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Business Case for RFID in Industrial Applications
Soroush Amidi Product Marketing Manager Honeywell
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Agenda

• RFID Overview
• Passive RFID
• Active RFID
• Business Case for RFID in Industrial Applications
• Safety
• Security and Traceability
• Workflow Optimization

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What is an RFID?

• RFID system are composed of RFID Tags or
  Transponders and RFID Readers or Transceivers.
• Used to automatically identify and locate
  objects.
• Most RFID tags contain at least two parts
• An integrated circuit used for storing and
  processing information, modulating and
  demodulating (RF) signals and perhaps other
  specialized functions.
• An antenna for receiving and transmitting the
  signal.

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RFID Tags

• Three types of RFID Tags
• Passive Tags
• No internal power supply. Incoming radio
  frequency signal provides enough power for the
  CMOS integrated circuit in the tag to power up
  and transmit a response.
• Active Tags
• Own internal power source used to power the
  integrated circuits and broadcast the signal to
  the reader.
• Semi-passive Tags
• Own power source but used just to power the
  microchip and not broadcast a signal.

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RFID Innovations

• Innovation around the design and manufacture of
  RFID tags is an ongoing process
• Surface Acoustic Wave (SAW) technology. SAW
  technology involves the propagation of radio
  frequency acoustic waves on the surface of
  polished crystals.
• Smart Active Label (SAL) technology offers
  enhanced range and accuracy attributes while
  being less vulnerable to liquid or metal. A SAL
  tag is essentially a semi-active smart label with
  its power source in the form of a thin, flexible
  battery.

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RFID vs. Barcode

• Economics of RFID more and more attractive as
  cost of tags drop, battery life increases and
  technology standardized.
• Passive RFID tags
• Small and inexpensive (50 cents)
• Tags must be placed in close proximity (less than
  a feet) to be read
• Active RFID tags
• Bigger than passive RFID and more expensive
  (10-50)
• Battery life varies depending of technology
• Barcode
• Much lower cost (1 cents)
• Need to be scanned

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RFID Passive Tags

• LF 125KHz and 134.2 KHz
• Range Few inches to several fee
• Access Control, Security, animal identification
• HF 13.56 MHz
• Range 5 to 1 m (2 to 3 ft)
• Tracking for individual items, contact less
  payment
• UHF 860 to 960 MHz
• Range 3 to 5 m (10 to 15 ft)
• EPC Global Class 1, V2
• Selected by Wal-Mart for Pallet/Container
  tracking
• Microwave 2.45 GHz
• Range up to 1 m (3 ft)
• Lower Tag cost

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RFID and Location
Gateway
DCS or SCADA HMI
Location Server
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Accuracy vs. Range vs. Battery Life
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Agenda

• RFID Overview
• Business Case for RFID in Industrial Applications
• Safety
• Security and Traceability
• Workflow Optimization

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Location and Identification

• RFID is used to
• Automatically identify assets within the reading
  range
• Ensures data is time stamped while person is
  close to asset (e.g. cannot be falsified "pencil
  whipping" as is the case with bar codes)
• Ability to read and write to the tag should
  information change (e.g. new SAP )
• Long term more cost effective they last for a
  decade or longer based on studies and hold up to
  harsh environments (e.g. painting, corrosion,
  sand blasting etc. )
• Ability to store significant amount of data (e.g.
  SAP , OEM , location , Tag , warranty/repair
  status etc.)
• Locate with various accuracy assets

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RFID Applications in Non-Process Industry

• Toll Roads
• Cattle Industrial - Cattle identification
• Shipping Industry Pallet and container tracking
• Pharmaceutical Prevent counterfeit and errors
• Automotive industry Tracking engines and
  transmissions
• Health care industry - Patient and equipment
  tracking
• Retail industry - Inventory management systems as
  per Wal-Mart requirements

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Unlocking the Value of RFID-enabled Applications

• Security
• Access control of areas without physical
  barriers
• Traceability

• Operational Efficiency
• Locate assets quickly on the field
• Analyze asset utilization rate
• Lay-down yard management
• Maintenance and Inspections

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Safety Business Case

• Improve Safety and Emergency Response Time
• Real-time Mustering
• Real-time tracking of personnel during industrial
  incident
• Mustering reports generated within seconds
• Accurate location of missing personnel
• Comply with WAC 296-24-567 and OSHA 1910.38c
• Prevention
• Automatically stop or start a process based on
  location of equipment/assets
• Automatically generate notifications when
  unauthorized personal or assets located in a
  restricted area.
• Historical personnel/asset tracking for auditing
  purposes

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Safety Applications

• ROI
• Defined by safety regulatory bodies for not
  meeting the requirements
• Safety is 1

• Examples
• Steel plant tracks trucks loading and unloading
  molten iron pot
• Tracking 1,500 employees and contractors in a
  refinery during an emergency and obtain real-time
  head count at mustering areas and process units.

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Safety Applications
Board Operator View
Integrated with Controls (Proc Ops or
Interlock) Process Mode change interrupted due
to people/asset in Unit
Link to Security View
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Security Applications

• Improved Security and Traceability
• Monitor restricted areas without any physical
  barriers
• Locating hazardous material within a plant
• Reduce shrinkage
• ROI
• Measure number of units disappearing on a yearly
  basis
• Measure time require to collect data for
  compliance purposes
• Examples
• US based chemical company tracks railway cars
  carrying hazardous materials by combining RFID
  and GPS
• India based chemical company tracks cylinders
  throughout its global supply chain. This allows
  them to increase safety and security during the
  order fulfillment process.

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Operational Efficiency

• Maintenance and Inspection Data
• Ensures data is time stamped while person is
  close to asset (e.g. cannot be falsified "pencil
  whipping" as is the case with bar codes)
• Equipment Management
• Locate accurately expensive equipments used in
  the field
• Lay-down yard management system (example
  tracking assets during a Greenfield project)

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Operational Efficiency

• ROI
• Measure errors generated due to poor
  documentation
• Measure time spent locating an asset during
  commissioning or construction phase
• Measure equipment lost during a greenfield
  project
• Examples
• Scan tags associated to an asset during an
  inspection
• Analyze the number of occurrences and time spent
  maintaining 80 batch reactors

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Conclusion

• RFID is already being deployed today around the
  world in various industrial markets (Oil and Gas,
  Refining, Pulp Paper, etc)
• Important to be aware of the different
  technologies available before selecting one
• Identification and location data provided by the
  technology is used to improve safety, security,
  and operational effectiveness.
• Business case required to provide a detailed look
  into improvements in key processes and related
  metrics to validate project ROI

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