HID- EXO Keg Tag
The EXO Keg Tag is a cutting-edge UHF RFID transponder meticulously crafted for tagging curved metal returnable transport items such as beverage kegs, chemical drums, and gas cylinders. This innovative tag revolutionizes inventory tracking and lifecycle management, ensuring the secure transport and return of containers. Its robust design is tailored to endure the demanding processes of reusable container handling, including rigorous washing and sterilization procedures involving caustic soda.
Equipped with anti-collision technology, the EXO Keg Tag facilitates swift processing by enabling readers to communicate with multiple tags simultaneously, enhancing operational efficiency. The tag’s information storage capability empowers precise and efficient asset management, offering a seamless tracking solution for cylindrical returnable transport items. Its durable, double-injected full plastic housing shields the enclosed electronics from exposure to liquids, harsh chemicals, and temperature fluctuations, guaranteeing reliability in challenging environments.
The EXO Keg Tag’s RAIN® RFID (UHF) technology provides real-time inventory visibility, significantly reducing processing time. With HID UHF EXO Keg Tag devices, accurate accounting of entire pallets or truckloads of containers can be achieved within seconds. The tag’s optimized design ensures reliable inventory tracking even in dense object fields and when containers are filled with liquids. This enables comprehensive visibility not only within warehouses but also during transportation and at customer sites, enhancing supply chain efficiency and customer service.
Incorporating the best of both worlds, the EXO Keg Tag offers the option of RAIN® RFID / NFC combo tags, expanding its applications to include long-distance logistics in warehouses and user-friendly interactions via mobile phones at consumer or recipient locations. The tag’s slightly curved, optimal fit design ensures seamless attachment to round surfaces, particularly steel kegs, enhancing usability and performance. With a focus on durability, efficiency, and accuracy, the EXO Keg Tag sets a new standard in RFID technology for cylindrical returnable transport items.
Specification
Benefits
The EXO Keg Tag enables simultaneous reading of multiple containers, reducing processing time and increasing accuracy, enhancing operational efficiency.
Built to withstand harsh washing cycles, including caustic soda, the tag’s housing material and construction ensure longevity and reliability.
With a reading distance of up to 32.8 ft (10 m), the tag allows for real-time inventory management, providing full visibility from warehouse to customer sites.
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- Device type: UHF RFID / EPCglobal Gen2v2
- Operational frequency: Global 860-960MHz
- IC type: Impinj Monza 4E or Alien Higgs 3 (upon special request)
- Memory configuration:
- Monza 4E: EPC 496 bit, User 128 bit, TID 96 bit
- Higgs3: EPC 96-496 bit, User 64-512 bit, TID 96 bit
- Read range (2W ERP): Up to 8 m / 26 ft on windshields
- Applicable surface materials: Glass
- Tag materials:
- Back side (towards windshield): PP with strong adhesion on glass
- Front side (towards driver): Inkjet and thermal transfer printable PP
- Weight: 1g
- Delivery format: 1500 pcs on reel
- Pitch on reel: 33,866 mm / 1,333inch
- Reel core inner diameter: 76 mm / 3inch
- Tag dimensions: 92 x 26 x 0.2 mm / 3.62 x 02 x 0.01 in
- Operating temperature: -35degree C to +70degree C / -31F to +158F
- Ambient temperature: -35degree C to +70degree C / -31F to +158F
- Storage condition: 1 year in +20degree C / 50% RH (shelf life for adhesive)
- Expected lifetime: Years in normal operating conditions
- Personalization options: Pre-encoding, customized dual-sided full-color artwork, customer-specific visual printing
The Beontag Captura Flash is a fast-to-attach tamper-proof seal tag designed for logistics applications. It features a durable enclosure and is equipped with RAIN RFID / EPCglobal Gen2v2 technology. With an operational frequency of 865 – 928 MHz and an NXP UCODE 8m IC type, this tag offers reliable performance.
It has a memory configuration of EPC 96 bit, User 32 bit, and TID 96 bit, with a unique number encoded as a default in the EPC memory. The tag can be attached to assets with a maximum diameter of 12mm and has a read range of up to 12m when hanging from metal.
- Device Type: RAIN RFID / EPCglobal Gen2v2
- Operational frequency: Global 865 – 928 MHz
- IC type: NXP UCODE 8m
- Memory configuration: EPC 96 bit, User 32 bit, TID 96 bit
- EPC memory content: Unique number encoded as a default
- Read range (2W ERP):
- Hanging from metal: up to 12m / 40ft
- Hanging from plastic: up to 3m / 10ft
- Hanging from cable: up to 2m / 6ft
- Applicable surface materials: All surfaces, optimized for metal
- Tag materials: High quality engineering plastics
- Weight: 6g
- Delivery format: Single
- Amount in box: 150 pcs
- Dimensions:
- Open: 125.7mm x 20mm x 15mm (4.95″ x 0.78″ x 0.59″)
- Closed: 61mm x 20mm x 10mm (2.4″ x 0.78″ x 0.4″)
- Environmental resistance:
- Operating temperature: -35degree C to +85degree C / -31F to +185F
- Short term peak temperature: +130degree C / 266F for 10min
- Ambient temperature: -35degree C to +85degree C / -31F to +185F
- IP classification: IP68
- Washing resistance: Designed to tolerate standard industrial washing processes. Real environment testing recommended.
- Chemical resistance: No physical or performance changes in motor oil exposure (168h), sulfuric acid exposure (minutes), or NaOH exposure (minutes). Acetone should be avoided.
- Expected lifetime: Years in normal operating conditions