Application engineering

RFID Labels for Logistics & Warehousing

Read a whole pallet at the dock door without opening a carton: carton labels, pallet tags and returnable-asset tags built for conveyor and portal reads.

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Warehouse worker resting on a pallet rack stacked with cartons

Design for the real reading environment

In warehousing the case for RAIN RFID is straightforward: a dock-door portal reads every tagged carton on a pallet as the forklift passes, replacing per-carton barcode scans at receiving and dispatch. Goods-in stops being a queue, and dispatch gets a verifiable record of what actually left the building.

Antenza supplies the label formats logistics programs use in volume: printable carton labels, pallet tags, and durable tags for returnable totes and roll cages. The inlays listed below include long dipoles for portal reads (93 × 19 mm and 95 × 8 mm class) on Alien Higgs-9 / Higgs-10 and NXP UCODE 9, plus Impinj Monza 4 dual-dipole designs that read in any orientation. If your lanes cross regions, check UHF RFID bands by country.

Where warehouses lose time and accuracy

  • 01

    Receiving is a scan queue

    Every carton is handled one by one with a barcode gun; missed or duplicate scans surface later as inventory disputes.

  • 02

    Shipping errors reach the customer

    A wrong carton on the wrong truck is only discovered on the customer’s dock, where it costs the most.

  • 03

    Returnable assets disappear

    Totes, pallets and roll cages leave and never come back, and nobody can say at which site they were last seen.

  • 04

    Labels that fail in the chain

    Cold rooms, abrasion and long outdoor exposure defeat office-grade labels; every unreadable tag becomes a manual exception.

How Antenza supports logistics programs

Chosen for your bands and contents

We shortlist inlays for your band plan (865–868 MHz in Europe, 902–928 MHz in the US) and your carton contents, and you confirm the choice with samples on real cartons.

User memory where you need it

Alien Higgs-3 (512-bit) and Higgs-9 (up to 688-bit) carry user memory for routing or asset data on the tag, useful where a network lookup is impractical.

Orientation-insensitive options

Monza 4 dual-dipole inlays read with the tag at any angle to the reader antenna, which helps when cartons pass a portal in random orientation.

Ready for print-and-apply

Rolls converted to your applicator’s width, pitch and core, with adhesive chosen for corrugated board, stretch film or plastic totes, and EPCs encoded to SSCC, GRAI or your own scheme.

Typical logistics tag specification

Dock-door read rates are a system property: tag, reader, portal layout and carton contents all matter. Describe the read point and we suggest a tag you can pilot before committing volume.

Typical logistics tag specification
Frequency UHF 860–960 MHz, EPC Gen2, RAIN RFID
Chips in the listed range Alien Higgs-9, Higgs-10, Higgs-3/4; NXP UCODE 9, UCODE 7/8; Impinj Monza 4 family
Formats Thermal-printable carton label · pallet tag · durable tote or roll-cage tag
Listed antenna sizes 39 × 22 mm to 95 × 10 mm, incl. 93 × 19 mm on 25.4 or 28.6 mm pitch
Encoding SSCC-96, GRAI-96 for returnables, or a custom EPC scheme
Adhesives Corrugated board and low-energy plastics; freezer grade on request
Read range (reference) Portal reads typically 4–10 m Reference only; depends on reader, antenna, power and the tagged material

Products for this application

UHF inlays in our range used for cartons, pallets and totes, including dual-dipole and dual-frequency options.

How ordering works

  1. 01

    Specify

    Share surface, read distance, chip preference and volume. We shortlist tags that fit.

  2. 02

    Sample

    Receive sample tags of the shortlisted designs to try in your own setup.

  3. 03

    Validate

    Test on your items, readers and printers. We adjust chip, size or format if needed.

  4. 04

    Produce & ship

    Volume production with 100% inline electrical test, then export shipping.

Frequently asked questions

Will one label work at both EU (865–868 MHz) and US (902–928 MHz) sites?
Many UHF inlays are designed to cover 860–960 MHz, so a single label can serve global lanes, but the read range in each band varies by design. Tell us your regions and we shortlist accordingly; see UHF RFID bands by country.

Can the labels be used in freezers and cold chains?
The inlay itself tolerates low temperatures; the practical risk is the adhesive and face stock. We specify freezer-grade materials on request, so give your temperature profile in the inquiry.

Do you support print-and-apply applicators and label printers?
Yes. We convert to your applicator’s roll width, pitch and core size, and can leave the face blank for thermal printing on site. Check encoder and printer settings in our printer compatibility guide.

How should we tag returnable totes, pallets and roll cages?
Plastic totes and wooden pallets can use durable labels encoded with GRAI. On metal roll cages or steel pallets, use an on-metal tag, because a standard label loses most of its range on metal.

What is the dual-frequency tag for?
It combines a UHF chip (Impinj Monza R6-P) and an NFC chip (NXP NTAG213) in one tag: UHF for bulk reads in the warehouse, NFC for a phone tap by staff or consumers. Impinj marks Monza R6-P as not recommended for new designs, so ask us about current alternatives first. See the dual-frequency tag; specifications are on request.

Further engineering reading

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