08.04.2010

Friweika - logident, UDL 120

Automated container management from the field to processing

In the harvest season from August to October up to 10,000 large containers of the agricultural cooperative Friweika are loaded directly in the fields with potatoes. The name Friweika stands for fresh Weidensdorfer potato products and for guaranteeing innovation, progress, quality and production efficiency in the German potato industry for around 40 years. The ultra-modern operation  which stores , processes and markets potatoes as a fresh products, started already in 2002 with the preview of active transponders. For the inventory of containers and the determination of goods production quantities the Friweika eG introduced an RFID-based container management at the entrance in August 2008. At the beginning of 2009, the second rollout followed with forklift reading performance, which put the containers in well defined geological storage places.
"The RFID in use  gives us an exact  inventory management for our containers", is the conclusion of Marion Velebil, Friweika. The aim is to achieve the continuous recording of the production up to the suppliers using RFID technology.

Solutions of deister electronics:

• UDL 120 UHF-Reader for industrial trucks
• Transponders at the relevant product equipment
• Terminal driver with client for the transport orders / confirmation
• Localization of the product using passive transponders

The mounted Reader UDL 120 between the forks identifies the appropriate box and the tags on the product plant. Thus, the current box (charge) and position is visible in the ERP system. A transparent, fast and automatic process is guaranteed.