RFID Tag for Mining – Safe, Secure and Efficient
Mining is a serious business, with efficient mines operating 24 hours a day, undergoing rigorous safety checks and handling cargo worth millions of dollars. The slightest mistake, accident or inefficiency can cause serious consequence. This is why the world’s leading mining companies are turning to RFID technology to ensure that their operations are safe, secure and efficient.
Safety to prevent theft
Safety is the top priority for all mining companies, however, tracking people around a site can be a labor-intensive, time-consuming, and expensive effort that can divert attention from the organization’s main business activities. However, using RFID tag for mining industry is a safer, cheaper and less labor-intensive security solution for mines around the world.
Companies using RFID tags can ensure that unauthorized persons are prevented from entering restricted areas, and can track the movements of tagged employees to narrow down the pool of potential suspects.
Efficiency
Any inefficiencies can lead to delays and lower profits. Delays can result if the digger digs in the wrong place, the truck takes the wrong route or the miner can’t find the tools. This can cost the mining companies thousands of dollars. RFID tags can track the location of all important equipment to reduce delays caused by human errors. And can even optimize activities for greater profit.
RFID Tagging in the Mining Industry
Mining industries around the world rely on numerous contractors to supply the workers, tools and equipment, such as vehicles and drills, to build the mines and keep them running. It is a big challenge for mining companies to verify that contractors are doing the work they are hired to perform and then billed for the correct number of hours. Also, sometimes rental equipment was misplaced in the mine and the rental costs for that equipment continued to increase. With the previous pen-and-paper system, many mines often fell through because they were overcharging for goods and services. Some mines are now turning to RFID to manage rental equipment and workers, and various types of RFID tagging have been implemented in the mining industry.
Tracking material mined
The use of RFID technology, real-time mining tracking grade, or mineral concentration, of ore. RFID tags are placed into the ore pile, and the strategically placed RFID tags track the material mining process, providing more valid information to the plant.
Tracking equipment
Manually track mining equipment, which is both time consuming and error prone. RFID tags are embedded in the equipment and tracked and managed by RFID technology, which can reduce the cost investment.
With mine vehicles as the primary means of transportation, trucking management is a daily battle that requires a group of workers, constantly monitoring and coordinating actions between agencies. RFID deployment streamlines the tracking process and reduces the total number of hours required for trucks to complete the delivery cycle.
People access control and tracking
Embedding RFID into helmets, or issuing each worker with RFID ID badge, tracks miners through RFID technology, prevents trespassing and access to hazardous areas, and ensures that everyone leaves the mine in the event of a collapse to improve worker safety and drive operational upgrades to the mine.
HUAYUAN RFID Tag for Mining
Based on HUAYUAN’s decade years of RFID experience, we have implemented the RFID Mini Epoxy Tag in the mining industry successfully for years. RFID epoxy tag is constructed for optimal performance under harsh conditions. Epoxy surface offers proper protection to the RFID chips. The RFID mini tags are resistant to fuels, mineral oils, petroleum and salt mist. If you need more support on RFID tags for mining, please contact us HUAYUAN sales team.
