The Durable Industrial Marking Blog

Choosing the Best Package Marking Solution

Posted by Matt Martin

Everything needs a package. Every package needs marking for identification and traceability. Durable Technologies provides package marking solutions for just about every product package type, from high-speed on-the-fly marking of consumer goods to very specific and detailed custom labels for high-cost industrial capital equipment.

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Topics: Package Date Coding, Packaging, Coding Type and Dies, Food and Beverage, Brass and Steel Type and Dies, Steel Stamps and Dies

Hot Stamping Date Coding Type for Pharmaceutical Packaging

Posted by Matt Martin

One of Durable Technologies' long-time customers is a global leader in manufacturing generic respiratory medications. Their products are available to retail pharmacies, hospitals, home care companies, long-term care facilities, mail-order pharmacies, and various other customers.

Many of their products are produced using B/F/S technology or Blow/Fill/Seal machines that use a variety of metal hot stamping coding type to imprint a date code, serial number, part number, and any other product identification into single serve vials.

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Topics: Medical, Package Date Coding, Pharmaceutical, Norwood type, Coding Type and Dies, Testimonial

Hand Held Steel Type and Holders to Uniquely Identify Plastic Parts

Posted by Matt Martin

When a Manufacturing Engineer at a large manufacturing company needed a unique part identification system he came to the experts at Durable Technologies for a recommendation.

What was unique about his application? He needed a part identification system that permanently marked polyethylene parts without marring or damaging the surface.

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Topics: Coding Type and Dies, Steel Type Holders, Type Holders, Hand Held Marking Tools

Wire Marking and Heat Shrink Sleeving Type

Posted by Matt Martin

Wire marking is one of the most difficult direct part marking applications you will run across. 

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Topics: Coding Type and Dies, Wire Marking, Kingsley and Wire Marking Type

DuraChrome® Wire Marking Type for Kingsley Wire Markers

Posted by Matt Martin

Durable Technologies prides ourselves on being able to offer the widest range of marking tools anywhere. Some applications are tougher than others and one that companies often struggle with is wire marking. If you are using a Kingsley® Marking Machine then we have the right wire marking type for you.

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Topics: Coding Type and Dies, Wire Marking, Kingsley and Wire Marking Type

Norwood 39V Steel Type for Hot Stamping

Posted by Matt Martin

Norwood 39V steel type is used in hot stamping equipment, typically together with a hot stamp ribbon for package date coding applications. In addition to the hot stamp ribbons (usually black), we also manufacture spacers and type holders in a variety of sizes to accommodate our type.

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Topics: OEM Type, Package Date Coding, Packaging Marking, Packaging, Norwood type, Coding Type and Dies, Hot Stamping, Steel Type, Hot Stamping Foils and Ribbons, Type Holders, Hot Stamping Coders, Foils and Ribbons for Date Coding

Marking and Coding

Posted by Matt Martin

Across a wide range of industries, part marking and date coding are an important priority for traceability and identification. Since everything needs a package of some sort (even most fresh fruits and vegetables are shipped to local stores in a some sort of container or package), marking and coding solutions are vital for industries as diverse as food products to pharmaceuticals.

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Topics: Package Date Coding, Packaging Marking, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Coding Type and Dies, Ink Rolls, Industrial Inkjet Printers, Type Holders, Thermal Ribbons and Labels, Kingsley Foils and Ribbons, Inkjet Fluids, Foils and Ribbons for Date Coding, Hot Melt Ink Rolls

Steel Type from Durable Hits the Mark for Packaging Machinery

Posted by Matt Martin

Packaging Machinery in Orange, NJ produces new cartoning equipment along with re-building used systems. These cartoning lines are used for consumer products like cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, and food packaging.  One of the key features of these production lines is the addition of a part marking coder that marks the date or lot code on each package.  These are the born on dates you see on most packages you buy.

These part marking coders use steel or brass type in order to imprint the date or lot code permanently into the packaging material.

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Topics: OEM Type, Package Date Coding, Packaging Marking, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Markem Type, Coding Type and Dies, Food and Beverage, Steel Type, Steel Type and Holders, Carton Coders, Testimonial

Hot Stamping Dies Explained: Brass, Steel and Magnesium

Posted by Matt Martin

Hot stamping is an incredibly versatile and economical marking solution. With the ability to create beautiful and consistent marks and logos, hot stamping is ideal for applications like book binding, personalization, cosmetics, and even more technical applications like wire marking and heat shrink sleeving. There are a number of different material options when it comes to hot stamping type and logo dies and further below we break down the basics of brass type, steel type and magnesium imprinting dies.

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Topics: Coding Type and Dies, Hot Stamping, Hot Stamping Type and Dies, Brass and Steel Type and Dies, Magnesium Dies

Brass & Steel Type for Package Date Coding and Hot Stamping

Posted by Matt Martin

As the premier OEM-alternative type supplier in the country, Durable Technologies manufactures brass and steel dies and packaging type used for coding, imprinting, labeling, embossing and debossing. We are the largest manufacturer of replacement metal coding type for all of the popular OEM equipment including  Norwood® Imprinters, Markem® Touch Dry Coders, Jones® Cartoners, Open Date® Labelers, Norden® Tube Fillers, and many more.   

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Topics: Package Date Coding, Package Printing, Pharmaceutical, Markem Type, Norwood type, Coding Type and Dies, Hot Stamping, Hot Stamping Type and Dies, Craftsman and Artisan, Food and Beverage, Brass and Steel Type and Dies

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