Escort Memory Systems RFID Solution Delivers 100% Reliability To Seagate's Disk Cleaning Line

Seagate is recognized as the world's largest manufacturer of disc drives, magnetic discs, and read-write heads; an innovator in tape drives; and a leading developer of software enterprise information management. The $7 billion dollar Silicon Valley giant employs 86,000 people and has numerous production sites world-wide. One such site is the Seagate Recording Media Group (RMG) in Milpitas, CA.

The RMG facility is responsible for producing discs, which are the media used for storing data in Seagate's disc drives. Mr. Aim Khan, IT Director, explains that the RMG facility in Milpitas manufactures approximately 100,000 discs per day. He adds that "Globally, Seagate manufactures millions of discs per year. With customers such as HP, Dell and Compaq, chances are that your home or office PC contains a Seagate disc drive inside."

Recently, Mr. Khan was given the task of implementing a $2 million dollar "Product Traceability" project. Traceability means tracking materials, processes and equipment used for manufacturing each disc. The project goal was to ensure each media disc is monitored at every step of the production process. This meant monitoring the thousands of cassettes, which are the carriers for the media discs, as they are transported throughout the production facility.