In the past year, aircraft manufacturers have been increasing RFID tag solutions to meet the needs of Airbus and Boeing. Both companies have set a schedule for supplier aircraft parts marking. To meet these needs, Brady, an industrial and security printing technology company, has released the second generation of aviation RFID solutions to provide complete RFID printing and encoding solutions for UHF RFID system customers. As part of the solution, the company's software, RFID printers, handheld readers and tags are primarily sold to European companies serving Airbus. Recently, these products began to be sold to North American suppliers. For example: Rockwell Collins has signed a contract to use RFID tag solutions in its own business. The printing and coding system from Brady will generate the tags needed to identify and track Rockwell Collins' flying components wirelessly. Brady manufactures 11 different styles of ATA Spec 2000 compliant RFID tags, nine of which can be printed on rolls. Wesley Columbia, Brady's global strategy and marketing manager, said it is the world's largest line of aerospace labeling products. He said the company's goal is to meet a variety of needs, including tracking of fuel lines, life jackets, oxygen generators and more. Aero RFID solution is a product of the Brady SmartID business unit that provides RFID printing, encoding and reading solutions. Columbia said Brady has a long history of labeling in the aerospace industry. "Given the Brady's materials science and RFID expertise, RFID tags are coming in very well." The company's dual-record tag stores historical data related to maintenance. Authorized parties can access this information via RFID tags. The company also introduced a multi-record memory tag designed to store aircraft part life and parts maintenance history. In addition to air tags designed for safety equipment, the company also offers a variety of flexible alloy metal tags and rigid metal tags. Brady also created a chemically resistant surface on its label, which means that the fluid and kerosene fuel will not damage the printed information on the label. Brady's aviation RFID solution also includes a desktop software for managing the printing and encoding of labels as well as an RFID printer encoder jointly developed with Honeywell for printing and encoding labels. Brady also offers a handheld reader (Nordic ID or Zebra MC9190-Z card reader), as well as a software for collecting read data. So far, Columbia said most of its customers are early adopters of RFID and are all major Airbus providers. In recent months, the client base has expanded to North America to meet similar Boeing requirements. Rockwell Collins intends to use the Brady solution to turn metal tags on and off to identify aircraft components. These labels can be used on flat and curved items. Rockwell Collins will use these tags in their existing manufacturing workflow system. Some of Brady's other customers include fuel lines, electronics, passenger seats, oxygen generators and life jackets. Some companies also intend to use RFID tags to collect and store oxygen generator maintenance history and expiration management. Because life-saving equipment must be regularly inspected and maintained, RFID technology will provide airlines with a quick way to identify the location, condition, safety, and useful life of safety equipment without touching the equipment. In some cases, the label needs to be attached to the metal can body, while in other cases the label needs to be placed on the cylinder shell. In addition, aerospace RFID tags are used to track life jackets and other safety equipment. Without RFID technology, removing the lifejacket with a barcode label takes more than an hour for the ID number. However, using RFID technology, this process can be reduced to within a few minutes. Slurry Seal,Heavy-Duty Slurry Seal,Metal Balance Seal,Single Spring Seal Dandong Huarui Fluid Machinery Co., Ltd , https://www.ddhrseal.com
November 10, 2021