RFID System for small scale laundry system
Hello,
I'm building a pilot project for a non-profit laundry system.
We have currently a very manual system where we write numbers on the clothes and then write them in a database.
I was looking into a solution with RFID tags but I'm a bit stuck on the different solutions available.
Basically I'm looking for a system where:
- We attach the tags to the clothes either ironing (preferably) or sewing.
- Can resist high temperature. For both ironing (100º C) and machine washing (60º)
- The tags can scanned in a relatively small area (1 meter wide). This is because all the other tagged clothes will be around me and I only want to pick up the clothes in the working area. Alternatively this can also be with a smaller range scanner and just scan the clothes until I find it (10 cm distance )
- Needs to be machine washable. Because laundry
- I would need each rfid tag to be have unique id (for the identifying that particular clothe) and range for about 1000 different clothing items.
- These are clothes people will wear possibly to retail stores and it would be bad if it trigger their sensors. I'm not sure if this is even possible to happen or not but good to put it out there
For this I was wondering between High Frequency (HF) and Ultra high Frequency (UHF) RFID Tags. HF seems to be the correct range but I've read that UHF can have different ranges depending on the scanner and these seem to be more common.
An ideia would also be to attach to the clothes by ironing an adhesive fabric type on top of the rifd thus securing it against the clothes.
I've also considered NFC tags or bar code sticker but can't tell if this is correct usage or not.
If you also have any suggestions on a rfid reader which is very basic without much software, I'm all ears : )
Would love to hear your ideas regarding this or how you would approach it.
Thank you for reading and sorry for the long post 🥔 (potato included)