STTR Phase I: Chemical Management System using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology

STTR 第一阶段：使用射频识别 (RFID) 技术的化学品管理系统

• 批准号: 0637753
• 负责人: Jerry Kut
• 金额: $ 15万
• 依托单位: Avchem, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2007-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0637753&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: STTR; Phase; Chemical; Management; System

This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I project will explore the feasibility of applying Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies for the inventory management of time and temperature sensitive materials, which are PreMixed and Frozen (PMF) sealants that are extensively used today in the aerospace industry. This project fundamentally aims to develop and implement distributed power control schemes for RFID antennas/readers in order to overcome the read rate problem, which is a major obstacle in front of RFID implementation in industry today. This research project provides a solution to a major aerospace industry problem; the loss of millions of dollars annually due to expired PMF sealants. Utilizing RFID technologies in tandem with current practices will provide near real-time PMF sealant inventory and expiration date data and thus lead to effective and efficient management of PMF sealants. In turn this will result in a dramatic decrease in customer cost and unwanted waste while increasing the service level for production. Current prime aerospace company customers have shown great interest in this proposed research and it is estimated that these customers as well as other prime aerospace companies and suppliers would invest $25-30 million to acquire, implement, and utilize this technology.

该小型企业技术转让 (STTR) 第一阶段项目将探索应用射频识别 (RFID) 技术对时间和温度敏感材料进行库存管理的可行性，这些材料是当今航空航天业广泛使用的预混合和冷冻 (PMF) 密封剂。该项目的根本目的是开发和实施 RFID 天线/阅读器的分布式电源控制方案，以克服读取率问题，这是当今行业实施 RFID 的主要障碍。该研究项目为航空航天工业的一个主要问题提供了解决方案；由于 PMF 密封剂过期，每年造成数百万美元的损失。将 RFID 技术与当前实践相结合，将提供近乎实时的 PMF 密封剂库存和有效期数据，从而实现 PMF 密封剂的有效且高效的管理。反过来，这将显着降低客户成本和不必要的浪费，同时提高生产服务水平。 目前主要的航空航天公司客户对这项拟议的研究表现出了极大的兴趣，预计这些客户以及其他主要的航空航天公司和供应商将投资 25-3000 万美元来获取、实施和利用这项技术。