WCA March 2010

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Printing and cable marking

“It’s mislabelled? It’s yours!”

This shopkeeper’s motto from times gone by will not be seen posted in a modern wire mill. But its message is well understood there. Unreliable identification does not merely reduce profit: it eliminates profit altogether. The most sophisticated cable making operation can be sabotaged if a single component is not exactly what it is understood to be. For this reason, printing and marking will command fully as much care and attention in the plant as the other accrediting techniques: inspection, measuring and testing. The suppliers whose products and services are reviewed in these pages share the cable maker’s commitment to precision printing and marking — and to a rejection rate of zero.

Photo courtesy of Colorant Chromatics AG

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Wire & Cable ASIA – March/April 2010