Rugged Industrial RFID Tags

Built to Withstand the Harshest Environments

Elecsys eXtremeTAG solutions advance radio frequency identification (RFID) technology far beyond conventional environmental limitations and into the extreme conditions found in harsh industrial and outdoor applications.  Elecsys eXtremeTAGs are built to withstand the most extreme temperatures, pressures, chemicals, and vibrations imaginable. 

 

The eXtremeTAG products, originally pioneered by a Swiss high technology firm financed by the Swiss government, were developed to track high-value assets under extreme environmental conditions.  This patented technology can reliably read and write data through metal, allowing our RFID tags to be sealed inside metal parts.  Available in packages from plastic to stainless steel, eXtremeTAGs can be hermetically sealed within metal parts such as heavy equipment, oil and gas infrastructure, weapons, surgical instruments, and similar devices that must withstand harsh conditions.  With rewritable memory incorporated into each tag, Elecsys offers complete system solutions including rugged readers and a configurable software interface.

 

• Fast, accurate, and consistent collection of information
• Track inspection, maintenance, calibration, and testing in the field
• Positive event verification for survey, inspection, and compliance requirements
• Information is secure and available anytime for the entire life of the asset
• Can be integrated with compliance, management, and accounting systems

What do we mean by eXtreme?

In field applications, Elecsys eXtremeTAGs have been…   

 

• Dipped in liquid Nitrogen at -196°C
• Polymerized in a tool mold at +216°C
• Pulsed at 400kV and subjected to continuous AC voltage of 220kV for 2 minutes
• Glued, epoxied, sanded, painted, and powder-coated
• Bead blasted and sand blasted
• Sprayed with high pressure seawater
• Submerged in oil, acetone, Gramosol 99W, and other industrial petrochemicals
• Sterilized in autoclaves for thousands of cycles
• Exposed to x-rays and 4nT magnetic fields

and afterwards … they performed the same as the day they were manufactured.