RFID smart tool management solution

Tools are indispensable and important Assets for enterprises and one of the important cornerstones for the normal operation of enterprises. In aircraft maintenance workshops, power management workshops, or other industries, workers inevitably deal with tools. Faced with a large number and variety of tools, how to borrow, return, locate, search, and maintain tools quickly and conveniently is one of the factors for enterprises to improve work efficiency, and it is a very important part for enterprise management.

1. Current status of tool management

1. The specifications of maintenance tools are messy and the quantity is huge, making it difficult to find them.

2. The management efficiency of changing tools for you is low and lagging.

3. Barcodes or QR codes cannot meet the control requirements of existing tools.

4. The status of tools cannot be monitored in real time, the tool management responsibility system is incomplete, and the "three inventories" of tools cannot be monitored.

5. Traditional tool management methods cannot meet the high standards of FOD refined control.

2. RFID intelligent tool management system

Principle: Paste the RFID tag on the tool, and install an RFID Reader and RFID Antenna in a tool cart, tool cabinet, or tool box to read the RFID tag on the tool. When the tool is taken out of the tool cart, the RFID reader will automatically identify the tag information of the taken out tool and enter this information into the tool management system. The system will record the taking out operation, such as who took it out. Tools, the main position of the person who picked them up, what kind of tools were picked up at what time, and when they were returned. The system can also set operating permissions and automatically issue warnings when a tool is not returned within a certain period of time.

Operation process: The intelligent tool management system can provide keyless entry, and only need to swipe the card and face recognition to complete the access to the tools. The employee swipes the employee card and logs in. The tool management system is opened, and the employee is authorized to access the tools → perform face recognition → click on the required tool on the touch screen, and the electromagnetic lock of the corresponding tool storage drawer will be automatically opened. The software will automatically record each access operation in real time, and automatically update the database → After the access operation is completed, when the drawer is closed, the RFID reader will automatically scan the access tool information, and the touch screen will immediately display the updated status of the item.

1. RFID Smart Tool Cart

The RFID smart tool cart integrates Android operating system, RFID technology, face recognition technology, smart Access Control sensing and other technologies. The tool cart is embedded with RFDI readers and multiple antennas, which can greatly improve the efficiency and management of tool access. Accuracy and efficiency, simplifying the registration process of tools in and out of the warehouse, effectively preventing and reducing the loss and theft of tools, it is a high-performance, easy-to-operate, intelligent device that can meet the needs of storage and renewal of various aviation tools, and can achieve Enterprise information management of tools and refined management of FOD in the aviation industry.

2. RFID smart tool cabinet

The RFID smart tool cabinet integrates advanced intelligent facilities such as RFID readers, RFID antennas, Android all-in-one machines, IC card swiping equipment, and temperature and humidity controllers, and implements intelligent automatic management of tools with RFID electronic tags in the cabinet. In addition, there are various operation modes such as daily inspection and monthly inspection, which can grasp the quantity, type and status of each unit's tools in real time, and collect data to achieve efficient and intelligent management of tools.

3. RFID smart toolbox

The RFID smart toolbox can automatically manage the tools with RFID tags in the toolbox through the RFID reader and writer, realizing scientific and automated management of tools, greatly improving the accuracy and efficiency of tool management, and realizing the enterprise's control of tools. Information management and refined control of FOD in the aviation industry. The main operating modes include tool box initialization, tool lending, tool return, daily/monthly inspection, transportation status lock, etc.

4. RFID intelligent tool Library

The RFID smart tool library can solve the tedious operations in traditional tool library Management such as manual recording of tool lending and borrowing, manual retrieval of tool information, and barcodes/QR codes that are easily contaminated and cannot be scanned and identified. Through RFID technology, all RFID smart tool libraries can Items with RFID tags will be scanned and recorded by the RFID reader in real time when entering and exiting the warehouse safety door, and the database status will be updated. Staff can search through the database, borrow and return tools in a timely manner, and locate tools in a short period of time. The loan and return work was successfully completed.

3. Positioning of RFID handheld auxiliary tools

When a maintenance tool is found to be missing, a radio frequency signal of a certain power can be emitted through the reader in the RFID handheld device. When the tool bound to the RFID electronic tag enters the radiation field area of the reader antenna, the electronic tag is activated by the radio frequency energy. And uses reflection modulation technology to reflect the memory code information back to the reader. After demodulation processing, the electronic tag information can be obtained to determine the approximate location of the lost tool and greatly shorten the time to find the tool.

4. Functional benefits

1. Various hardware solutions: RFID smart tool cart, RFID smart tool cabinet, RFID smart tool box, RFID smart tool library, etc., suitable for various operating environments.

2. Multiple operation modes: tool cart initialization, tool lending, tool return, daily/monthly inspection, transportation status lock, etc. Intelligent management and control of aviation maintenance tools is realized, making the tools controllable and traceable.

3. Multiple usage functions: Tools can be automatically and quickly borrowed, returned, located, searched, maintained, etc.

4. One keystroke: Daily and monthly inspections can be completed in 3 seconds, greatly improving the efficiency of lending and returning tools.

5. Positioning and search: The RFID handheld device can locate and search for lost tools, grasp the movement of tools in real time, and avoid safety hazards caused by lost tools.

5. Data benefits

1. The efficiency of inventory counting is increased by more than 10 times. The original manual inventory work takes 5-10 minutes, and the relevant data is manually recorded and sent to the department supervisor via email. It only takes 3-5 seconds for the RFID tool cart system to automatically take inventory. The inventory data is synchronized to the system background in real time, and the abnormal data system automatically sends an email to the department supervisor.

2. When a tool is lost during use, it takes a lot of manpower and time to find it (the average time it takes to find a tool is 20-30 minutes). The RFID tool management system can directly send the lost tool information to the RFID handheld terminal to further search for lost tools, greatly reducing the search time (the average time it takes to find a tool is 3-5 minutes), and increasing the management efficiency by more than five times.