RFID Tag Vendor: Confidex

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.