Steel plants are always on the look out for improving the overall traffic throughput and area security, at the same time clearing of vehicles with material often have to be weighed as a part of the transit procedure.
These loaded trucks often cause long queues at the entry/exitgates. A problem is to secure a high standard for goods control, so that only authorized vehicles are permitted for entry.
With a tag inside or on the vehicle, and Scirocco readers at entrances/exits and/or weighing bridges, the meantioned problems are neatly solved. Only authorized vehicles are permitted access to and departure from the restricted area, at the same time as the registration of all weighing transactions can be fully automatic.
Another application in steel plants is to integrate the internal transport management system with an RFID solution that can keep track of the material inside the, often huge, material storage area.
With a tag on each of the steel material load carriers, and with Scirocco readers on the transportation trucks, a streamlined inventory management is created that provides instant control of where all material is at all times. The system facilitates the work for the truck drivers, with higher work comfort and fewer mistakes as a result. With hundreds of mateiral movements per day, the plant may need to pay a very high cost for even a few misplaced load carriers with steel inventory.
The described solution from Scirocco not only solves the described problems, but also brings safer deliveries to customers and reduces capital tie-up in inventory significantly.