Case Study: Enpro achieves improved quality oversight and reduced downtime with HID Global RFID vent tube detection

Enpro Inc. Improves Quality Oversight of High-Speed Carbonated Beverage Filling with HID Global

Enpro, an Illinois-based company that makes traceable components for the food and beverage industry, needed a better way to detect missing vent tubes on high-speed beverage filling lines. Manual checks were slowing operations and creating safety, quality, and waste risks, so Enpro worked with HID Global on an RFID-based monitoring solution.

HID Global helped Enpro develop the Filler Vent Tube Reader using a custom SLIX2 HF Ring Tag molded into the vent tube, paired with a high-frequency reader. The system now detects 120 or 165 vent tubes in real time, improving workflow efficiency and quality control while reducing downtime, increasing production reliability, and cutting product waste.

Enpro

Grant Cook

Vice President