A Long Term Label Project With A Happy Ending.

We never know who is on the other end of the line the first time we answer a call requesting help. Some projects are simple bar code tracking labels that we have been making since the early 1980’s, and then there are the projects that creep along for years.

About 4 years ago we received a call about a label needed for a military grade application. After numerous rounds of testing and re-configuring, the label has finally been approved. The point is that sometimes getting the right label for the job is more important than throwing something out there and hoping is sticks (pun intended).

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Adding serialization to your labels creates an easy way to track individualized parts, products or assets during their circulation.

The first consideration when starting to serialize is how will the data be used? Questions you should ask are:

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Metal Tags

Metal tags are used for a variety of reasons, but are most often used when they are in an environment that needs to be highly durable. Metal tags are extremely tough and are best for identification of machinery when delicate paper labels and even durable polyester would not last very long an certain environments where temperatures reach over 400F .

What are they used for?

There are several uses for metal tags, but the most common usage is identifying equipment, machinery, and valuables at a glance. Metal tags are rugged enough to handle the stresses of even the nastiest conditions such as acids, radiation or corrosives. Metal tags can come with pre-drilled holes in them that can be used for mounting or can be chained to machinery, pipes, or equipment. [Read more…]

Magnetic Labels

Have you ever labeled a warehouse only to find that some of your location labels need to be moved to a different position? Are you tired of wanting to transfer a label somewhere else, only to find that you need to print a whole new label off?

Well, if that sounds like you, then what you are looking for is magnetic labels.

What are they?

Labels made of a magnetic material with a printable top surface. These labels are not your cheap refrigerator give away type magnets but heavy duty with a 0.030″ thickness.

Why use them?

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There are many, many types of labels out there but do you know what asset labels are? How do they differ from other labels? Are they unique to an industry? What information do they present? Well, to answer your question, asset labels are used to identify maintenance and operational purposes. They are most commonly found in industrial and military industries. Often made of Traffolyte, they are tamper-proof, permanent and frangible. Asset labels usually come with some sort of barcode for electronic reading as well.

Many Uses

Asset labels, and the process of asset labelling, covers a huge range of identification and they are often found on everything from office furniture and equipment to tools, computers, and electronic fixtures. Any time you see a label on a computer with a barcode, or a label on a fire extinguisher, you are seeing an asset label. In some ways, asset labels are one of the most common labels that can be found out there today. In any given day, you probably come across at least one without even realizing it. [Read more…]

For a company, being able to know if a product has been tampered with can not only save time, but money as well. When a cash machine is tampered with, a blue dye explodes out of it. Wouldn’t it be nice if that same principle could be applied to labels?

The problem is that there are customers out there that want to defraud a company. This can be done by shipping back equipment for warranty work after the internal parts of the equipment have been swapped with parts that are out of warranty. Companies work hard to make sure that their product is distinguished from the crowd, but someone will always be trying to copy their brand and make a buck off of it. To know that someone has tampered with a product to modify or hack the design would save companies immense amounts of money. It would allow the company to void any contract, but it would also give the customers peace of mind. Customers want to know that the product has not been opened by someone else, and with tamper proof labels, they get that. [Read more…]

Black and Red Colored Ribbon to Comply with GHS 5609 Mandate for Marine Immersion.

Classifications of chemicals materials has been standardized by the United Nations so as to create a more uniform way to identify hazardous products. In doing so the process of producing product labels for chemicals being shipped around the country and over seas have become a lot more complicated.

Our goal is to help simplify the process by offering a four part solution.

1. Red and Black Resin Ribbon #B324 (black) and #C5440 (red)
2. White Polyester Labels cut to your size specifications #FCD6914
3. Label Design Software #
4. Cab Two Color  Thermal Transfer Printer #XC4

If you are not ready to get into the printing business call us and let us show you how we can be your service bureau printer.

Advanced Barcode & Label Technologies stocks a wide selection of Industrial Thermal Transfer Labels. Supplies include receipt paper, tags, thermal transfer paper and ribbon for all labeling solutions.

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We work with you to give you a label designed to suit your needs not our production capabilities. We encourage producing samples for testing before production begins, this way any problems are uncovered before your labels are installed.

Racking labels can be made of a number of different materials but in our experience Polyester (sometimes referred to as Mylar) produces the most long lasting and durable label.

We have different options on how the labels are printed including UV cured inks (the most durable) and thermal transfer.

All labels can be laminated with a clear or matte clear Polyester film.

Additional options include:

• Magnetic backing
• Retro reflective surface for long range scanning
• Block-out material to cover up old labels
• Dual bar codes to allow close range as well as long range scanning

Void if Removed – Once labels are applied the word Void appears if someone tries to remove the label.

Destructible – After label bonds to the surface it becomes impossible to remove the label in one piece.

Stock labels are printed 1 color black with the words “Warranty Void if Removed” laminated with protective clear polyester on rolls of 1,000.