AgeAlert Polymer Degradation Monitoring System Using RFID Tags
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Welcome to Polymer Aging Concepts, Inc., home of AgeAlert™. Thank you for visiting us.

Mission
We are a research and development company, specializing in monitoring the condition of degradable products. Our AgeAlert™ technology tracks the actual degradation state of products and even predicts remaining useful life.

AgeAlert™ Technology
Thus far, the AgeAlert™ research has focused on PE, EPR and silicone rubber used in wire/cable insulation applications and tubing/piping.

Insulated Cable

Because the AgeAlert™ technology appears to work with virtually any polymeric material, potential applications for AgeAlert™ include degradation monitoring for most any product made of rubber, plastic or composite materials; however, further research will be necessary to adapt the technology for many of these applications. AgeAlert™ can even sense the degradation of non-polymeric products if the temperature-related degradation can be modeled.

Degradable Products
What do all these items have in common? They all degrade faster with increasing temperature. Research conducted at Polymer Aging Concepts, Inc. and Georgia Tech indicates that patent-pending AgeAlert™ technology should be able to measure the condition of virtually any degradable product.

Currently, Polymer Aging Concepts, Inc. is collecting market research on the many areas where AgeAlert™ could be used to determine the best fit for the next major research effort; we seek strategic partners for this next research endeavor. If you have a market area for which the AgeAlert™ technology could solve a significant problem, please contact us.

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Polymer Aging Concepts - Developer of AgeAlert Polymer Degradation Monitoring System

372 River Drive
Dahlonega, GA 30533
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(706) 864-6304
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AgeAlert™ is the only technology that delivers cost-effective, objective measurement of the product's actual degradation state regardless of the environmental conditions that the product has encountered -- all with no electric power required until it's queried. In addition, AgeAlert™ is compatible with passive RFID. (See chart below for technology comparisons.)

Comparison of AgeAlert With Other Degradation Sensor Technologies

  Displays Current Degradation State Reflects Actual Environmental Conditions Delivers Objective Evaluation Collects Data w/o Electric Power Passive RFID Compatible Cost Comparison
Expiration Dates N N Y Y Y Minimal
Visual/Sensory Inspection Y Y N N/A N $-$$$
Color-change TTIs Y Y N Y N $$
Digital TTIs Y Y Y N N $$$
AgeAlert™ Y Y Y Y Y $


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Developers of AgeAlert™, a polymer degradation monitoring system using RFID tags

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