Month: August 2018

We at Express would like to wish you and yours a
Happy and Safe 4th of July!

You may have heard the expression, “When all that you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail.” In some ways, some of our competitors are like that … they only have a few types of labels to offer, so regardless of your requirement they will recommend one of the few items that they can produce.

At Express, however, we have a broad array of products available, and would like to be your One Stop Shop for identification products. The benefits to you are multifold:

• With our wide array of products, we can guide you to the BEST solution for your project … not just A solution
  • We will help you understand the differences among the options so that you can make a knowledgeable decision. There can be trade-offs among durability, appearance and cost, and that is YOUR decision to make.
• Depending on the size of your company, it can cost you over $200 to process a purchase order and payment. With Express as your only provider for identification products, you can save over $200 for every extra PO and A/P check that you don’t need to process.
• We provide high quality products with extraordinarily fast shipments …. And you will get that on every order.
• We are a full custom shop, so if you come up with a new requirement we are prepared to engage in solving the problem for you. Reliably.

Please look at our product categories to get an overview of how we can help. We look forward to your next call!
Please give us a call today at 858-549-9828. We are ready to help you grow your business!

Express – Identification Made Simple

Whether or not IP Ratings matter to you depends entirely on what conditions your equipment — or in this case RFID transponders — will be exposed to. If you need RFID tags for a challenging environment, Express can help!

The IP Code (or International Protection Rating, sometimes also interpreted as Ingress Protection Rating) consists of the letters IP followed by two digits and an optional letter. As defined in international standard IEC 60529, it classifies the degrees of protection provided against the intrusion of solid objects (including body parts like hands and fingers), dust, accidental contact, and water in electrical enclosures.

The standard aims to provide users more detailed information than vague marketing terms such as waterproof. The digits (characteristic numerals) indicate conformity with the conditions summarized in the tables below.

First Digit: Solids

Level	Object Size Protected Against	Effective Against
0	–	No protection against contact and ingress of objects
1	>50mm	Any large surface of the body, such as the back of the hand, but no protection against deliberate contact with a body part
2	>12.5mm	Fingers or similar objects
3	>2.5mm	Tools, thick wires, etc.
4	>1mm	Most wires, screws, etc.
5	Dust Protected	Ingress of dust is not totally protected, but it must not enter in sufficient quantity to prevent satisfactory operation
6	Dust tight	No ingress of dust. Complete protection against contact

Second Digit: Liquids

Level	Protected Against	Effective Against
0	Not protected	–
1	Dripping water	Dripping water (vertically falling drops) shall have no harmful effect
2	Dripping Water, when tilted up to 15°	Vertically dripping water shall have no harmful effect when the enclosure is tilted at an angle up to 15° up from its normal position
3	Spraying water	Water falling as a spray at any angle up to 60° from the vertical shall have no harmful effect
4	Splashing Water	Water splashing against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effect
5	Water jets	Water projected by a nozzle (6.3mm) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects
6	Powerful water jets	Water projected in powerful jets nozzle (12.5mm) against the enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects
7	Immersion up to 1m	Ingress of water in harmful quantity shall not be possible when the enclosure is immersed in water up to 1 m of submersion
8	Immersion beyond 1m	The object is suitable for continuous immersion in water under conditions that shall be specified by the manufacturer.
9k	Steam jet cleaning	Steam jet cleaning shall have no harmful effects

Express offers a collection of RFID transponders with IP ratings of IP67 or higher, to meet your toughest challenges:

Our All Purpose Indoor RFID Tag is rated IP68

Our API Jr RFID Tag is rated IP67
 

As always, remember that the Express 3-in-1 RFID feature can ease the transition to RFID for your organization – it does not need to be put in place all at once.

We offer all three – a traditional barcode, human readable information and RFID, all encoded the same – on any of our RFID tags. This feature has numerous benefits:

• Tags are RFID-enabled, for users who have RFID Readers
• The traditional barcode matches, for locations not yet RFID-equipped, easing your implementation timeline and potentially reducing your full implementation cost
• And, there is Human Readable for when a reader is not available, or fails.

Give us a call today at 858-549-9828. We are ready to help you grow your business!

Express – Identification Made Simple

ISO Certification: “What does it mean to me?”

You may know that Express, Inc. is ISO 9001:2015 certified. We often bring it up when discussing our workmanship and product quality, and for good reason!

For those outside of the manufacturing industry, ISO 9001:2015 certification may not carry a great impact. But we would like to let everyone know this certification applies to every order we produce.

We have developed a stringent quality management system aligned with ISO 9001:2015 requirements. The benefits of our certification to our customers are numerous:

• Strict job processing guidelines ensure consistent production results
• Jobs are evaluated at every step of the production path, catching any potential errors
• Additional steps are taken to verify that all barcodes are readable before we ship them to you
• Thorough quality reviews at time of shipment prevent the release of any product we are not fully satisfied with

Ultimately, these processes allow Express to provide consistently excellent products regardless of the product type or order size. You can depend on Express to provide quality products time and time again.

Experience the ‘Express Difference’ for yourself. Place your next order today and let us shine!

On a Lighter Note…

Give us a call today at 858-549-9828. We are ready to help you grow your business!

Express – Identification Made Simple

Have you ever received a contract or purchase order that contains references to specifications that you are not familiar with? If not, you are truly the exception!

Feel free to use the Reference Section of the Express website to learn about barcodes, industry specifications, and chemical compatibility of materials we use as well as our standard Terms & Conditions and Guidelines for Data and Art Submission:

• Barcode Glossary
• Barcode Guide
• Industry Specifications
• Terms and Conditions
• Data & Art Submission

If it has to do with Product Identification and you aren’t finding the answer here, please call and we will be pleased to assist you.

Give us a call today at 858-549-9828. We are ready to help you grow your business!

Express – Identification Made Simple