Printed Electronics Now staff10.15.20
Confidex released two new high-temperature products aimed at the automotive industry.
The new Heatwave family of UHF RFID tags deliver effective automated tracking of goods through the high-temperature phases of automotive production.
The Heatwave Flag includes a flexible attachment for automotive paint shop processing while the Heatwave Tough boasts exceptional performance on metallic surfaces.
Confidex is serving the automotive industry with the two new products uniquely designed to withstand the auto manufacturing process.
Heatwave products can be applied to auto bodies to control the production process for each body configuration. The new tags, with special polymer design, operate effectively even at temperatures of up to 250°C in the body and paint shop.
"Our 15 years in industrial grade RFID enables us to design reliable wireless connections, as a backbone of industrial digitalization,” said Miika Pylvänäinen, Confidex Product Line manager.
Heatwave Flag has evolved from the Corona Classic, upgraded with the latest material innovation and with industrial-grade sensitivity.
Its flexible attachment design enables it to be fixed to all materials, while it can be applied so that the antenna does not come in direct contact with metal.
Heatwave Tough offers an innovative design for on-metal attachment on flat metal surfaces, while also offering flexibility for tag positioning and automated application. It comes with heat resistance of 250° C for 50 minutes while it operates well around salt water, motor oil, acetone, sulfuric acid and other chemicals.
By including the latest high-memory chip generation– employing the UCODE 7xm+ chip with a 384-bit digital signature and 2-kbit user memory – the new Heatwave Tough also offers flexible data implementation.
The tags deliver multiple benefits over traditional barcodes including reduction of scanning interfaces and avoidance of the redundant identification processes conducted at manufacturing sites today.
When tags remain on the product or asset after production, they also offer after-sales benefits for consumers or retailers.
Heatwave Tough and Heatwave Flag are available now for samples and commercial production.