Look First! Metal Skin RFID Tag Innovative RFID Stealth Technology

We use various surface materials in our daily life, which have different functions, whether as a protective layer or for packaging. The surface materials used in the electronics industry are also quite abundant, such as the ultra thin polyester ammonia with keyboard dust proof and moisture proof, which is used to protect the solid gel protective sleeve of mobile phone, smart tablet computer and monitor. With the development of science and technology, the military aviation and shipping industry begins to require the surface material to have "invisible" function. In daily life, the most common surface material is our skin. It gives us touch, senses the changes of the outside world, protects our body from being infringed, and the fingerprints generated by the skin give each of us unique characteristics.

New challenges of RFID technology and metal assets

The use of RFID technology for metal assets is no longer limited to the research scope of physics. The contradictory relationship between radio waves and metals depends on the contact between radio waves and the surface of insulating medium. Under different circumstances, metals may reflect, amplify and even interfere with RF signals, so that RFID tags play a completely different role. Now these uncertain problems have been solved. RFID technology for metal surface or metal environment has been completely conquered, and this tag can even be used on non-metal surface at will (customers do not need to use other substances to separate the space of tag antenna). Now RFID tags can not only read and write on metal surface, It can also be embedded in metal to play the same excellent performance, such as xerafy award-winning in series embedded labels.

Of course, the metal environment has more stringent requirements for the use of RFID. For example, curved assets need RFID tags with soft, light and durable materials and excellent performance. Xierafy metal skin is the world's first true UHF EPC RFID inlay, which is specially suitable for metal asset tracking and flexible for curved assets.Now another challenge of RFID technology is to replace the product sequence code, QR code and bar code readable by the naked eye. Traditional RFID tags will be attached with a printed bar code to meet the requirements of manual reading. The reason is very simple, because most RFID tags are thick and hard, which can not meet the requirements of label conversion and printing.Figure 1. Metal skin mercury mounted on a metal drum

Many multinational enterprises often have to use two different types of RFID tags when managing metal and non-metal assets. Only in this way can they achieve the desired reading distance, stable tag performance and frequency band suitable for regional standards. Sometimes, enterprises have to stick two or three labels with the same EPC but different regional frequency bands on the same asset to meet the needs of cross regional asset tracking management.Industries with cross regional tracking and asset management needs: product factory certificate (notebook, it assets, consumer electronics)

cylinder tracking (chemical containers, beverage containers) pipeline tracking (natural gas pipelines, water pipes, industrial facilities, etc.) industrial production equipment tracking

it servers and asset tracking mobile asset tracking (handheld devices, communication devices, scanning devices) medical device tracking (global supply chain management with unique product verification code)

Drug Certification of tin foil packaging recyclable transport equipment and containers, etc luxury retail

Case application analysis

It asset management can be said to be one of the most classic and referential applications in many RFID cases. It is applicable not only to enterprises with large-scale self owned asset tracking needs, but also to enterprises within the organization that need to automatically manage the inbound and outbound records. As long as a fixed reader is installed at the gate where the assets pass through, the distance depends on the width of the portal. Generally speaking, the reading and writing distance is 1.5 to 3 Meter tags have been able to meet the needs of reading and writing.

Figure 2. Metal skin titaniumThe reading and writing distance that metal skin can reach is not limited to the use of fixed readers. If it is installed on a box, computer or even wallet, the label can still achieve satisfactory reading and writing effect. Andrew Nathanson, vice president of VDC Research Institute of AutoID group, once said: "The consumer electronics market is showing a demand for RFID applications, and this demand will develop rapidly in the next few years."If the company needs to track and manage a batch of iPads and laptops, most of these electronic products are made of metal materials, forming a complex environment with the surrounding non-metallic materials, and the size of small electronic products and components is also very challenging for the installation of tags. In addition to requiring small RFID tags, they must also be thin enough, because the thickness of the tags is not appropriate It is easy to cause signal detuning, and the label size must also comply with the size of electronic products.

Figure 3. IPad with metal skin titanium installedThe RFID solution brought by metal skin is fully capable of meeting many challenges in the current tracking management field: small size, flexible application to assets of various shapes, meeting the requirements of label composite printing technology, and full band design. As the middleware of RFID technology, metal skin is a metal inlay that can be pasted freely with adhesive backing. It has high cost performance and metal / non-metal At the same time, the applicable characteristics can also be used as a disposable label in the ordinary consumer market, which will be an unprecedented RFID technology revolution.Metal skin has basically the same performance on the surface of metal and non-metal environment, and can realize seamless installation and stable performance for the vast majority of assets. The standard packaging of metal skin is 2500 pieces per roll, which can directly use the printer to print labels. When encapsulating the inlay, users do not need to make separate icons and QR codes to match the size of RFID labels.

Figure 4. Rolled metal skin mercury inlayTaking the tracking management of iPad and laptop as an example, metal skin is directly posted on electronic devices for reading and writing. However, the application of metal skin is not limited to this. Other types of printed labels or QR code labels can also be posted on metal skin for different devices. This seamless product warehouse in and out management method fully combines the internal security management system of the enterprise and the responsibilities of employees In a real sense, it realizes the intelligent management of enterprise inventory.The application significance is reflected in:

safety management to prevent asset loss; low cost compatibility with Sarbanes Oxley Act; more convenient and efficient inventory management;

real time tracking management to reduce asset replacement rate.conclusionXelafy's revolutionary product metal skin is creating a new situation for RFID applications in various industries around the world. Its wide application fields also include: product certification, anti-counterfeiting, product traceability, tracking of medical equipment in maintenance and sterilization, it blade server management and reusable beverage container tracking management of catering system. In this information technology with rapid development of science and technology In this era, the application of metal skin is far more than these. There are still many works worth exploring in the future.

About xerafy

Xerafy is committed to providing customers with the world's smallest and most durable UHF Passive anti metal tag. The tag can act on the metal surface or embedded in the metal. It has been tested and proved to be competent for use in extreme environments. The application of RFID in the world has touched various industries to varying degrees, especially some industry giants such as Intel, Siemens, Airbus and Toyota Automobiles are at the forefront of RFID applications. The innovative RFID technology of xerafy company provides RFID tags with high strength, stability, durability, high temperature resistance and stable performance that can be embedded in metal assets for industries such as industrial manufacturing, national defense, it and supply chain management. It also provides price economy and performance for the fields of tool automatic efficiency system, WIP management, it audit, product certification and management Reliable RFID solutions. Xerafy is headquartered in Hong Kong and has sales and technical support offices in Dallas, Washington and Shanghai, China.