hainter
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Greetings
I have a problem with a photo eye and some boxes. Currently, the boxes are coming down a conveyor and when the operator wants a certain box to be "held" he will put a piece of reflective tape on it, the photo eye senses the tape, and the box is stopped until its called. The problem with this setup is that sometimes the box gets disoriented and the photo eye misses the reflective tape. There are six different conveyors which the boxes get sorted into and the box could end up on any one of these conveyors. Each conveyor has its own photo eye.
The current solution I’m following up on is using RFID. The operator would put an RFID tag on the box and the antennae would sense the RFID tag and then stop the box. My gut feeling is that there is a better solution to this problem.
Could anyone suggest any RFID products that would be cost effective for doing this? Does anyone have a better idea to tag and stop the boxes?
Thanks in advance,
Joe
I have a problem with a photo eye and some boxes. Currently, the boxes are coming down a conveyor and when the operator wants a certain box to be "held" he will put a piece of reflective tape on it, the photo eye senses the tape, and the box is stopped until its called. The problem with this setup is that sometimes the box gets disoriented and the photo eye misses the reflective tape. There are six different conveyors which the boxes get sorted into and the box could end up on any one of these conveyors. Each conveyor has its own photo eye.
The current solution I’m following up on is using RFID. The operator would put an RFID tag on the box and the antennae would sense the RFID tag and then stop the box. My gut feeling is that there is a better solution to this problem.
Could anyone suggest any RFID products that would be cost effective for doing this? Does anyone have a better idea to tag and stop the boxes?
Thanks in advance,
Joe