Factory Automation
Factory automation is a system that automates the planning, design, and production preparation of products, as well as the control, management, and operation of production. It also refers to FMS (variable process system), an integrated production process system that connects production facilities using robots and computers with communication and transportation equipment to simultaneously produce, assemble, inspect, and package products of various sizes and types under computer control for the purpose of increasing production automation, flexibility, and productivity.
Factory Automation RFID
RFID (radio frequency identification) is a device that stores product information in an ultra-small chip and transmits data wirelessly with an antenna. It refers to a recognition technology that can manage information on various entities such as food, animals, and objects using IC chips and wireless. It is also called an 'electronic tag', 'smart tag', 'electronic label', or 'wireless identification'. When this is used in a company's products, information on the entire process from production to sales can be embedded in an ultra-small chip (IC chip) and tracked using radio frequencies.
RFID is considered a next-generation recognition technology that will replace barcodes, which have been generally used for product management in the distribution sector. RFID consists of a reader that has reading and decoding functions and a tag that provides information. It stores information on the entire process of production, distribution, storage, and consumption on the tag attached to the product, and has the reader read this information via an antenna.
RFID is being used not only in public transportation fare collection systems, but also in a wide range of other fields, including distribution, animal tracking devices, automobile safety devices, personal entry and access authorization devices, electronic toll collection devices, and production management.