Patent ID: 6695208
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: B28B,G05B,Y02P

Abstract:
A system for monitoring a characteristic of a product in a testing process, said system including:an information storage device for storing information relating to said product, said information storage device being separate from said product and adapted to be affixed to said product; writing means for writing said information to said information storage device; reading means for reading said information from said information storage device and storing said information in a database; and test means for performing a test on said product to produce a test result and storing said test result in said database so that the test result is associated with said information, whereafter the associated information and test result stored in said database enable monitoring of the characteristic of the product, wherein said product is produced at a first location and transported to a second location before said information storage device is affixed to said product, and wherein said product is transported to said second location together with identification data associated with said product, and wherein said identification data is inputted to a memory of said writing means at said second location, said identification data being subsequently written to said information storage device by said writing means as at least part of said information.