That process is thermal transfer (aka "hot stamping") onto poly tubing. I've used them to slide over crimp ferrules. They do make some neat wire labels for terminals.
One manufacturer is Cembre. http://www.cembre.com/US/U_NewsSiglatura.htm I had a Brady ID Pro, but the rechargeable battery died and the vinyl wrap around wire labels are a bit pricy. For the way I work now, I do favor print-as-I-go methods, as opposed to drawing the schematic with the wire numbers and printing all of the wire labels I should need up front. Some people laser print labels. I have a Zebra 2844 thermal transfer address label printer and the labels are very inexpensive. I'm thinking of using that printer to print the wire labels from a spreadsheet, and then sliding clear heat shrink over it to keep the adhesive label from unrolling. The only down side is an overheating wire would turn the thermal label completely black, but if that happens I have bigger problems than illegible wire labels. On 01/20/2013 06:41 PM, Clint Washburn wrote: > I am looking to find out how these wire labels were made. Here is an > example > <http://www.clintandheidi.com/multimedia/pictures/hitachiseiki/Tailstock+Jun > ction.JPG.php> . I don't even know what they call them. They are not heat > shrink. They are kind of a sleeve that helps insulate the bare terminal. > The lathe was made in Japan. I cannot seem to find anything on these > markers. > > > > Can anyone help me on this? > > > > Also what are some of the ways everyone is marking their wires? I have > found many types, Heat shrink tubing markers, Laser Labels with clear > shrink tubing, zip tie placards etc. Which are the most durable. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. SALE $99.99 this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnmore_122412 _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
