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Recipient
Sector:
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Manufacturers
and End-users of Pumps and Pump |
Donor
Sector:
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Systems Integrators/Technology
Providers |
Technology:
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RFID Technology |
Project
Start Date:
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01/11/01 |
Project
End Date:
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31/10/04 |
Duration:
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36 months |
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Lead
Organisation:
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British
Pump Manufacturers Association (BPMA) |
Contact
Name:
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Mr Steve Schofield |
Mail
To:
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techdir@bpma.org.uk |
Tel
No:
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0121 200 1299 |
Address:
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The McLaren
Building, 35 Dale End, Birmingham, B4 7LN |
Project Summary:
This project aims to transfer and exploit the radical data carrier and
item-attendant data management benefits offered by RFID technology to
pump-manufacturers and pump-users. Awareness seminars will be held for
BPMA members to disseminate the potential offered by this technology.
Selected BPMA members will subsequently develop a number of pilot-scale
demonstrator programmes in conjunction with RFID systems integrators and
technology providers. The technology isapplicable both to manufacturers,
where the itemattendant data capacity can improve the efficiency andtrace
ability of manufacturing processes, and to the endusers where the RFID
tags will provide the capability for enhanced asset management and maintenance,
with the potential for remote monitoring and diagnostics, intelligent
distributed control and energy minimal control strategies through integration
with TETRA.
Project Partners:
Arnlea Systems Ltd
Blisland Consultancy
Cat Pumps (UK) Ltd
David Brown Union Pumps Ltd
Infocell Telecom Ltd
ITT Goulds
John Crane UK Ltd
Mono Pumps Ltd
Sterling SPP
The IT Partnership
University of Central England
Need:
An important yet largely unexploited area of ICT is that of automatic
identification and data capture (AIDC). AIDC principles and technologies
offer radical benefits for process design and re-engineering where itemattendant
data has advantage and has to be managed. Items can range from batched
materials, components, sub-assemblies and finished products, through to
containers for manufacturing support, logistical and distribution units,
in short, any entity that requires data to accompany it during a part
or whole of its functional lifecycle.
Solution:
The BPMA has recognised the significance of AIDC in general and RFID in
particular. Applications of RFID in manufacture, particularly in the automotive
sector, have pointed to both parallel and innovative applications potential
in the pump manufacturing industry and user community. Key areas of application
include manufacturing per se, field services/maintenance, predictive monitoring,
energy management systems, pump supply and service strategies. In seeking
to establish the potential for RFID, the BPMA has identified the need
for a forum to assess the attributes and applications base for RFID and
associated technologies and formulate both action plans and support materials
to assist industry members in the beneficial adoption of RFID data carrier
technology.
Benefits:
- Enhancement of manufacturing processes through more efficient handling
of components and assembly operations
- Enhanced productivity, process control and product management through
effective assignment and use of item-attendant data
- Process innovation, exploiting the data carrier attributes that support
developments in process functionality, such as automatic matching of
components for the purposes of waste and re-work reduction and customised
product assembly
- Faster order response and associated enhancement of customer services
- Enhanced Field Service / Maintenance support, including service records
of value to product development and strategic business planning
- Enhanced distribution handling of products and spares
- Added value prospects for end-users through exploitation of RFID supported
functions such as condition monitoring and profiling of pump usage
- Enhanced productivity and competitiveness
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