| This thesis involves a study of known packaging dynamics and their destructive forces on the readability of Class 0 MatricsRTM Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags. Vibration and impact procedures were used to test the effects on the RFID tags and to evaluate the robustness of these tags as defined by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) as well as exploratory testing methods.; Vibration testing was performed according to the standard tests as well as above and beyond. This testing was done on single cases, column stacks, and palletized configurations. Different drop and shock table heights were used to determine the impact fragility of these tags.; The testing revealed that shock and drop impacts damaged the tags while none of the vibration testing affected the tags. However, tag placement was determined to be influential in the survival of the tags during impacts. Tags which had the integrated circuits placed over the peaks of the corrugations had the highest placement survival rate. Tag orientation was also determined to be influential for tag survival. Tags adhered perpendicular to the corrugated fluting survived more impact testing than those adhered parallel to the fluting of the corrugated board. |
