Confidex RFID Tags – A Technical Look
Confidex offers a complete assortment of RFID tags and RFID labels suitable for the most challenging RFID environments and for all surfaces including metal, plastic, cardboard, and glass.
Confidex’s mission is to be the industry’s leading provider of RFID tag solutions. By making supply chains, transactions and authentication of goods and people more efficient and secure, Confidex aims to enhance the quality of life and the environment.
As a fast growing and internationally operating Finnish company with production facilities in China, Confidex is dedicated to crafting quality products operable throughout the full RFID spectrum. In addition, Confidex combines world-leading RFID tag and ticket design expertise and RF engineering with materials and manufacturing experience. This enables them to design an array of RFID tags, ranging from on-metal to specialty tags for applications for which standard RFID labels are not suitable. The high performance and quality of Confidex’s products and operations is its key competitive differentiator and is a basis for success that can only be created through experience and knowledge with the RFID domain.
Confidex currently sells RFID tags divided into seven major product families:
- Carrier Family: Hard tags and washable special labels for returnable transit items
- Casey Family: Single-use labels for logistics applications
- Ironside Family: The most durable hard tags for challenging industrial applications.
- NFC Family: NFC tags and labels for industrial, authentication and communication applications
- Silverline Family: Easy-to-use all-surface printable labels for industrial and enterprise assets
- Steelwave Family: Small-sized, versatile hard tags for managing IT and enterprise assets
- Survivor Family: Durable, top performing all-purpose hard tags for logistics and transportation applications
The Carrier Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| Carrier Tough | Thin tag solution for reliable plastic container and returnable transit item tracking | 120 x 30 x 2 mm4.72 x 1.18 x 0.08 in | up to 12.5 m / 39 ft |
| Carrier | Washable UHF RFID label for plastic crates and other returnable plastic containers (RPC’s) | 73 x 8 x 0,2 mm2.87 x 0.31 x 0.01 in | up to 10 m / 33 ft |
| Carrier Pro | Special washable label for returnable plastic containers that performs even when being close to challenging materials | 92 x 24 x 0.2 mm3.62 x 0.94 x 0.01 in | up to 12 m / 39 ft |
| Carrier Tough II | Ultra-thin, high performing all-surface tag for returnable transit items or industrial assets | 115 x 30 x 3.9 mm4.53 x 1.18 x 0.15 in | up to 12 m / 39 ft |
| Carrier Micro | Washable UHF label with small footprint for non-metallic assets | 40 x 10 x 0.2 mm1.57 x 0.39 x 0.01 in | up to 4 m / 13 ft |
The Casey Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| Casey | Logistics label for disposable use | 92 x 24 x 0.2 mm3.62 x 0.94 x 0.01 in | up to 9 m / 30 ft |
| Casey Slim | Disposable generic label with superior performance on various packing materials | 97 x 15 x 0.2 mm3.82 x 0.59 x 0.01 in | up to 10 m / 33 ft |
The Ironside Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| Ironside | The most durable tag for challenging industrial asset management applications | 51.5 x 47.5 x 10 mm2.03 x 1.87 x 0.39 in | up to 9 m / 30 ft |
| Ironside Micro | On-metal tag with square inch foot print for various metal asset tracking applications | 27 x 27 x 5.5 mm1.06 x 1.06 x 0.22 in | up to 5 m / 16 ft |
| Ironside Slim | Versatile and narrow tag for global asset tracking applications | 85 x 21 x 10 mm3.35 x 0.83 x 0.39 in | up to 10 m / 33 ft |
The NFC Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| NFC Sticker | NFC sticker for various applications | 40 x 35 x 0.2 mm1.57 x 1.38 x 0.01 in | *** |
| Ironside Micro NFC Tag | NFC tag for demanding environment | 27 x 27 x 5.5 mm1.06 x 1.06 x 0.22 in | *** |
| Steelwave Micro II NFC Tag | NFC tag with versatile attachment options | 38 x 13 x 4.5 mm1.5 x 0.51 x 0.18 in | *** |
The Silverline Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| Silverline Micro | Easy-to-use all-surface RFID label for securing IT and enterprise assets, valuable items or tools | 55 x 14 x 0.8 mm2.17 x 0.55 x 0.03 in | up to 1.2 m / 3 ft |
| Silverline | Easy-to-use RFID label that can be attached on any surface including metal | 100 x 40 x 0.8 mm3.94 x 1.57 x 0.03 in | up to 5 m / 16 ft |
| Sliverline Slim | Easy-to-use all-surface RFID label for securing electrical devices, cables, pipes or industrial assets | 110 x 13 x 0.8 mm4.33 x 0.51 x 0.03 in | up to 4 m / 13 ft |
The Steelwave Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| Micro | Miniature tag for a wide variety of IT asset management applications | 38 x 13 x 3 mm1,5 x 0,51 x 0,12 in | up to 3,5 m / 10 ft |
| Micro II | Small-sized asset tag with versatile attachment options and unparalleled performance | 38 x 13 x 4.5 mm1.5 x 0.51 x 0.18 in | up to 5 m / 16 ft |
The Survivor Family
| Name | Description | Dimensions | Read Range |
| Survivor | All-purpose tag for logistics and transportation applications with top performance | 155 x 26 x 14.5 mm6.1 x 1.02 x 0.57 in | up to 18 m / 59 ft |
| Survivor B | All-surface tag with extreme performance that is powered with Confidex BOOST battery assisted passive technology | 155 x 26 x 14.5 mm6.1 x 1.02 x 0.57 in | up to 60 m / 197 ft |
Additionally, Confidex provides other special RFID tags and labels that may be required for your application. These include:
- Temperature Monitoring Label: Battery-assisted passive UHF RFID tag for cold chain monitoring applications
- Windshield Label: Non-transferable tamper-evident label for car windshields
- Corona: High temperature and chemical tolerant tag for work-in-progress monitoring
- Car Distribution Label: RFID label optimized for car logistics
- Halo: A light weight tag with small foot print for asset management applications
- Captura: Captura steps into an unprecedented level in both C1G2 tag security and usability; the tag is extremely easy and fast to attach
- Pino: Special label for wooden pallet identification with proven performance inside wood
Does your project requirements have requirements for your RFID tags or RFID labels that Confidex can provide a solution for? They offer a wide variety of tag and label solutions and should be considered for almost any RFID project requirement you may have.
See the Confidex web site for the latest information on all of their RFID tags and labels http://www.confidex.com/products/smart-identification.
For additional information on RFID components for your application including RFID tags and RFID labels contact us at the Gateway RFID Store.