RFID Smart Labels - a 'How to' guide

This brand new ‘How to’ book, edited by Mike Fairley, brings together the combined knowledge of some of the world’s leading RFID smart label experts to provide a comprehensive guide to understanding the basics of RFID and to review the structure of RFID chips, straps and antenna, how inlays are assembled, the printing of antenna with conductive inks, techniques and methods of integrating inlays into pressure-sensitive label constructions and the attaching of straps to printed antenna - as well as issues of quality control and performance.

Compiled and edited from the speaker presentations at the original Smart Label Masterclasses held in Baltimore in June 2005, the 80 page ‘How to’ book is comprehensively illustrated with over 60 diagrams, tables and pictures and aims to provide a convenient reference source for label converters looking to enter the world of RFID enabled labels. Readers of the book will gain a key understanding of the terminology and procedures involved in smart label production, what level of knowledge and investment may be required - and have a common language to use when talking with suppliers or potential customers.

It is anticipated that the detailed text and illustrations will encourage more label converters to move into smart label manufacturing so as to meet the expected global explosion in smart label usage over the next five to ten years, as well as encourage the label industry as a whole to embrace the new world of RFID smart label solutions and opportunities.

Launched at Labelexpo Asia in Shanghai and published by Tarsus Exhibitions and Publishing Ltd, the book can now be ordered from the company by e-mail (subs@labelsandlabeling.com) at a special price of $69. Only 700 copies are available so a quick response is recommended.

Delegates that book for the 2006 series of Smart Labels Masterclasses in Miami or Amsterdam will receive a complimentary copy of the book as part of their delegate fee.