AUTOMATIC IDENTIFICATION EQUIPMENT

In late 1967, the Association of American Railroads adopted optical scanning and a multi-digit, machine readable label as the primary elements of a standard for Automatic Car Identification (ACI) throughout North America. The impact of this technology now extends to the supermarket checkout counter. This session will examine developments in scanning with emphasis upon the coding, code reading and control outputs peculiar to its employment in contemporary rail, marine, trucking and heavy industrial material handling applications. Case histories from each area will be included.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Presented at the Joint Materials Handling Conference, Sheraton-Cleveland Hotel, Cleveland, Ohio, 23-25 September 1975.
• Corporate Authors:

  Society of Manufacturing Engineers

  20501 Ford Road
  Dearborn, MI  United States  48128
• Authors:
  • Collins, D J
• Publication Date: 1975-9

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Automatic car identification; Data collection; Data communications; Railcar utilization
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Railroads;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00126434
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Society of Manufacturing Engineers
• Report/Paper Numbers: MS75-647
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 5 1975 12:00AM