RFID Issues
The following
article was run in the Modern Materials Handling eNewsletter, "RFID Alert,"
volume 1, issue 1 (January 21, 2004)
The
trouble with tagging pallets
'Putting an RFID tag on a pallet is like putting license plates on a car in
a demolition derby!'
That's the conclusion of
Ralph Rupert, research associate at the Center for Unit Load Design at Virginia
Tech in Blacksburg, Va.
Rupert's conclusion is based
on testing that the Center for Unit Load Design conducted for Rafsec, a Finnish
RFID tag supplier. The group used a simulated warehouse handling test often
used to test pallet designs for durability. ...entire
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A
Mechanical View of RFID Technology, presented by Ralph Rupert at the NIPHLE
(National Institute of Packaging Handling and Logistics Engineers) Annual Conference,
Reno, NV, November 3, 2003
Center
for Unit Load Design to Assist with RFID Technology – Rafsec and center
join forces to implement technology on wood pallets (June 2003)
