44 IPTEK Journal of Proceedings Series No. (3) (2019), ISSN (2354-6026) International Conference on Engineering, Advance Science and Industrial Application (ICETESIA) 2018 September 6-7 2018, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, Indonesia UHF RFID Read Range Control Based on Visual Basic.NET for Automation Tool’s Crib Aldo Rahmad Ageng 1 , Ari Santoso 2 , Imam Arifin 1, , Ayyasy Azzurqi 3 , and Moh. Abdul Hady 2 Abstract―Asset maintenance is a preventive action from tool’s damage. Place for production tool’s usually called by tool’s crib, is a facility for field engineer on the production line. Generally, tool’s maintaining system that operate in industry checked and maintain in every month. Nevertheless, administration check and maintenance are unbalanced that delayed transactional and identification process. Automating tool’s crib applied to change transaction and administration activity on the system become automatic using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) and database on Automation Tool’s Crib project. Used RFID on this project have a read range that far too wide on the identification process. So, controlling read range of a RFID on Automation tool’s Crib to reduce error on transaction and identification process. Controlling RFID based on Visual Basic.NET are able to reduce error of scanning process on Automation Tool’s Crib from 7.5% to 1.2%. Keywords―Automation, RFID, Tool’s Crib. I. INTRODUCTION Identify and solving problem on industrial environment especially in factory automation as a student just can be achieved by doing internship. On the professional world of engineering, to adapt with the industrial environment should make student to be widely think about practical matters other than theory on books to solve problem and phenomenon on the industry. Knowledge about machine making process give a challenge to us as a internship to interact with the industry by solving problem with making a practical machine that can be used to help line production field engineer. Tool’s crib needed a separation method to differentiate tools that on the cabinet, outside of the cabinet, and card identity of user. To increase effectivity of the tool’s crib by automate service and administration. Separating RFID tag data type by controlling read range to increase read accuracy of RFID to tool’s tag. On this final project will be created a machine that support the operational of the automation tool’s crib. The machine use filling cabinet that will be equipped with solenoid door lock to lock cabinet doors as a security action. Mid-range RFID will be used too as a tool’s identification that will be identify tool’s on the inside and the outside the cabinet. So that the tools that borrowed and placed on the cabinet can be detected using RFID read range control based on database that record transaction and main information from the tools and the user automatically. II. AUTOMATION TOOL’S CRIB SYSTEM A. Tools Management Tools management system is an effort to integrate some function of the tools including tools monitoring, transportation, inventory management, and purchasing. To determine range the function from the method is to know information flow that on the manufacture system that previously integrate In the industry. The activity flow include: product design,, process planning, scheduling and resource planning, and production control. Figure 1. Tool’s crib on the PT. Astra Otoparts WINTEQ Division. Information that connect to the management consist into 2 area. First is a directional command that pictured as with an arrow from management block to the three main function. Every function have to report to management as a feedback that will be used by management to measure performance of the unit objectively. On the diagram, production control divided into 3 block, there is : factory control, workstation control, and machine control. Divided sub part showing that every department from the production facility divided into a group that communicate based on control architecture of the production facility. On the inside lateral integration of the production control, scheduling, product design and process planning, is a support system of the manufacturing system that using database to communicate each other. For example, the product design department can read design reference on the database. process planning can access the data and geometric features of the CAD database and make process planning in the process database. Resource planning and 1 Aldo Rahmad Ageng and Imam Arifin are with Department of Automation Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia. E-mail: arifin-i@ee.its.ac.id. 2 Ari Santoso and Moh. Abdul Hady are with Department of Electrical Engineering, Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember, Surabaya, 60111, Indonesia. 3 Ayyasy Az Zurqi is with Winteq Division of Astra Otoparts, Cibinong, Indonesia.