Savi: RTLS for Locating Assets in Facilities and Yards

Savi Technology has unveiled a wireless Real Time Locating System (RTLS) to automatically locate assets in facilities or industrial yards.

With DASH7 technology based on ISO-compliant active, battery-powered Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), the system can reduce the time spent on locating assets while improving operational efficiency.

The RTLS also performs well in harsh and heavy-metal environments, and is suited for defense and government supply depots; heavy manufacturing plants; job shops; oil and gas refineries; aerospace and automotive material, repair and overhaul operations; hospitals; and, outdoor areas storing heavy equipment such as trailers, chassis, containers, bulk emergency supplies, power equipment, etc.

Steve Farrell, Savi Technology’s VP of Hardware Engineering said, “The solution adds a further dimension to our growing portfolio of interoperable solutions that identify, track, and manage assets, whether in-transit across the supply chain or at rest at a precise location. Because of the elegant simplicity of our design, the RTLS Solution can be installed within hours at low cost to reduce capital infrastructure investments.”

The solution utilizes low-cost, battery-operated “Location Markers,” which are about the size and shape of hockey pucks. These markers can be placed almost anywhere in a facility or yard. Location Markers communicate their “reference points” to assets equipped with the ST-632 active RFID asset tag. The RFID tag collects and transmits its identity and nearby reference point to SmartChain software, which calculates that tag’s location and displays it on a site map of the facility.

Savi, www.savi.com