US-based PakSense has launched the XpressPDF Label for the automatic monitoring of temperature and time of items that have a short shelf life such as vaccines, foods, biologics and pharmaceuticals.
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The label is compact and can be attached to a computer through its USB port. The label automatically creates a PDF data file which contains the history of the product’s temperature and time accompanied with statistics based on graphs. This feature makes it easy for users to interpret the data and does not require the use of reading devices and specific download software.
The label comes with the latest temperature sensor that has been programmed according to the standards of NIST. This sensor helps the label to take readings of the object that it has been attached to. The data helps in differentiating between the temperature of the product and the surrounding environment. The label also has diodes that emit light when there is an excursion of temperature. Users can include the XpressPDF label into any other logistics database through the PakSense Device Interface SDK and the labels can also be recycled under the PakSense GreenSense Program.
XpressPDF Labels, which are waterproof are ideal for operations that need to be run independently like exports and distribution. It is also ideal for processes that require cold chain monitoring at any packaging level such as the pallet, carton or monitoring each item. The alterations in packaging need not be recorded by the XpressPDF Label. According to David Light who is the CEO of PakSense, the main intention behind creating this product was to ensure simplicity in cold chain monitoring, easier customer usage and use of minimal infrastructure.