As the world's leading supplier of identification systems, with SIMATIC Ident Siemens offers a unique integrated and scalable range of RFID and optical identification systems for flexible and cost-effective identification solutions.

RFID systems are offered for the most diverse requirements on performance, range, frequency range as well as HF and UHF. This section provides you an overview of our RFID systems in the HF range.

Easy integration of the RFID systems via communication modules and pre-configured software blocks in the world of Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) significantly reduces the work and costs necessary for commissioning, diagnostics and maintenance.

Thanks to many years of experience in the area of RFID, Siemens is a competent partner for implementation of the most diverse solutions in all sectors, but especially in the areas of production and logistics.

SIMATIC RFID systems in the HF range

Siemens offers the following two RFID systems for the HF range:

• SIMATIC RF200:
  The compact and economical RFID system according to ISO 15693. Readers with an IO-Link interface are provided for particularly simple and open identification solutions.
• SIMATIC RF300:
  For the most demanding requirements in terms of speed, data volume and diagnostics functionality, the RF300 mode with separate transponders is available. The high-performance RFID system can be operated with ISO 15693 transponders to meet average performance requirements.

SIMATIC RFID system in the UHF range

With SIMATIC RF600, identification tasks are performed in the UHF range that demand a range of several meters.

Meaningful data from the outset

The RFID systems ensure that meaningful data accompanies a product or object from the very beginning. The transponders are attached to the product, product carrier, object or its transport or packing unit and are recorded, read and written by non-contact methods. This means that all the application-specific data is located on the transponder. This is true whether you are dealing with vehicle body parts in the automotive industry or order picking boxes. Up to 64 KB of data can be stored and individually read and supplemented when required at the various workstations or manufacturing stations. This all means that the flow of material and data is synchronized optimally.

Contactless data transfer and a high degree of industrial compatibility

Powerful readers (write/read devices) in various rugged designs ensure fast and reliable data transfer between the transponders and the higher-level systems (e.g. PLC, PC).

The data and power are transmitted inductively by an electromagnetic alternating field. This principle of contactless data transfer also works in the presence of contamination or through numerous non-metallic materials.

Perfectly matched components

The RFID systems consist of perfectly matched individual components:

• Transponder
• Readers
• Antennas
• Communication modules for connection to the automation system (e.g. PROFIBUS, PROFINET)
• Software for system integration

For a wide range of applications in all sectors

• Production control
• Asset management
• Tracking & tracing

Wide range of transponders

A wide range of different transponders is available using a variety of storage technologies and geometric designs. Their strength is not only their high level of data security but also the excellent high degree of protection against ambient conditions such as contamination, temperature fluctuations, washing water or shock load.

Transponders for RFID systems