Know where every part is on the line

A line stops because one part never arrived. A torque wrench has vanished again. A batch passed a station and nobody can prove it. On the factory floor, a small gap in what you know becomes a big gap in the schedule.

What slows the shop floor

Work in progress out of sight

Between stations, parts sit in carts and racks. The system knows what entered and what finished. Everything in between is guesswork and walking.

Tools and assets that wander

Tools, molds and containers are shared and moved all day. When one disappears, a line waits or a replacement is bought, and nobody remembers who had it last.

A hard place for electronics

Metal, dust, rain and forklifts are routine. Gear made for an office counter will not last at a yard gate or beside a machine.

How RAIN RFID changes it

1
Parts and tools carry a tag
A standard RAIN RFID tag goes on the part, the cart or the tool. You choose the tag. Metal and plastic behave differently, so test with samples.
2
Stations report by themselves
A reader and antennas at each station note what arrived and what left. No one stops to scan, and the line keeps moving.
3
Gear made for the place
The EM300H is IP67 for outdoors, decodes GS1 codes on the reader, and its 8 MB buffer keeps reads if the network drops, then syncs them back.
4
Built into your own machine
Machine makers embed MB or SAM modules, 32 x 36 x 4 mm. SAM runs your code on the module itself.

Recommended setups

Two Identix EZ series readers in black metal enclosures, one showing four RF connectors and one showing the rear panel

Front view of the Identix far-field antenna panel with the SMA connector

Identix articulated support mounting an antenna on a pole

Production stations

Problem: work in progress out of sight. An EZ500 or EZ700 industrial reader with 85C7070 antennas at each station. Four antenna ports, PoE or 9 to 28 V DC. Dense Reader Mode copes with crowded RF.

EZ series 85C7070 Universal Articulated Support

Identix ID50 handheld data collector with pistol grip, trigger, touchscreen and RFID antenna panel, angled view

Yard gates and tool rounds

Problem: assets leaving unseen. An EM300H, IP67, with its built-in 7 dBi antenna reads vehicles and loads at the gate. An ID50 handheld, also IP67, covers the rounds for tools and containers.

EM300H ID50

Identix SAMDK development kit in its brushed metal enclosure with four SMA antenna ports

Identix SAM300 RAIN RFID module, angled view with castellated gold contacts on the edges

Small RFID module labeled SAM300 mounted on a carrier board with a USB-C connector and four gold RF connectors

Your own machine or product

Problem: you build equipment, not readers. Prototype on a SAMDK board, a Raspberry Pi carrier, then move to a SAM module on your own board. Use an MB module when an external host runs the logic.

SAMDK series SAM series MB series

What you gain

Work in progress you can see

You know which station holds which batch without walking the floor. Delays show up while there is still time to act.

A last-known place for every tool

Each pass through a reader leaves a trace. The question of who had it last finally has an answer.

Hardware picked for the floor

IP67 for the yard, industrial readers with DC power for the line, or a module inside your own machine. The reader fits the place.

Questions we hear

Do you sell the tags?

No. Identix supplies readers, antennas, modules and accessories. You choose standard RAIN RFID tags for your parts and tools. Tags behave differently on metal, so test with your own items first.

Can a reader work outdoors?

The EM300H has an IP67 housing and a built-in dual linear 7 dBi antenna, made for gatehouses, logistics yards and vehicle access. It also has two SMA ports for external antennas.

What if many readers work close together?

That is normal in a plant. The EZ500 and EZ700 have Dense Reader Mode and Self Jamming Cancelation, built for crowded RF environments. Antenna aiming matters too, and the articulated support helps with it.

Can we build our own device with your modules?

Yes. MB and SAM modules cover 865 to 928 MHz with the band set by software, and are FCC and Anatel certified. SAM modules run custom applications on the module, alone or with a host.