RFID Integrated Fiber Ropes

Intelligent/smart concepts have been adapted in many industrial fields including the variety of marine applications. With the increasing needs, people started to investigate smart rope (and nettings) systems with embedding sensors for real time monitoring, life prediction, retirement criteria and safer operation, etc. In this study, as the first one of a series papers in the subject of smart cordage systems, we report our efforts to investigate using RFID innovatively as the tool for identification, monitoring and diagnostic purposes, as well as our findings of its limitations in ropes.