Confidex launches label inspection equipment MR01

Confidex has recently developed a label inspection device MR01 that is specifically designed for reading and coding RFID inlays for inlay manufacturing and label packaging.

“Manufacturers are hard at work, trying to produce RFID inlays and label products; but the readers in the market are not designed for close-range or high-speed reading.” Mr. Timo Lindstrom, CEO of Confidex, said that Confidex firmly believes The tag detector MR01 will bring significant improvements in both the appearance and the quality of the RFID tag.

“Because manufacturers have the ability to accurately observe the entire process, they can identify critical processes and can adjust the flow based on the increase in the production of inlays so that end-users can get fine-tuned products.” Confidex Lari Kytölä said.

Confidex's MR01 product has a read test speed of more than 200,000 Class 1 Gen 2 inlays per hour; the write test speed is over 18,000 inlays per hour. According to the related introduction of Confidex, the new product has achieved five times the performance of the existing test system.

The MR01 has a focused reading range of about a few centimeters. However, accurate reading is guaranteed without interference from other inlays within a 20 cm range. MR01's read range is affected by reader performance and specially designed close-coupled antennas to create a localized, controllable RF zone. This method eliminates interference between two adjacent tags.

MR01 is the first UHF system designed for high-speed active inlays and internal quality control. Kytölä said that MR01 consists of a controller and one or two antenna elements. When two sets of antennas are close to each other, MR01 can detect two parallel inlays while the line is running. The antenna group can also be positioned according to the lamination structure and can be forward and backward; it can be detected to ensure that there are no faults or accidents in the production process. The inspection device also has a built-in display for displaying the total number of tags detected, as well as the number of eligible tags and disqualified tags.

The detection device can be installed in an existing handheld RFID tag device without the need for a computer device. If you are connected to a computer, you can also do some data collection work to facilitate process statistics. The greatest advantage of this detection device is its high-speed reading capability. Confidex claims that if you open your computer, MR01 will run faster and easier to install.

Kytölä said that the main role of MR01 is to do RFID testing to analyze whether the label is valid or not; the data collection is only an incidental task.

The reader control unit can not only read the inlay implementing the EPCglobal Class 1 Gen 2 standard, but also read the inlay implementing the ISO 18000-6b standard and the EPC Class 1 Gen 1 firmware upgrade. At present, the testing equipment can be used to implement UHF tags for RFID spectrum in Europe and North America; it is expected that in April this year, reader versions for high-frequency tag detection will begin to be developed.

Source: RFID Radio Express