At its plant in Tonawanda, N.Y., the automaker is using bolts with embedded passive RFID tags from Balluff to ensure no mistakes are made during the machining process, and to create a record of the completed procedures.
By Claire SwedbergJan 10, 2014—In Tonawanda, N.Y., General Motors’ factory temporarily installs a bolt with an embedded passive RFID tag on every cylinder head and engine block that GM uses to make its Gen 5 six- and eight-cylinder engines, in order to track the assembly process and verify that the procedures are being carried out. (…)
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