Metal tags and plates

Metal tags represent the origins of industrial labelling.Metal tags, used to identify or to provide tracing of industrial equipment, offer perfect resistance to external stresses (temperature, chemical products, vibrations, etc.), and ensure optimal solidity and durability. These are available in various materials (aluminium, stainless steel, brass, etc.), with various looks or surfaces (gloss, matte, anodised, satin, etc.), and may be either mechanically affixed (screws, rivets), or affixed with adhesive or glue.

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The thermal transfer printing technology can deposit the hot-melt ink from a thermal ribbon onto all types of support materials, using heat from the print head of a thermal printer.

These thermal transfer ribbons are usually black, but also exist in other colours.

Would you like to easily and durably print your blank and semi-printed labels? In partnership with the best ribbon makers (Armor, Ricoh, and others), Gravic offers you an all-in-one solution: label + consumable.

Depending on your printers, support materials and applications, we offer you 3 types of ribbons:

Wax: AWR470

Wax thermal ribbons are often used for printing onto paper labels of a vellum type, with no coating or with a semi-gloss coating.

It is more economical, but less resistant to external stresses (scratching, chemical products, temperatures).

This type of thermal transfer ribbon is appropriate for “short-term” applications (mailing labels, logistics, or inventory).

APR 600 wax/resin

The wax and resin mixture in this thermal ribbon makes it resistant to higher temperatures (100°C), better resistant to solvents, and delivers excellent print quality on highly varied materials such as uncoated and coated paper, gloss and polypropylene synthetic materials.

AXR7+ / AXR8 / B110 resin

Resin thermal transfer ribbons offer the highest level of resistance to external stresses (scratching, chemical products, temperatures).

All types of synthetic materials (PP, PE, PVC, PET) can be printed on with these ribbons.

Additionally, the combination of certain polyester support materials and a resin ribbon guarantees perfect resistance to the most aggressive chemical products (brake fluid, motor oil, solvents, etc.)

Custom pre-printing can be used to make every label a unique label. On a common base (label, metal plate, face plate, etc.), each product is personalised (with a different text, or a unique, incremental serial number, etc.)

Gravic offers custom pre-printing using 3 technologies: reprinting by thermal transfer (wax or resin) for labels delivered in rolls, or LASER reprinting and digital printing for labels delivered on sheets.

Gravic can assist you to find the most appropriate product for your needs.

Thermal transfer pre-printing to labels on reels

The label is reprinted with wax transfer (for paper-based labels), or with resin (for polymer-based labels). The pre-print is generally in black or white. The reprinted label may be blank or already printed (colour logo, legal notice, fixed values).

The label can also be coated afterward to increase the durability of the pre-print.

LASER Printer pre-printing

Gravic makes custom A4 format labels, which can be reprinted with any laser or ink jet printer.

The selection of support materials is wide, depending on your durability needs.

With existing standard or custom formats, pre-printed or not, Gravic will be able to find the most appropriate solution for your needs.

LASER Engraving

Laser pre-printing functions with a principle of aggression to the material.

The laser beam can make marks by way of several processes:

By destruction of the upper layer of two-layer materials of an acrylate type, or two-layer Gravoply®
By destruction of the anodised surface of chemically coloured plates.
By activation of pigment molecules in the material (laser polycarbonate)

Digital printing

Digital printing (ink jet, offset, etc.) is achieved one print at a time, and is controlled by computer software. In this case, a number of files is created equal to the number of pieces desired.

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