14,300,000 tonnes
Roughly 22 per cent of Metsä Fibre’s production tracked in customers’ pulping lines. 22%
RFID adopted in July 2012 So far, RFID was attached to 14,300,000 tonnes of pulp at Metsä Fibre’s production lines.
The data is encoded on a microchip
92 MM
The tag is attached with a water-soluble glue
The antenna is made from silver paste
A tag is attached to both sides of a pulp bale.
The tag disintegrates during the pulping
THE BALES ARRIVE AT THE CUSTOMER
Before the pulp is fed into pulping, the RFID tags are read for the final time. Pulping refers to breaking down the pulp with the help of water, so that the fibres can be used to produce the customer’s products. The customer can view the amounts used and the quality data of delivered lot in FibreOnline.
TRACKING Metsä Fibre tracks a pulp bale’s journey to the customer’s port.
RFID READ
RFID READ
AT THE PORT OF DESTINATION The tags on the bales are read again and delivered to customers according to their orders.
THE BENEFITS OF RFID: • real-time tracking of pulp • customer savings, thanks to the automated work • view of the pulp’s quality data easily • the digital tracking increases reliability, minimizing human errors • traceability: the customers can see which pulp batches have been in use
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