10.04.16
There has been demand in the market for a small but powerful RFID tag that is as easy to print and personalize as a label but still works on any surface like a hard tag. Confidex set out to develop a solution for the demand: Confidex Silverline Blade on-metal label.
The new Blade was designed to open up whole application areas with its small size, global frequency range, long read distance and suitability to different surfaces.
One of the challenges to overcome was to maintain excellent performance over the global radio frequency range of 860 to 960 MHz. This required a lot of optimizing on the antenna to widen its resonance. The effort was well worth it, as Confidex can now offer one single label in every market.
The key to a good performance is a high-quality RF chip. Confidex is using the Impinj Monza R6 chip as the heart of the new label. That combined with Confidex’s deep knowledge on on-metal label designs is ahead of anything in the market at the moment.
Since Blade is meant to work both indoors and outdoors (IP68 rating), it has industrial-grade adhesive for easy bonding to most surfaces. Printing and programming is also made simple – Zebra is offering a ready-to-use printer solution for personalizing labels.
Measuring only 2.5 x 6 cm (about 1 x 2 3/8 inches), Confidex Silverline Blade is small and unobtrusive. Only 1.2 mm (about 1/16”) thick and made of flexible foam-like substance, it does not require an absolutely straight surface.
Confidex Silverline Blade has already proven its worth in the field. One of the most successful pilot projects is a major US bank tracing its IT assets – everything from laptops to printers – with Silverline Blade RFID labels. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
Other application areas in the ongoing pilot projects include a car part manufacturer that needs to keep track of its very customizable parts and a large appliance maker that marks refrigerators returned for maintenance.
The new Blade was designed to open up whole application areas with its small size, global frequency range, long read distance and suitability to different surfaces.
One of the challenges to overcome was to maintain excellent performance over the global radio frequency range of 860 to 960 MHz. This required a lot of optimizing on the antenna to widen its resonance. The effort was well worth it, as Confidex can now offer one single label in every market.
The key to a good performance is a high-quality RF chip. Confidex is using the Impinj Monza R6 chip as the heart of the new label. That combined with Confidex’s deep knowledge on on-metal label designs is ahead of anything in the market at the moment.
Since Blade is meant to work both indoors and outdoors (IP68 rating), it has industrial-grade adhesive for easy bonding to most surfaces. Printing and programming is also made simple – Zebra is offering a ready-to-use printer solution for personalizing labels.
Measuring only 2.5 x 6 cm (about 1 x 2 3/8 inches), Confidex Silverline Blade is small and unobtrusive. Only 1.2 mm (about 1/16”) thick and made of flexible foam-like substance, it does not require an absolutely straight surface.
Confidex Silverline Blade has already proven its worth in the field. One of the most successful pilot projects is a major US bank tracing its IT assets – everything from laptops to printers – with Silverline Blade RFID labels. The feedback has been overwhelmingly positive.
Other application areas in the ongoing pilot projects include a car part manufacturer that needs to keep track of its very customizable parts and a large appliance maker that marks refrigerators returned for maintenance.