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Bar code alternatives

Balluff's (Florence, KY) new color brochure describes the BIS System for product identification. An alternative to bar code labels and RF emitters, BIS uses non-volatile "memory" tags to store up to 2ꯠ alphanumeric characters, with data read and written by non-contact, unobstructable, passive inductive heads.

Pw 25662 Barcodalt 11

Suited for applications re-quiring pallet tracking, part histories, SPC and in-process test records.

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