Ultrahigh-Frequency Solutions
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
RFID Locates Pipes and Secures Meter Collection for Utilities
Uruguay-based technology companyIDMetersis releasing an ultrahigh-frequency(UHF)RFIDsolution for use by water, gas companies. The system is designed to identify meters and pipes (in the latter case, both below and above ground), as well as help utility personnel to conduct maintenance services via a handheldreader, and to identify and report any tampering or other problems regarding pipes or meters in the field.
IDMeters developed the solution—consisting of software, pipe and meter tags, and handheld readers—for a South American utility company over the course of four years, and the company is currently testing the system. In the meantime, says Enrique D'Amato, IDMeters' president and CEO, the solution is available for other government and private companies as well, to help them more efficiently pinpoint pipes' locations, identify meters and collect their data. The system also protects businesses against fraud, by determining if a meter has been tampered with, and by requiring employees to be onsite to collect thereaddata, thereby ensuring that the information is not fraudulent.
IDMeters and its sister company,IdentisRFid Systems, provide a variety oflow-frequency(LF),high-frequency(HF) andUHFRFIDsolutions in South America for government use, such as animal tracking and industrial applications. For instance, IdentisRFidhas designed and manufactured a handheldreaderused in Uruguay toreadLF tags attached to cattle and pets. Since thereader's development, the company has also created a dual-frequencytag, known as the Urutag, intended to enable the faster reading of cattle IDs viaUHFrather than LF readers. The Urutag contains both LF andUHFchips and antennas built in, enabling an operator to interrogate the LFinlayat close range, move cattle through aportalor carry a handheld through an open area andreadthe Urutag's built-inUHFinlay, in order to obtain the same unique ID.
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