Sirit RFID Reader Chosen for Postal Application in Finland
Sirit Inc. a provider of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology,
announced that the INfinity 510 (“IN510”) UHF reader was selected for
Finland’s postal delivery service RFID implementation. Readers have been
installed across the country as part of a system to monitor and quantify the
speed and accuracy of real-time postal deliveries.
Finn-ID, an auto-identification solutions provider in Finland,
developed and installed the application for the Mail Communications division
of Itella, a contract services company that manages postal deliveries in
Finland and throughout Europe. The implementation uses Sirit’s IN510 to read
Gen 2 RFID tags embedded in envelopes that are tracked throughout the entire
delivery process. Selected envelopes, which are not identifiable by postal
workers, contain an RFID tag with a unique number. As these envelopes travel
through the delivery and sorting process, the data relating to their movement
is collected and transmitted to a back-end system. The system then provides
analyses on mail routing, length of time to deliver an item and other
benchmarks relating to level of service.
Sirit Inc. a provider of radio frequency identification (“RFID”) technology,
announced that the INfinity 510 (“IN510”) UHF reader was selected for
Finland’s postal delivery service RFID implementation. Readers have been
installed across the country as part of a system to monitor and quantify the
speed and accuracy of real-time postal deliveries.
Finn-ID, an auto-identification solutions provider in Finland,
developed and installed the application for the Mail Communications division
of Itella, a contract services company that manages postal deliveries in
Finland and throughout Europe. The implementation uses Sirit’s IN510 to read
Gen 2 RFID tags embedded in envelopes that are tracked throughout the entire
delivery process. Selected envelopes, which are not identifiable by postal
workers, contain an RFID tag with a unique number. As these envelopes travel
through the delivery and sorting process, the data relating to their movement
is collected and transmitted to a back-end system. The system then provides
analyses on mail routing, length of time to deliver an item and other
benchmarks relating to level of service.
The decision process for selecting the best reader came down to features
and performance,” stated Kari Hanninen, technology manager at Finn-ID. “From a
features perspective, Sirit’s IN510 allowed us to program an advanced script
which resides within the reader to accommodate the use of photoelectric
sensors along with managing data output to a legacy application. On the
performance side, the IN510 has excelled in successfully reading tags in a
challenging environment and continues to show why it was the top performing
reader throughout our testing process.”
“Finn-ID has done a great job in replacing an expensive legacy solution
based on active RFID with a cost-effective implementation using Gen 2
technology,” added Tony Sabetti, vice president of RF Solutions at Sirit.
“Their tunnel antenna system reads the tags in any orientation and provides
the high read-rate accuracy required by their customer. Sirit is pleased that
our IN510 is successfully powering this unique, real-time track and trace
solution.”
