Identium provides RFID for automotive plants — paint shop and welding, cockpit, chassis and assembly line automation. Our RFID solutions track skids, auto-guide cars and conveyors so the production management system always knows which body is at which station. Identium hardware is proven at scale in India, with deployments for marquee manufacturers including Suzuki.
Where RFID fits in automotive manufacturing
- Paint shop and weld shop — skid and carrier identification through the harshest stages of the line
- Cockpit, chassis and trim — assembly line automation with event-triggered data at every station
- Conveyors and auto-guide cars — automatic routing decisions driven by RFID reads
- Vehicle identification — UHF windshield tags track vehicles in assembly lines, dispatch yards and at toll gates
- Mandatory labelling — compliant identification across assembly lines, warehouses and stores
- Workshop and maintenance management — service history tied to each vehicle and tool
- Dealer, distributor and loyalty programmes — managed with RFID cards
Built to talk to your PLCs
Production management servers are populated with event-triggered data through PLCs and industrial bus controllers, and we have the experience to integrate RFID controllers with most PLCs used in the automobile industry. Identium supplies RFID controllers in Serial, RS-485, USB, Industrial Ethernet, TCP/IP, Profibus and DeviceNet — the protocols automotive plants already run on.
Recommended Identium hardware
- IHZ4 4-port fixed reader — one controller reading four stations over Ethernet/TCP-IP.
- CR400 ceramic on-metal tag — heat-resistant tag for skids and carriers through paint and weld shops.
- UHF windshield tags — vehicle identification from line-off to dealer dispatch.
- UHF gate reader HLR200 — finished-vehicle and parts movement at plant gates.
- CX1500N handheld RFID reader — yard searches, audits and exception handling.
Related solutions
Tyre plants have their own page — see RFID for tire manufacture. Planning line-side RFID or a dealer programme? Talk to our team and we will map read points station by station.