Automated Production Line Monitoring System Using Embedded Rfid
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Date
2013-11
Authors
Zulkifli, Che Zalina
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
In industrial manufacturing, wireless network can be used in supply-chain,
retail stock management, electronic security keys, and theft prevention.
Manufacturers require an efficient communication and real time feedback to
maximize uptime, improve productivity, and provide cost effective solution
advancement. This research proposed automated production line monitoring system using
embedded RFID through wireless mesh sensor network (WMSN) platform and smart data processing adopted
through web-based monitoring system. Embedded devices in the automated production line monitoring system is
capable to work as individual units or work together with multiple terminal links such as in WMSN and provide
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication solution. The reading range capabilities of the
proposed system have been tested in the WMSN platform in real world industrial
environment. The results obtained shows that the reading range is able to achieve 123
m with the highest power of +3 dBm in Line-of-Sight (LOS). In data collision
evaluation with WMSN platform, the average percentage of data received achieved
merely 100%. In multi-hop network, the overall proposed system collection time is
about 37% lower than the existing RFID tags. Response time within the same
specifications shows that the developed server is faster by 30% compared to the
existing database. Hence, this is compatible with the output monitoring system
since the input is continuously fed based on the standard time of a certain product.
The proposed integrated wireless infrastructures are able to minimize approximately
50% of cost compared to other local vendor with wired solutions. In addition, 75%
reduction of downtime in the production line which causes the increase in
productivity and yield is recorded due to the effective monitoring.
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Automated Production , Embedded Rfid