Marlin Steel Smart Baskets- Improving the flow in materials handling. Drew Greenblatt President Marlin Steel Wire Products Baltimore, MD USA

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2 Marlin Steel Smart Baskets- Improving the flow in materials handling Drew Greenblatt President Marlin Steel Wire Products Baltimore, MD USA 2

3 Case Study: no RFID to Marlin Steel Smart Baskets

4 No RFID Flying Blind Where are the choke points? Employees Sandbagging? Quality Defects Accumulating? Products Out of Queue? Material Shortages? Machine Down? What is Night Shift Doing?

5 RFID Smart Baskets 2.0

6 Hardware & Infrastructure Components RFID UHF tags Quantity 1000 LLRP compliant readers Quantity 7 Readers Rifidi Box w/ Inventory Management solution Local area network with router/switch and access to Internet or Wireless Phones Cloud environment w/ third-party products as required (database, web server, reporting tool)

7 Inventory Management Module (hosted on Rifidi Box) Module monitors: Movement of items Creates alerts Creates events

8 Administrators and Users Administrators can: Add and remove a user or administrator from the system Reset a user s password Users can: Change his password Switch to another site if this user is provisioned for more than one site. Receive alerts and view reports on read-only access. (The read access is limited to the site that the user is allowed to see.)

9 Hardware Fixed RFID Readers and Antennas: Speedway Revolution 2-Port Reader The Speedway Revolution 2 port reader can power up to 2 antennas This Best in Class reader provides the highest level of sensitivity in the industry

10 Antenna Enclosure Allows for quick installation when an antenna is required to be mounted where it will be exposed to industrial and harsh environments The radome is UV resistant ASA Plastic and the hardware is stainless steel By using this all in one antenna unit, the end user can avoid purchasing separate NEMA enclosures and antennas

11 Antenna Mounting and Hardware Each antenna requires equipment to be properly mounted to a conveyor or anchored to the floor. Mounting equipment designed to withstand industrial conditions Mounting brackets will be mounted next to the passing material, putting antenna in a good position to read passing tags while out of harm s way

12 Tags Xerafy Micro X II The Xerafy MicroX II is one of the few high temperature tags on the market. With read ranges up to about 33 feet on metal, it is more than adequate for this application. Data Retention 50 Years Read Rate 400 Tags per second for 96-EPC bit number Read Range on Metal, 4W EIRP Up to 33ft Material Engineering-grade nylon polymer RoHS EU Directive 2002/95/EC ATEX ATEX Compliant

13 Application Temp: -40 F to 482 F Operational Humidity: 5% - 95% Storage Humidity: 5% - 95% Chemical Resistance Isopropyl alcohol 48 hrs. Industrial cleaner 48 hrs. Epoxy resin coolant 48 hrs. Industrial rust lubricant 48 hrs. Acetone 48 hrs. Salt water 168 hrs. Sodium Hydroxide -168 hrs. Sulfuric Acid 168 hrs. Engine Oil 168 hrs. Gasoline 48 hrs. Diesel Fuel 48 hrs. Soap solution 48 hrs. Carboxylic acid testing recommended Shock (drop) 3 ft. to concrete/ granite up to 200 cycles Compression Strength 181 psi

14 Baskets will go in this Chemical Bath Baskets will go into this Oven

15 Marlin Steel Smart Baskets: Report Flow to Management RFID Tag on Basket & Skid Reader One Shipping Dock RFID Tag on Basket & Skid Reader Two Storage Rack Area RFID Tag on Basket & Skid Reader Three Inspec=on Process

16 Marlin Steel Smart Baskets: Reports Flow to Management RFID on Baskets Reader Four Machining Opera=on RFID on Baskets Reader Five Oven RFID on Baskets Reader Six Final Assembly Area

17 Marlin Steel Smart Baskets: Reports Flow to Management RFID on Basket Reader Seven Shipping

18 Marlin Steel Smart Baskets: 100,000 sq ft Factory or Warehouse Setting RFID Tag on Basket & Skid & Ambient Temperature for Tags near reader 1, 2, 3 and 7 RFID Tag on Basket 375 degrees for six hours Near Reader Five RFID Tag on Basket Ambient Temperature Near Reader 4 and 6

19 Marlin Steel Smart Baskets Dashboard Display in Queue Quantity Shown in Each Area: Shipping Dock Storage Rack Area Inspection Process Machining Operation Oven Final Assembly Area Shipping

20 Technology Backbone Tag to Reader Reader to Hot Spot Hot Spot to Cell Phone Cell Phone to Cloud Review Data on portal

21 Contact Information Drew Greenblatt President Marlin Steel Wire Products 2640 Merchant Drive Baltimore, Maryland USA Phone: (443) Follow MarlinSteel on Facebook

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