UK to develop new smart glass bottles
2019-08-28 15:08:33
Recently, the British Nonprofit Organization-Waste and Resource Action Plan (WRAP) has launched a project to encourage glass bottle manufacturers and food and beverage companies to use lightweight glass containers to reduce the consumption of glass bottle waste and product transportation fuel. .
WRAP has prompted the British industry to produce a new lightweight glass bottle for loading liquids such as wine and coffee. However, existing manufacturing, bottling, transportation, etc. processes are designed for traditional heavier, more solid glass bottles and do not apply to this new, sustainable design. No matter if it is empty or full, it will increase the risk of wave crushing in container factories, beverage bottling plants and delivery trucks.
In order to identify the fragile sites of glass in the bottling plant and improve the production line efficiency and quality control in the bottle making process, Irish glass manufacturer ArdaghGlass used the RFID-based AgentQC system provided by SensorWireless. By locating excessive pressure and the source of collision problems between the bottle and the machine or other bottle, Ardagh can reduce the cost of product damage and mitigate the problem of landfill debris from broken glass.
The AgentQC system includes a smart bottle - a replica of an actual glass bottle embedded with an RFID tag with a sensor. By placing the smart bottle in the assembly line, the company can identify the exact location where the glass container would be damaged, according to Waywire McNally, president of SensorWireless.
The system also includes a hand-held RFID reader for capturing smart bottle data on the production line, and data compilation software. In addition, the AgentQC system is also included Coors, E. &J. Beverage companies such as Gallo Winery, Coca-Cola and Kirin Beer are used to track the pressure of the machine on the bottle when capped.
ArdaghGlass has listed lightweight glass products in the company's products. Paul O"Neill, the company's senior customer service manager for food, milk and beverages, said that the company is using the AgentQC system to track the manufacturing process of the four new bottles. O"Neill declined to order The name of the new bottle customer.
When Ardagh received a new bottle order, the company sent the specifications of the bottle to SensorWireless, and engineers used acrylic plastic to replicate the same smart bottle. The bottle contains a 3-inch RFID tag and sensor, which is circulated in the Ardagh Glass factory along with other bottles. The smart bottle sensor measures pressure, shock and temperature. The 900 MHz of the proprietary air interface protocol or 2. 4 GHz transmission data conforming to the ZigBee standard can be used.
Using ZigBee technology can send a lot of data, McNally said, but the 900MHz signal will be more stable. When smart bottles flow through the assembly line, employees place or hold readers at important locations, such as manufacturing lines, or transport products to warehouses. In these places, changes in the bottle's impact, pressure, or temperature can damage the glass bottle.
Employees can view smart bottle data on the screen of the SensorWireless handheld device, store the data in the handset, and later connect it to the computer via the USB interface and download the data to the ArdaghGlass ERP system. Ardagh uses SensorWireless other software to analyze the production line and test whether any modifications on the production line can improve process efficiency.
According to McNally, ArdaghGlass has adopted AgentQC in several factories and has produced new bottles for 4 customers in the past 2 years; the adoption of AgentQC has improved the manufacturing process, limited bottle damage, and identified the point where the problem occurred.
By the end of 2009, McNally said that SensorWireless will add GPS capabilities to its smart bottle system, and the in-bottle label will send sensed data through the satellite antenna mounted on the transport truck. This will allow the user to understand where the accident occurred during shipping (such as strong bumps and vibrations).
In addition, SensorWireless is also developing an automated system that allows data to be automatically transmitted to 900MHz RFID readers or ZigBee nodes on-site without any human intervention. This requires the installation of low-cost readers or nodes on the assembly line. McNally claims that he is still looking for a suitable product. Most readers are still too large and consume too much power.
WRAP has prompted the British industry to produce a new lightweight glass bottle for loading liquids such as wine and coffee. However, existing manufacturing, bottling, transportation, etc. processes are designed for traditional heavier, more solid glass bottles and do not apply to this new, sustainable design. No matter if it is empty or full, it will increase the risk of wave crushing in container factories, beverage bottling plants and delivery trucks.
In order to identify the fragile sites of glass in the bottling plant and improve the production line efficiency and quality control in the bottle making process, Irish glass manufacturer ArdaghGlass used the RFID-based AgentQC system provided by SensorWireless. By locating excessive pressure and the source of collision problems between the bottle and the machine or other bottle, Ardagh can reduce the cost of product damage and mitigate the problem of landfill debris from broken glass.
The AgentQC system includes a smart bottle - a replica of an actual glass bottle embedded with an RFID tag with a sensor. By placing the smart bottle in the assembly line, the company can identify the exact location where the glass container would be damaged, according to Waywire McNally, president of SensorWireless.
The system also includes a hand-held RFID reader for capturing smart bottle data on the production line, and data compilation software. In addition, the AgentQC system is also included Coors, E. &J. Beverage companies such as Gallo Winery, Coca-Cola and Kirin Beer are used to track the pressure of the machine on the bottle when capped.
ArdaghGlass has listed lightweight glass products in the company's products. Paul O"Neill, the company's senior customer service manager for food, milk and beverages, said that the company is using the AgentQC system to track the manufacturing process of the four new bottles. O"Neill declined to order The name of the new bottle customer.
When Ardagh received a new bottle order, the company sent the specifications of the bottle to SensorWireless, and engineers used acrylic plastic to replicate the same smart bottle. The bottle contains a 3-inch RFID tag and sensor, which is circulated in the Ardagh Glass factory along with other bottles. The smart bottle sensor measures pressure, shock and temperature. The 900 MHz of the proprietary air interface protocol or 2. 4 GHz transmission data conforming to the ZigBee standard can be used.
Using ZigBee technology can send a lot of data, McNally said, but the 900MHz signal will be more stable. When smart bottles flow through the assembly line, employees place or hold readers at important locations, such as manufacturing lines, or transport products to warehouses. In these places, changes in the bottle's impact, pressure, or temperature can damage the glass bottle.
Employees can view smart bottle data on the screen of the SensorWireless handheld device, store the data in the handset, and later connect it to the computer via the USB interface and download the data to the ArdaghGlass ERP system. Ardagh uses SensorWireless other software to analyze the production line and test whether any modifications on the production line can improve process efficiency.
According to McNally, ArdaghGlass has adopted AgentQC in several factories and has produced new bottles for 4 customers in the past 2 years; the adoption of AgentQC has improved the manufacturing process, limited bottle damage, and identified the point where the problem occurred.
By the end of 2009, McNally said that SensorWireless will add GPS capabilities to its smart bottle system, and the in-bottle label will send sensed data through the satellite antenna mounted on the transport truck. This will allow the user to understand where the accident occurred during shipping (such as strong bumps and vibrations).
In addition, SensorWireless is also developing an automated system that allows data to be automatically transmitted to 900MHz RFID readers or ZigBee nodes on-site without any human intervention. This requires the installation of low-cost readers or nodes on the assembly line. McNally claims that he is still looking for a suitable product. Most readers are still too large and consume too much power.
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