Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan
Flow examination of a drainage system is one of the typical tests when installing piping at construction sites in Japan. A huge amount of work is required for the examination, because it must be carried out for the entire pipeline of the drainage system, and the examination cannot be executed efficiently. Therefore, the authors developed the RFID-Based Flow Examination System to improve the efficiency and reliability of the flow examination, and applied it to several construction projects. We also developed an automated device to pick up the RFID tags and identify them, to improve the efficiency of operation at the ending point of the pipeline. This paper describes the features of the developed system, the outline of the automated device, and the results based on application in actual construction projects.