range? Cheers
As you may already know the EU wants more and more recycling of manufactured goods from car to mobile phones. How do you feel RFIDs used during manufacture could be reapplied (reused) for identification during the disassembly and recyling of these products?