Metal Photo Specifications

Prentice Products offers metal signs and tags that are reliable in rugged environments where permanent identification is crucial.

Types of Metal Signs & Tags

  • Warning & Safety Decals
  • Control Panels and Graphics Overlays
  • Service Contract Labels
  • Keypads
  • Anodized Aluminum ID Tags
  • Tamper Proof Decals
  • UID Metal Tags
  • Serialized Metal Tags
  • Thermal Decals
  • Bar-Coded Aluminum Tags
  • Roll Labels
  • Packaging Labels
  • Battery Labels
  • Dead Front Panels
  • Double Sided Decals
  • Water Applied Decals
  • Domed Decals
  • Reflective Signs & Decals
UV Stable

UV Stable

Chemical Resistance

Chemical Resistance

Temperature Resistance

Temperature Resistance

Abrasion Resistance

Abrasion Resistance

Corrosion Resistance

Corrosion Resistance

The Confidence of Legibility.

The Confidence of Legibility.

Guaranteed Compliance.

Guaranteed Compliance.

Available Security Printing Features.

Available Security Printing Features.

Automated Asset Tracking

Automated Asset Tracking

CHARACTERISTIC

RESULT

Abrasion Resistance

No pronounced image loss, degradation or reduced readability after 7,000 cycles on an abrading wheel.

Acid Corrosion

No deterioration or image degradation after 24 hours in 3% nitric acid.

Heat Resistance

Standard Metalphoto readable up to 500°F, Image Intensified Metalphoto readable up to 800°F. Both tested for a 24-hour oven exposure. Inquire for heat resistance up to 1,000°F with Extra High Temperature (XHT) treatment.

Salt Spray Corrosion

No deleterious effect after a 720-hr salt spray (fog) test. 2,6 “Very Good” corrosion resistance after 113 days seawater exposure.

Accelerated Light and Weather Resistance

No pronounced deterioration of legibility after 400-hr carbon arc weatherometer exposure. (≈ 20+ year outdoor life)

Accelerated Oxygen Aging

No discoloration or fading after 96-hr/300 psi/ 70°C oxygen bomb aging

Accelerated Light and Weather Resistance

No pronounced deterioration of legibility after 400-hr carbon arc weatherometer exposure. (≈ 20+ year outdoor life)

Cleaning Resistance

No deleterious effects when tested with alkaline cleaners (MILC- 87937 or equivalent) for aircraft surfaces.

Low Temperature Resistance

No deleterious effect or image fade after 1 hour at -50°F. No impairment of legibility upon exposure at -67°F.

Organic Solvent Resistance

No softening, staining or noticeable fade after 24-hr exposure to:

JP-4 fuel, Gasoline, Mineral Spirits, Methyl Ethyl Ketone, Turpentine, Turbine & Jet Fuel, Kerosene, Xylol, Acetone, Toluol, Heptane, Trichlorethylene, MIL-H-5606 Hydraulic Fluid and MIL-L-7808 Jet Engine Oil.

Fungus Resistance

Visual reading of “0” per ASTM-G21.

Thermal Shock

No deterioration after 3 cycles between -65°C and 125°C

Moisture Resistance

No deterioration after 10 humidity cycles per MIL-STD-202, method 106.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SPECIFICATION APPROVALS INCLUDE:

MIL-A-8625F Amendment 1, MIL-P-6906B, MIL-DTL-15024F, A-A-50271 Class 2-Composition C,
MIL-STD-130, MIL-A-8625F, MIL-DTL-19834C, MIL-STD-13231, MIL-P-514D, MIL-PRF-61002, NSA-2B

INDEPENDENT
SPECIFICATIONS

ORGANIZATION

ASTM B209-10

ASTM Standard Practices

Technical Paper Series 2000-01-2437

No deterioration after 3 cycles between -65°C and 125°C

Standard UL 969

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

EC 1907/2006

European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

CARDIVNSWC-TR-62-00-05

Dept. of Navy

RoHS Certification

EC Directive on Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)

CSA Approval Doc. 1 | Doc. 2

Canadian Standard Association (CSA)

AAMI/CDV-1 ST79:2010/A2.06

Pacific Biolabs

UL PGGU2

Underwriters Laboratories (UL)

IUID Environmental Survivability Testing Report

US Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC), Corona Division

A-A-50271 (~MIL-P-514D)

Detroit Testing Laboratory

INDEPENDENT
SPECIFICATIONS

ORGANIZATION

BMS-26J

Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company

BAC5875

Boeing Commercial Aircraft Company

Memorandum A3-J024-M-9501786, Laboratory Case 161311

Honeywell, Inc. Satellite Systems Operations

LMA-PN010

Lockheed Martin

GA105G

Northrop Grumman

SS9048-R08

Sikorski

LGMS 3001

BF Goodrich

SMT0022

BF Goodrich

CMS6800

UTC Aerospace Systems/Hamilton Sundstrand