Development of bobbin tracing system based on RFID technology

Abstract

A kind of system used for bobbin quality controlling tracing based on radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is discussed in this paper. The fundamental obstacle of quality control for each spindle in spinning frame is the loss of information associated with bobbins and spindles after the point‐of‐spinning. The information of bobbins associated with serial number of spindles is identified and recorded automatically in this system via non‐touching dual‐directional data communication based on RFID technique. The basic qualitative data of each spindle is provided by a PC system B‐MIS (Bobbin Management Information System) through the wireless reader devices as well as some complementary. The concept of also tracing the structure, function and implementation of the system are introduced. The process of addressing the problems of spindle, improving spinning machine maintenance as well as the bobbin recovery decisions and so on are also presented.

Keywords:

• RFID
• bobbin
• tracing
• sensor network
• spinning frame
• electronic spool

Acknowledgements

This research was supported by the Key Laboratory for Eco‐Textiles, Ministry of Education, College of Textiles and Clothing, Jiangnan University, SRF for ROCS, SEM and NSF of Jiangsu Province.