Overview of Use: RFRain was tasked by National Compressor to provide an asset tracking solution to track the
inbound and outbound shipments of HVAC compressors throughout Rhode Island. Further, the staff at NCE wanted
an easy way to scan compressors throughout the facilities, and update the information in a cloud application for easy
access.
Identified Problem: Management at NCE had an urgent need to track HVAC compressors that are leaving or entering the facility with an average cost between $5000 and $10000 by compressor. Further, the management team at NCE had a rental program, and wanted to ensure that every compressor that is returned is identified properly. Finally, the management team wanted a daily inventory of all the compressors that are available in each facility in Rhode Island.
Solution: The solution involved adding a UHF metal tag from RFRain to each compressor. Afterwards, we installed a
smart reader on all the entry and exit doors at NCE. Further, two antennas are placed outside, and two antennas are
placed inside the facility to detect the movement of assets. In addition, several handhelds were purchased in order
allow the staff to walk throughout the facility on a daily basis to identify all the inventory in each facility in real time.
Finally, each reader and handheld with the pre-installed Zone Manager and Zone Manager Mobile connected to the
RWS via WIFI and LAN to send the real time asset information in real time.
Outcome: Using the RFRain Web Services cloud software, management was able to detect in real time when any
compressor enters of leaves the facility. In addition, the report capabilities on the RWS allowed management to
generate a daily report regarding the assets that are stored in each facility.
Cost: The cost of the solution was estimated at $507 a month for a medium license of the RWS software. In addition,
the cost of the hardware and handhelds was estimated at less than $10000.
Technology Used:
Hardware: RFRain installed an RFR-RAIN-4-SMART reader with 4 antennas on each entry and exit door professionally installed by our partners.
RFR-RAIN-1-HANDHELD handhelds, which run from any PC, notebook, IPhone, or Android device using the RFRZM-Mobile web app.
Software: The RFRain RFID reader comes pre-installed with the RFR-Zone Manager Mobile, RFR-Zone-Manager
software. RFRain Web Services ( RWS ) was also used to allow the customer to access the data using Web UI
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