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Metal Tag Stamping, Embossing, and Marking Machines

BadgePass offers a wide selection of automatic metal tag making machines for embossing, indenting, and marking metal name plates and tags. Metal tag embossers help to identify items in even the harshest environments. Ideal for manufacturing, utilities, power plants, oil and gas facilities, botanical gardens, and government agencies, our metal tagging machines can be used to produce metal equipment tags, dog tags, medical alert tags, and more. An automatic metal tag machine system is a complete solution including the embossing machine, metal plates or tags, attachment items, and on-site consulting and support from our trained and certified technicians. We also provide high quality metal equipment tag and plate supplies that will work with any of our metal plate embossers as well as legacy machines from a variety of manufacturers.

How do metal tag embossers work?

Automatic metal tag machines that emboss, stamp, or indent work by imprinting alphanumeric characters onto a metal tag/name plate with specified character sets that are installed inside a drum in the machine. The characters are pushed down by a lever that embeds the shape of the character on to the metal plate, which is far more durable than having standard plastic tags with ink printed on them. Different tag stamping machines have different specifications for drum slot capacity (number of characters), available character sets, and embossing area, giving you more control over the style and size of your tags. Some machines, such as the CIM ME500 portable metal tag embosser, have even more features for different situations, one example being reversed character embossing to make metal tags easy to read outdoors.

Why should I use a metal tag machine system?

Metal tag stamping is one of the most durable methods on the market for tracking, monitoring, and identifying assets. For industrial meters and pumps, you need a reliable way to identify valve or meter functions in harsh outdoor or work environments. Metal equipment tags have characters embedded into metal name plates, and the thickness of the plate depends on what the stamping machine you chose is able to emboss. The tags produced by our metal tag stamping machines are durable enough to withstand corrosion, tarnish, paint, and environmental damage, making them extremely reliable and weather-proof. Another benefit of added durability is that you don’t have to sacrifice much speed for more strength, as automatic embossers such as the Matica C410 can output up to 350 equipment tags or plates per hour! Not all applications are industrial though, as metal dog tags can also be used to identify assets, such as cattle, in environments where plastic cards and tags just wont survive.