• Accu-Sort enhances FAST Monitor v1.2
• GAO RFID introduces 243013 handheld reader/writer
• Janam announces XG100 mobile computer
• IEI announces industrial data collection devices
• Graphic Products announces Mobile Print Station 150
• Longwatch introduces Video Historian to archive manufacturing video

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National Instruments Machine Vision and Scientific Imaging Booklet and CD
This booklet and CD covers popular software functions and how to apply them; product information and selection guides; and valuable Web resources to aid you in specifying and developing your inspection system.

Allied releases 2009 Catalog  
Catalog has over 115,000 products plus technical information and product photos.

Banner updates website
The site showcases Banner’s offerings, including sensors, machine safety products, vision equipment, wireless devices and indicator lights.

Vision algorithms by the book
Test & Measurement World, May 2008
Review of book, Machine Vision Algorithms and Application. It covers machine vision in three main chapters. The longest chapter covers vision algorithms, while the remaining two address vision applications and hardware (lenses, cameras, and lights).

SME DVD shows applications of RFID technology  
"RFID: Tool Tracking Solutions" shows the infrastructure and technology behind RFID as well as real-world practical applications, challenges and advantages of using RFID.

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SICK system checks and measures packages
Process & Control Today, December 2008
SICK Dimensioning Weighing and Scanning (DWS) systems, incorporating bar code scanners, weigh scales and separation conveyors, is boosting profitability through automated revenue recovery and warehouse efficiency and accuracy. The UK depot in Colnbrook, Berkshire, handles some 2,000 parcels a day.

Fast cars assembled faster with RFID
Industrial Embedded Systems, September 2008
By Helge Hornis, Pepperl+Fuchs
A U.S. facility operated by BMW relies heavily on RFID to shorten production cycles and increase data collection quality during the process of assembling high-performance SUVs, roadsters, and coupes. Each car is scanned 50 times during the assembly process.

Ship2Save automates RFID for Kitty Litter producer
Normerica implemented a Ship2Save RFID mobile cart system at its manufacturing plants in Brantford, Ontario and Lethbridge, Alberta.

Victrex film feels the heat
Control Engineering Europe, September 2008
O.T.A. supplied RFID tags that withstand high temperatures on a painting cycle of a truck manufacturing line, using a high performance film from UK-based Victrex.

Vision and RFID: Your Eyes and Ears for Tracking Inventory
Automation World, September 2008
By James R. Koelsch
SynergEyes Inc., a contact lens manufacturer in Carlsbad, CA,uses vision sensors and RFID to track contact lenses through production. A vision sensor from Cognex reads the bar codes on the caps, a second Cognex camera checks both the human-readable and bar code information on it.

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Using RFID/RTLS to Track Industrial Assets
February 20, 2009 Burbank, CA
The goals of this course are to introduce the conceptual, logistical, and application-specific concepts, along with the fundamental engineering underpinnings of RFID, then expanding to a broad range of technologies that allow for tracking of radio-equipped devices. Price: $545

Using RFID/RTLS to Track Industrial Assets
May 1, 2009 Morristown, NJ
The goals of this course are to introduce the conceptual, logistical, and application-specific concepts, along with the fundamental engineering underpinnings of RFID, then expanding to a broad range of technologies that allow for tracking of radio-equipped devices. Price: $545

RFID Training Course - Electronic Download
This comprehensive RFID course covers the entire gamut of the technology, right from Basic concepts to Security and Privacy issues related to RFID. The entire course is designed in an easy to understand manner with text, graphics and animations and without any complicated stuff. At the end, the learner can take a self assessment test (with scoring).

The State of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
By Mark Roberti, Founder & Editor of RFID Journal
Main page for "The State of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)" tutorial series. This tutorial series is based on the transcription of a presentation by Mark Roberti, Founder & Editor of RFID Journal, during the RF Summit at NIWeek. The presentation is broken into a six part RFID tutorial.

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Lyngsoe Systems awarded EPCglobaL Software Certification for RFID
EPCglobal Inc is the non-profit standards organization dedicated to driving global adoption of the Electronic Product Code (EPC) for supply chain excellence.

Ship2Save supports BizTalk RFID
RFID software solutions support Microsoft’s BizTalk RFID.

Lowry promotes Jeffery Polly to vice president, western region  
Polly has held multiple positions at Lowry, including Chief Architect of a RFID project for one of the largest produce companies in the world.

Study questions RFID metal problems
Control Engineering Asia, August 2008
A recent report claims to have busted the myth that radio frequency identification (RFID) does not workon metal. The “Metal Mount RFID Tag Benchmark” findings show that some of the more popular tags designed for metal are not the top performers. While the metal-mount tag performance has improved substantially over the past two years, the benchmark reveals some vendors clearly outperform their peers.

Oil & Gas RFID Solution Group created
The group is helping exploration, drilling, and production organizations identify, define, develop, and deploy RFID systems.

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Lowry to supply RFID products to Government agencies
Lowry will provide Passive RFID hardware, software, and professional services to the U.S Department of Defense (DoD), U.S Coast Guard, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

Renault applies Flir camera across testing centre
Control Engineering Europe, July 2008
At the Renault ‘Technocentre’, all parts and components used for car assembling are subjected to rigorous testing. Renault designed fenders made from a plastic component, and formed by injection moulding. Infrared cameras visualise the cooling process right after the moulding.

Extronics to improve plant visibility at Milford Haven refinery
Process and Control Today, July 2008
Extronics will supply a wireless network for hazardous environments at Total’s UK-based refinery The intrinsically safe and explosion proof wireless network will deliver work scheduling and position status feedback to operators on more than 1,500 manual valves involved in the offsite operations for display on a process mimic. Windows Mobile PDAs and RFID tags can be used by operators to enter the status of the valves and feed the information back to the process mimic.

Marshall Aerospace uses Ubisense tool tracking system
By Ubisense
Ubisense Real-time Location System (RTLS) improved search times for tools and test equipment by a factor of 5 over manual methods and more than 50% over RFID-based methods.

Advanced ID Asia uses austriamicrosystems' Gen2 RFID chip
Advanced ID Asia incorporated the AS3990 UHF RFID “Simply Gen2” Reader Chip into their latest product, the PR110 handheld RFID reader.

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