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RFID Systems SIMATIC RF300

Daimler AG, Mercedes Benz Plant

Paving the Way for the Cars of Tomorrow

In the assembly of axle drives for commercial vehicles, all relevant machine and operating data is acquired by a new RFID solution. Inorder to optimally synchronize the flow of materials and data, the transport controllers and workstations were decoupled. This creates the prerequisite for a flexible conversion of the assembly line to meet a future product generation.

Industry: Automotive

Siemens Electronics Manufacturing Plant (Amberg)

Pointing the Way Contactlessly

With their integrated automation and innovative RFID technology (radio frequency identification) from its own production, Siemens has made its award-winning electronics manufacture fit for the future. In the long run, over 100 different PLC modules are to be flexibly and alternatingly manufactured on a new "Flex" line. The timetable and routing are specified by mobile data storage units in the workpiece carriers, which are partly read "on the fly".

Industry: Electronics manufacturing

Volkswagen Hanover

“Lean” and Reliable

Those were the stipulations at a German automobile manufacturer for the successive upgrading or new introduction of identification systems used in the body construction, paint-spraying and internal shipping. The new RFID solutions from a single source offer custom properties or functionalities for the respective application – such as increased temperature resistance or PROFINET capability. They have established themselves as the new standard within a very shorttime.

Industry: Automotive

Volkswagen Kassel

Productivity As a Question of Acceleration

Organizing modern transmission manufacturing is practically impossible without RFID labeling. But although non-contact identification has long been the state-of-the-art, it still offers diverse possibilities for boosting productivity. This is not only about shorter processing times, but also increased flexibility, such as in the case of rear axle transmissions at a leading German automobile manufacturer.

Industry: Automotive

General Hospital (Wien)

The Automatic Waiter

The containers may be somewhat smaller than the ones that ship all over the world's seas. But the processing times are significantly horter: 720 containers are sent through the Vienna General Hospital (AKH) in all directions every day – fully automatically over a distance of 7.5 kilometers, with rotary bridges, converters, and elevators, driven by 2,500 electric motors, controlled by 7,500 sensors, loaded with food, laundry, medicines or sterilized equipment. The automatic container transport system of the Vienna General is the largest of its kind in Austria.

Industry: Hospital logistics

Daimler AG

Seats Just-in-Sequence – Smooth Migration

For automobile manufacturers the world over, model diversity is an important sales argument. Individualization has gone way beyond just the external color, and when it comes to selecting the seats, for example, it encompasses not only the material, but also a host of comfort-oriented and safety-specific electronics systems. In addition, different national regulations ensure further technical variations. This is why just-in-sequence production control and the associated unique designation of the components to be installed is indispensable. The example from the seat production system shows the contribution made by flexible, modern RFID systems.

Industry: Automotive

Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG

Identification System Accelerates Order-Based Production

Where flexible production is required across several stations, efficient order control and short retooling times are a decisive competitive factor. A German manufacturer of building technology has decided to control its switch production and assembly using an integrated RFID system. The non-contact identification technology is reliable and rugged, and it simultaneously constitutes an important step for the company in the direction of the wireless factory.

Industry: Switch production

John Deere

Monitoring 100,000 Engines per Year

To increase quality, simplify operations and saving time for the whole assembly line John Deere uses a RFID system Simatic RF300 at the plant Saran near Orléans. From the initial bare cylinder block, a fully assembled engine is born, the reference of which is recognized with no possible errors at each manual or automated assembly operation.

Industry: Vehicle manufacturing

J. Carlsen GmbH & Co. KG

Greater Satisfaction and Productivity

When daily newspapers and magazines arrive in stores in Germany on time, wholesalers are behind it – they prepare the right assortments non-stop day in and day out. That is also true at a print media wholesaler located in the North of Germany, where a non-contact identification system contributes to making the work more fatigueproof and efficient.

Industry: Flow of material, picking

Electronics Manufacturing Plant of Siemens

Series Production of Single Pieces

Technologies for the automatic identification play an important role in the efficient, high-quality production of diverse product versions. For this, the electronics manufacturing plant of the Siemens AG in
Amberg, Germany, employs both 2D codes and radio frequency identification (RFID).

Industry: Electronics

Siemens Equipment Plant

Map on the Chip – RFID Controls Assembly in the Electrical Industry

Manufacturing a large number of product versions cost-effectively poses a challenge to all production planners. The Siemens equipment plant in Amberg has been relying on radio frequency identification (RFID) for many years to produce different versions in various batch sizes. In the latest system the material flow is now also innovatively controlled by RFID.

Industry: Electronics Industry

Bette GmbH & Co. KG

No Cold Shower Thrown on the Quality

The clear assignment of manufacturing steps and production data to the respective workpiece or final product is crucial in the industrial contract manufacturing. Modern RFID technology delivers the key to this, plus additional positive side effects, as demonstrated at a leading German manufacturer of shower trays and bathtubs.

Industry: Shower Tray and Bathtub Manufacturer

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Daimler AG, Mercedes Benz Plant

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Volkswagen Kassel

General Hospital (Wien)

Daimler AG

Gira Giersiepen GmbH & Co. KG

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J. Carlsen GmbH & Co. KG

Electronics Manufacturing Plant of Siemens

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Bette GmbH & Co. KG

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