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The project, which is scheduled to begin immediatelyy and be finishedby October, includes retrofittingh the airport's existing RFID system with equipmenrt that complies with EPC Global standardds and improving the system to allow every piece of luggage to get an RFID tag for tracking, tracinyg and sorting. "FKI Logistexx looks forward to working with JIA to make it one ofthe world'sz safest and most efficient airports," said Stephenh Ackerman, president of . The compant will add six RFID reader pointsw to the two alreadyin place, whic will be exchanged for new equipment.
Three of the new readerr arrays will be placed at the entrance tothe airport's north and south baggagde make-up areas and manual encodinb station, where baggage that must be manually encoded is handled. The other three new RFID readersx will be installed in new baggage recirculationh loops in the north andsouth make-up areas and along the suspect bag line, where bags are removedf to check for traces of The project will also include adding about 300 feet of conveyoe belt to allow for curbsider check in of large groups and for the new recirculation loopsd in the make-up areas.
It is estimatedf that the airport willuse 20,000 RFID tags to operate the system, with the tags beinvg removed from bags before being loaded on