The Washdown family of full-metal, low-frequency components has been designed for demanding wash-in-place applications within the food, pharmaceutical and other industries. Passive tags from this family offer the highest mechanical and chemical resistance, being fully sealed, laser welded and made of food-grade stainless steel (V4A/AISI 316L). As a result, they are highly corrosion-proof, saltwater resistant and withstand aggressive solvents.

With an enclosure rating of IP68 & IP69K, Washdown components resist high-pressure cleaning and function reliably in water. They have also been optimized for a wide operating temperature range: –40 to +125°C (–40 to +257°F). If the ContriNET protocol is used, LF RWMs can share one network with HF types, including the full range of interfaces.

LF Washdown tags are readable/writable through metal, insensitive to dirt and available in diameters of 10 mm, 16 mm, 26 mm, M16 and M30. Mounting is fully embeddable, including in metal, and maximum read/write distances when used with Washdown M30 RWMs range from 4 mm to 13 mm. In addition, a non-embeddable M30 tag is also available with a maximum read/write distance of 12 mm.

LF Washdown RWMs are non-embeddable and, when used with a 26 mm Washdown tag, offer maximum read/write distances of 12 mm for the M18 type and 13 mm for the M30 type.

Key advantages: Non-standard LF technology (proprietary data communication, 31.25 kHz), Fully sealed, laser welded passive tags made of food-grade stainless steel (V4A/AISI 316L), Designed for demanding wash-in-place applications within the food, pharmaceutical and other industries, Highest mechanical and chemical resistance, Tags are corrosion-proof, saltwater resistant and withstand aggressive solvents, If the ContriNET protocol is used, LF Washdown components can share one network with HF types, including the full range of interfaces, Insensitive to dirt, Outstanding performance in metallic environments, Tags readable/writable through metal, Tags fully embeddable, including in metal, Temperature resistant from –40…+125°C (–40 to +257°F), Enclosure rating IP68 & IP69K