Accurate labeling is key to achieving the precision and safety that the chemical industry relies on. At Metal Marker, we provide durable, high-quality chemical labels for various applications common in your demanding environment.
Our labels are designed to withstand harsh conditions, whether labeling industrial equipment or providing safety precautions for handling hazardous chemicals. These fully customizable labels can be tailored to your specific needs and are suitable for barcodes, safety instructions, or tracking information.
Let’s help you ensure compliance and safety with reliable, long-lasting chemical label solutions.
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Overview
What Are Chemical Labels?
Chemical labels provide essential information about chemicals, including their contents, hazards, and safe handling instructions. These labels help ensure compliance with safety regulations, such as OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) or the Globally Harmonized System (GHS).
Typically, chemical labels display details like product identifiers, hazard pictograms, precautionary statements, first-aid measures, and manufacturer information. At a minimum, hazardous chemicals must have the following labels:
- Contact information for the manufacturer
- Product identifier
- Signal words
- Hazard statements
- Precautionary statements
- Pictograms or graphic symbols used to communicate information about the hazards associated with a chemical
The main purpose of chemical labels is to enhance workplace safety by informing workers, handlers, and users of the risks associated with chemicals and the measures needed to handle them safely.
Benefits of Using Metal Chemical Labels
- Durability: Metal labels are highly resistant to harsh environments, including chemicals, moisture, and extreme temperatures, ensuring long-lasting readability
- Corrosion Resistance: These labels are specially treated to resist corrosion from exposure to various chemicals, preserving important safety information.
- Customizability: Metal labels can be customized with specific information, barcodes, and branding, allowing flexibility in meeting regulatory and company needs.
- Enhanced Safety Compliance: Metal labels are ideal for industries requiring strict safety labeling standards, reducing the risk of errors or non-compliance.
- High Visibility and Clarity: With precision engraving or printing, metal labels offer clear, easy-to-read information.
Applications
Chemical Container Labeling
Metal tags are ideal for labeling containers for hazardous chemicals. These labels can withstand exposure to corrosive substances and extreme conditions, ensuring important safety information remains visible and legible.
Asset Management for Equipment
Metal tags are essential in asset management for chemical industry equipment such as pumps, mixers, and reactors. Custom equipment tags help track and manage assets by providing information like serial numbers, maintenance schedules, and inspection dates.
Companies can streamline equipment tracking, optimize maintenance, and ensure regulatory compliance by using custom metal tags for equipment and other assets.
Pipe Marking in Chemical Facilities
Metal tags commonly mark pipes that transport chemicals within industrial facilities. These tags identify substances being transported, hazard classifications, and safety precautions. Metal pipe markers ensure workers can easily identify pipes’ contents and take the respective safety measures.
Materials
Choosing the right material is critical when selecting tags or nameplates for chemical industry applications. Chemical labels with these materials can endure exposure to corrosive substances, high temperatures, and frequent handling:
- Stainless Steel: Known for corrosion resistance and strength.
- Aluminum: Lightweight and resistant to chemicals.
- Brass: Ideal for specific industrial uses requiring durability and longevity
Processes
Embossing
Durability is key for equipment identification in the chemical industry, as labels often face exposure to corrosive chemicals and harsh conditions.
Our embossed tags have raised characters, ensuring legibility even when covered with chemical residues or wear. Without ink to fade or wash away, these tags provide a long-lasting identification solution, making them ideal for serial number tagging and equipment tracking.
Photo Anodization
This process offers fully customizable nameplates, perfect for barcode-based asset tracking.
These highly durable plates can withstand outdoor conditions and display servicing information, location details, company logos, or QR/Data Matrix codes for easier equipment management.
Engraving
We etch detailed information directly into custom metal tags for equipment and chemicals using laser or mechanical methods. This permanent process ensures that critical data such as safety instructions, serial numbers, or maintenance schedules remain intact on metal equipment labels, even in extreme environments.
Engraved tags are highly resistant to fading, chemicals, and abrasion, making them ideal for labeling equipment, storage containers, and pipelines in chemical processing facilities.
The Metal Marker Advantage
We work with you closely to deliver high-quality tags that fulfill your expectations. And we’re honest when something is infeasible or impractical. We’ll propose an alternative solution that satisfies your requirements, budget, and timeline.