Benefits

Benefits of Using Metal Barcode Tags

A barcode tag provides businesses with a dependable solution for long-term data tracking and identification. Their durability and versatility make them valuable assets across demanding industries like manufacturing, logistics, utilities, and construction. Here’s how they add value:

Key benefits include:

• Extreme Durability: Made from tough materials like stainless steel or anodized aluminum, custom barcode labels can endure high temperatures, chemical exposure, heavy impacts, and harsh outdoor conditions. Unlike paper or plastic alternatives, these tags won’t crack, fade, or peel over time.

• Long-Term Legibility: The barcode remains crisp and readable for years, whether etched, engraved, or photo-anodized. This ensures that scanning equipment can consistently retrieve accurate data, reducing downtime and replacement costs.

• Accurate Data Tracking: Metal barcode tags help streamline operations by enabling quick and accurate asset tracking, equipment identification, and inventory control. With real-time access to vital data, businesses can improve efficiency and reduce manual errors.

• Customizable Designs: These tags can be made in various shapes, sizes, and barcode formats to fit your needs. You can add logos, serial numbers, or other data to match your workflow and industry requirements.

• Permanent Marking Options: Techniques like laser etching, stamping, and photo anodizing embed the barcode into the metal surface. This makes it virtually impossible to wear off, even in the harshest environments.

By investing in custom barcode tags, businesses gain dependable labeling that meets real-world challenges.

Applications

Our barcode tags are used for too many different applications and industries to name.

Organizations of all varieties affix barcode tags to their equipment and machinery for asset traceability.

Warehouses often used barcode tags and labels for inventory management to assist in reordering and managing their logistics.

With new supply chain advances such as blockchain, these tags are increasingly useful.

Barcode tags also find their place in safety applications such as the Leak Detection and Repair program (LDAR).

The military utilizes these durable codes for their Unique Identification tagging system (UID). The barcodes must hold up in the harsh environments they are exposed to on a regular basis.

Uses for barcode tags include:

• Asset Tracking

• Inventory Management

• Job Tagging

• Theft Prevention

• Product Coding (UPC Codes)

• And Many More!

Durability

Durability is key for nearly all industrial environments. Tags may be exposed to weather, wear & tear, harsh chemicals, and more.

Your barcodes won’t be useful if they simply fade or rub off after they are used. The barcode nameplates we produce offer a full 20+ years of outdoor durability. You might have to replace your machine before you replace the tag.

Materials

Photo anodization is only available in a special anodized aluminum material. We offer this material in a wide variety of thicknesses to accommodate the many needs of our customers.

The corrosive-resistant nature of this material makes it an ideal candidate for industrial applications.

We can also adorn this material with a solid background color, creating the opportunity for color coding or branding from your custom nameplates.

For barcode tags, a matte or dull-type finish is highly preferred as it offers the highest accuracy for code reading devices.

Processes

Photo Anodization

The photo anodization process is unique in that it provides the appearance of a printed nameplate, but with durability on par with physically indented tags.

Your custom design is directly embedded beneath layers of aluminum offering scratch and chemical resistance. This process is the go-to for industries such as oil & gas which expose their equipment to harsh substances.

In addition, any type of barcode and other designs can be incorporated on the same nameplate.

For example, if you want your company logo, a barcode, and other information all on the same tag, that’s not a problem.

Industries

Barcode tags are used by an incredibly wide range of industries. A small sample of the many industries we service include:

• Aerospace

• Industrial

• Manufacturing

• Oil & Gas

• Energy

• Defense

• And Many More!

Barcode types can be tailored to suit a wide range of industry applications. From tracking assets in manufacturing and logistics to labeling equipment in utilities, aerospace, and oil and gas, each barcode format is selected based on the application’s environment, scanning method, and data requirements.

We can produce nearly any design your application requires. That includes any type of barcode.

The three most common types of barcode tags we produce include:

• QR Code

• UPC Code

• Data Matrix

Barcode tags can turn any piece of equipment or machine into a traceable asset. Our fast delivery means you can get your assets marked sooner, and it reduces any lag time when registering new equipment.

Wrap-Up

Not sure which type of barcode to use? Struggling to decide on the right process? Let us help!

Our customer service representatives are the industry leaders in finding the right identification solution for you. They are ready to handle all of your questions and concerns to get you metal nameplates designed to meet your specific application and needs.

Contact us today for your FREE quote on metal barcode tags!

Fill out our easy contact form on this page or give us a call at 1-800-428-0095