Faced with ever-increasing customer demands, the widespread adoption of lean manufacturing systems is becoming increasingly urgent. Lean manufacturing focuses on multi-variety, small-batch customized production, but the actual production process is subject to many uncertainties, such as material shortages, equipment failures, quality anomalies, staff leave, and order changes. To achieve timely and dynamic production scheduling and adjustments, and to ensure production flexibility, tracking, planning, and decision-making regarding the production status of products across the entire production line are crucial. For the manufacturing industry,
RFID technology can be used to track processes, quality, and materials at each stage of the production and assembly process.
In mixed-flow automotive production,
RFID tags are typically installed on the assembly line. The
RFID chip stores relevant vehicle production information. During vehicle production, when a vehicle to be assembled reaches a designated assembly point, an
RFID industrial reader reads the process information from the
RFID tag, automatically triggering the assembly robot to drive the assembly process.
In large-scale customized automotive production, users can select their desired color, engine model, etc., from tens of thousands of internal and external options. If car manufacturers organize production entirely based on orders, there could be hundreds of different car models on an assembly line. For each production step, the car must be clearly identified to avoid problems such as incorrect installation of optional parts or incorrect paint color mixing.
In summary, applying
RFID technology to the assembly line allows for the production of customized cars in large quantities. An
RFID system on the assembly line, with electronic tags containing all the information needed for car assembly and
RFID readers at each workpoint, ensures that assembly tasks are completed flawlessly at every station.
