A radio frequency identification system for tracking and managing materials in a manufacturing process

A technology for tracking systems and manufacturing processes, applied in the direction of general control systems, control/regulation systems, record carriers used by machines, etc., can solve the problem of not controlling the flow of processing materials

Inactive Publication Date: 2014-12-17
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However, this method is only used to control the throughput of the process and does not actually control the flow of process material, for example by

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[0046] Inventory and process management or tracking systems use RFID technology to track and control the flow of inputs and outputs in a manufacturing process by using a single steerable antenna or a network of steerable antennas such as a beam steerable phased array antenna or other beam steerable antenna) to provide real-time, three-dimensional position detection and tracking of RFID-tagged materials and items used in inventory or manufacturing processes. The system uses the detected location and movement of RFID-tagged materials and items to perform various steps in managing the flow or use of materials within a process to increase the productivity of a process including inventory management, improve the production accuracy of a process, or Production quality and minimizing labor costs and other costs associated with manual operating errors within a plant or process.

[0047] More specifically, the process management system performs inventory management by using a 3D RFID d...

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A process management system uses a radio frequency identification (RFID) detection system in the form of, for example, a phased array antenna based RFID detection system to track and manage material storage and flow in a manufacturing process or plant. The process management system operates in conjunction with the various machines that implement manufacturing stages or steps of the manufacturing process to assure that the correct materials and processing procedures are used at or on the various production machines of the process to produce a particular product as defined by a job number or job order. The process management system is thereby able to increase the efficiencies of the plant and to increase the quality of the plant production by reducing or eliminating waste, manufacturing errors and shipping errors in the production facility.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application is based on 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61 / 607,406, filed March 6, 2012, entitled "Automation Project" and filed October 1, 2012, entitled "A Radio Frequency Identification System for Tracking and Managing Material Flow in a Manufacturing Process", the entire disclosure of which is expressly incorporated herein by reference. technical field [0003] The present disclosure generally relates to the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology to advantageously track, manage and control the flow and or location of materials, such as inventory items, within a manufacturing process or inventory storage facility, making tracking and retrieving inventory items more automatic and efficient. Background technique [0004] Many manufacturing processes are currently highly automated. However, in some industries, manufacturing processes still require manual operations and / or human in...

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IPC IPC(8): G06K17/00G06K19/07
CPCG05B19/4183G05B19/41865G05B2219/31376G06Q10/0833G06Q10/0875Y02P90/02
Inventor 肯尼思·F·舍宁威廉·J·格雷亚韦斯
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