RFID Stahlband Blockage Detection in Infrastructure Pipes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods lack a solution for detecting blockages in infrastructure pipes during electrical wiring, leading to time-consuming manual detection and repair processes.
Innovation Solution
A system utilizing Radio Identification Technology (RIT), such as RFID, with tags attached to stahlband cables and readers to detect blockages by measuring communication signal intensity, enabling precise location identification.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If manual detection methods are used to detect blockages in infrastructure pipes, then no specialized detection equipment is needed, but the detection process becomes time-consuming and inefficient
Solution Approach 1:
An RIT tag is attached to the stahlband cable before it is inserted into the infrastructure pipe. This preliminary tagging enables automatic detection capability to be built into the system beforehand, so that when the cable encounters a blockage, the location can be immediately identified using an RIT reader, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual detection processes.
2Productivity
If no detection solution is provided for blockages, then the system remains simple, but constructors must spend excessive time detecting and removing blockages
Solution Approach 1:
An RIT tag serves as an intermediary element attached to the stahlband cable. This tag acts as a mediator between the cable and the detection system, enabling blockage location detection through radio frequency communication with an RIT reader without requiring complex integrated detection circuits within the cable itself.
3Strength
If the stahlband cable is made of steel with limited flexibility, then the cable has sufficient strength, but it can only bend to a limited extent making navigation through pipes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The detection function is segmented from the cable structure itself and assigned to a separate RIT tag component. This allows the steel cable to maintain its inherent strength and flexibility characteristics while the attached tag provides the detection capability, effectively separating the structural function from the detection function.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Facilitates rapid and accurate detection of blockages, reducing downtime and improving efficiency in electrical wiring processes.
Implementation Method 1
RIT, the acronym of Radio Identification Technology refers herein to a radio identification technology, such as RFID and many other technologies that are available presently in the market.
Data Source
AI summary
In one aspect, the present invention is directed to a system for detecting a blockage in an infrastructure pipe (16), the system comprising: a stahlband device (10) having a cable (11) and a hooking device (12) at one side thereof an RIT tag (22), disposed at the side; and an RIT reader (23), for communicating with the RIT tag (22), the RIT reader being adapted to detect an intensity of a communication signal (24) of the RIT reader with the RIT tag (22), thereby allowing detecting a blockage (21) in an infrastructure pipe (16) by detecting a location of the RIT tag (22) according to an intensity of the communication signal (24). Preferably, the RIT tag is an RFID tag, and the RIT reader is an RFID reader.