Modules / Hands-Free & Fixed-Reader
Hands-Free / Fixed-Reader Module

The moment it passes, it logs itself.

Fixed RFID portals at your drive-through and doorway points read every tagged asset hands-free — no scanning, no stopping. Know which zone every asset is in, automatically.

Zero
scans in the daily loop
220°C
on-metal tags, no battery
Any
orientation, any direction
How it works

Four moving parts. No one has to scan.

A fixed reader at each zone boundary does the work automatically as your assets move through.

STEP 01

Tag the asset

A battery-free, on-metal passive UHF tag on every item — rated for heat, washdown, and rough handling.

STEP 02

Mount a portal

A fixed RFID reader and antennas at each drive-through or doorway — one per zone boundary.

STEP 03

Pass through

Forklift, cart, or on foot — the portal reads hands-free and a photo-eye captures the direction of travel.

STEP 04

It logs itself

AssetWorx! records the zone crossing; a green light confirms the read. No stopping, no paperwork.

In the field

A scrap-metal plant: 40 hoppers, 7 areas, zero scanning.

A scrap-metal plant moved material between seven areas in 40 returnable steel hoppers, carried by forklift. They needed to know which area each hopper was in — without asking anyone to scan.

Battery-powered active tags were a non-starter. In a hot, harsh environment, battery life falls off fast, so a tagged fleet fails unpredictably over time — exactly the maintenance headache they were trying to avoid.

InfinID set up a drive-through lane portal at each area boundary. A fixed RFID reader with any-orientation antennas reads battery-free on-metal tags as the forklift drives through — loaded any which way. A photo-eye catches the direction of travel, and a red/amber/green light stack confirms the read to the driver (green = go, red = re-present). A single rugged handheld covers audits and onboarding new hoppers.

The forklift drives through. The hopper logs itself.

Every hopper now records its own zone crossing, hands-free — no batteries to cook, no scanning in the loop, and a clean audit trail the plant's own reporting can read.

The build

Portals
One per area boundary — fixed reader + any-orientation antennas
Tags
On-metal passive UHF, battery-free, rated to 220°C
Direction
Photo-eye beam-break + read-confirmation light stack
Audits
One rugged handheld for cycle counts & onboarding
Data
AssetWorx! zone location → the plant's SQL & reporting
What's in the module

A complete, drive-through portal kit.

Hardware, software, and the sensing to make it truly hands-free — scoped to your zones in a short site survey.

Fixed RFID reader

An industrial fixed reader at each portal, with GPIO for the direction sensor and light stack.

Any-orientation antennas

Circular, weather-sealed antennas so assets read reliably no matter how they're loaded.

Direction + confirmation

A photo-eye pair captures in/out; a red/amber/green light stack confirms each read to the operator.

On-metal passive tags

Battery-free UHF tags built for heat, metal, and washdown — nothing to charge or replace.

AssetWorx! software

Zone-level location, movement history, alerts, role-based users, and reports — on-prem or cloud.

Optional rugged handheld

For audits, cycle counts, finding an asset, and onboarding new items — outside the daily loop.

Where it fits

Built for environments where stopping to scan isn't an option.

Manufacturing & production High-heat / harsh environments Forklift & cart traffic Warehousing & logistics Labs & life sciences Government & defense
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See it running on your floor.

Tell us how your assets move and we'll scope a drive-through portal for one zone — prove it, then scale.

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