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News Release from: Precisia LLC | Subject: High Speed Printed RFID Tags
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 17 May 2004
Precisia Claims World First In Printed
Radio Tags
Precisia LLC has claimed that it is the first company in the world to produce fully functional radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with high-speed printed antennas in one location.
Precisia LLC has claimed that it is the first company in the world to produce fully functional radio frequency identification (RFID) tags with high-speed printed antennas in one location The company said that the development would hasten the implementation of RFID technology for major retailers and their suppliers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 17 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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In synthesising printing and electronics technologies, Precisia believes it is positioned to lead the development of RFID tag production methods.
RFID tags consist of two essential components, a chip and an antenna.
Precisia's manufacturing processes utilise conductive inks to produce printed antennas at high speeds in place of copper, aluminium or screen-printed antennas.
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Its tag production system assembles the components of an RFID device in one location, the first step towards complete high-speed antenna printing and chip attachment in a single production process.
"This milestone gives us the potential to break time and cost constraints that have limited the production capacity of mass quantities of RFID tags.
Today we can formulate and manufacture conductive materials, print hundreds of thousands of antennas per hour, and attach RFID chips or straps at a rate of a few thousand per hour.
We are working to attach straps at high speeds by the end of the year," said Jim Rohrkemper, president of Precisia.
Complete RFID devices are currently being produced and tested at Precisia's dedicated printed electronics design and testing laboratory in Ann Arbor (USA).
The company claimed that customers also benefit from the facility's testing capabilities, which analyse printing and electronics design to ensure high-speed printed RFID solutions work before significant investments are made.
"We are rapidly moving towards developing high-speed production methods for complete assembly and attachment of RFID tags, which is a critical step in keeping RFID tag production and attachment at pace with packaging throughput," added Rohrkemper.
He said that the company wants to work with customers to produce RFID enabled labels, packages and tags at the source, as well as to support the current apply and deliver method.
Precisia claims that its team of researchers and developers has a combination of experience in printed electronics, printing systems and advanced ink technologies and is well positioned to serve the smart label, tag, packaging, converting, consumer products and retail industries.
Precisia LLC is a separate business unit of Flint Ink Corporation, the world's largest privately owned ink manufacturer, and provides conductive and advanced printing inks, and electronics technology and processes.
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