Eighteen products, one tag
Library RFID equipment falls into six families: self-service kiosks, return units, sorting modules and their destinations, security gates, mobile stocktaking readers, and management software. All read the same HF 13.56 MHz tag encoded to ISO 28560, and all talk to your LMS over SIP2 or NCIP. You can therefore buy them in whatever order suits your budget.
The tables below give the manufacturer's published figures. Where a value is not published, we say so rather than fill the gap. The full product pages, with the manufacturer's document reference for each table, are in French.
Self-service kiosks, LibDeco range
All four share a 22 inch touchscreen, LibRid4 on Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC, an 830 by 440 mm plate, an 80 mm thermal printer, and SIP1, SIP2 and NCIP connectivity.
| Model | Installation | Working height | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| LibDeco F20 | Floor-standing | 590 to 1,090 mm, adjustable | 102 kg, 1,700 x 830 x 665 mm, 50 kg load, ADA and DDA compliant |
| LibDeco F10 | Floor-standing | 900 mm, fixed | Fewer moving parts, suited to a second station |
| LibDeco W20 | Wall-mounted | Adjustable, range set by mounting height | No floor footprint, needs a wall that will take the load |
| LibDeco T10 | Countertop | Set by the furniture | 650 x 580 x 545 mm, 26 kg, eco-design label |
RFID standards across the range: ISO/IEC 15693 and ISO/IEC 18000-3 Mode 1. Data models: ISO 28560-2, ISO 28560-3, DDM, KATVE, TechLogic, TV2, 3M, TRC, ITG, ITG2. Security by AFI or EAS. Options: side-mounted payment module, Mifare reader, printed rear panel of 1,660 x 259 mm.
Return units and the sorting line
| Product | Key figures | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Library Mate 1200 | Up to 1,100 items per hour, 800 mm tunnel, 19 inch screen, 708 x 506 mm front | Indoor or sheltered, built into a partition |
| Library Mate 1300 C2 | 400 mm wide tunnel, 22 inch screen | Oversized stock, matched to the LibDeco styling |
| Library Mate 2100 | 1,100 items per hour, 1,050 x 670 mm front, 17 inch screen | Built into an external facade, returns around the clock |
| Sort Mate 2000 | 600 x 420 x 860 mm, 44 kg, up to 2,400 items per hour | The sorting module. One module per destination |
| LC6000 conveyor | 500 to 2,000 mm, eight standard lengths | Links induction to sorting, handles level changes between floors |
| Automatic Tote Stacker | 3 to 4 totes, 102 kg load, 24 V DC from the sorter | Builds a stack with no lifting |
| Metal Bin | Three sizes, 125 to 250 items, 15 kg empty, 120 kg load | Passive destination, no electronics |
| Ergo Bin | 161 L, 58.5 kg, rising floor, 24 V NiMH battery | Keeps items at working height, connected or standalone |
Items handled by the Library Mate units: 100 x 100 x 2 mm minimum, 400 x 300 x 100 mm maximum, 30 g to 5 kg. The 1300 C2 widens the tunnel to 400 mm. Sorter noise levels in dB(A) are not published: we request them from the manufacturer when the line adjoins a public space.
The rest of the chain
| Product | Key figures | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Alarm Gates Wave | 690 x 1,764 x 77 mm, aisle up to 1,300 mm, about 25 kg | Exit detection and radar counting |
| Alarm Gates Excellence | 690 x 1,770 x 72 mm, aisle up to 1,600 mm | Wide entrance lobbies |
| Library Clerk | FEIG PRH200, 460 x 260 x 27 mm, 600 g, 30 tags per second, 16 h battery | Stocktaking, holds collection, misplaced items |
| Staff Workstation | FEIG SPAD102 shielded antenna, 376 x 276 x 27 mm, 2 kg, 12 to 24 V DC | Tag encoding and desk transactions, 16 data models |
| Sorter Controller | Web application, unlimited sorting tables, import and export | You change your own sorting rules |
| Central Management | Web console, Oracle cloud hosting or on-site server | Estate-wide settings, alerts, reports and permissions |
Gate operating range -25 to +50 degrees Celsius, ETSI, FCC and IC radio conformity, CE marking. Staff Workstation data models include ISO 28560, ISO 28560-2 and -3, 3M, Dutch, French and Intellident/UK1, which is what makes a progressive migration of an existing estate possible.
What this table does not answer
A datasheet says what a device does. It does not say whether it is justified in your building. A sorter with five destinations installed in a library handling 40,000 returns a year will cost more than it saves, and no line of the specification will warn you.
The three figures that actually decide a configuration are your collection size, your annual transactions and the share of audiovisual stock. Send us those and we will come back with an argued configuration, including what you do not need.
If you arrived here first, the English overview explains what each family of equipment is for before you compare specifications.
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Can we mix equipment from several manufacturers ?
In principle yes, since an ISO 28560 tag is readable by any compliant hardware. The practical difficulty is the data model chosen at encoding, and the handling of security: some estates use the EAS bit, others the AFI value. A mixed estate works provided that point is settled and documented before the collection is tagged, not after.
What is a typical lead time ?
It depends on the family and the configuration. A standard kiosk ships in weeks; a sorter needs a layout study first and takes considerably longer. We give a firm date at quotation stage, never before we have seen the drawings.
Are the full datasheets available ?
Yes. Each French product page cites the manufacturer's document reference, for example 260.008.007 for the LibDeco F20. Ask us for a sheet by its number and we will send the current version, in English where one exists.
Some figures seem to be missing.
They are, and deliberately so. The F10 weight and load, the W20 weight, and the 1300 C2 footprint and throughput are not published on the sheets we hold. We flag them as missing rather than estimate them, and we will request them from the manufacturer for your tender.
Unsure about one specific point ?
Ask it the way it arises in your building. We answer on your configuration rather than in general terms.