TPT January 2010

H eat and S urface T reatments

RFID design tags Confidex, an expert in RFID design, manufacturing and engineering, has launched SteelWING, a passive UHF C1G2 special label that is able to function directly on metal surfaces. In applications such as metallic asset tracking, item level tagging, metal RTIs (returnable transport items) or plastic RTIs with high metal content, potential RFID users face obstacles to find a tag that is simultaneously well-performing, easily installable and cost-effective. Due to the traditional problem of RFID labels’ inability to function on metal surface, there have been challenges in those applications where on-metal hard tags cannot be used. With up to 10m (32ft) read range on metal surfaces, UHF Class 1 Generation 2 compliant Confidex SteelWING was designed to overcome the challenges of metal asset tagging. The key design targets were high performance, compact structure and cost- efficiency. The lightweight tag has an adhesive background and can be directly attached to a metal surface without any extra spacer material. The drawback of label solutions where the RFID label is lifted away from the metal surface is that when the antenna bends closer to metal and the distance to metal reduces, the RFID label performance decreases significantly. Instead of avoiding metal contact, contact between the metal and the antenna of SteelWING actually acts to significantly improves the operational performance. Wide-band Confidex SteelWING is equipped with NXP G2XM IC which has extended user memory, and Confidex can deliver the SteelWINGs with pre-encoding or customer specific data labels showing visually the encoded data in barcode or human readable form. SteelWING is often selected when the use of hard tags is not justifiable due to cost, and when there is no need for ultimate mechanical protection for the tag. The product therefore fills the gap in the market caused by the lack of suitable high-performance RFID labels for metal surfaces. Confidex – Finland Fax: +358 10424 4110

EFD Induction at Düsseldorf and Mumbai

EFD Induction will showcase its Weldac and Minac systems at Tube Düsseldorf and Tube India. The Weldac on display is a single-cabinet 600kW model. According to Peter Runeborg of EFD Induction, the Weldac range has established itself as the benchmark in IGBT solid state welders. EFD Induction will also be demonstrating a mobile Minac induction system at the Düsseldorf and Mumbai shows.

Visitors to Tube Düsseldorf can see EFD Induction at Hall 06, booth C26. The company will be at booth C21 at Tube India. To learn more about EFD Induction tube and pipe solutions visit their website or visit

them at one of the shows. EFD Induction – Norway Email: pru@no.efdgroup.net Website: www.efd-induction.com

Email: contact@confidex.fi Website: www.confidex.fi

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