Blue Branding Tags: Grey in Anodized Aluminium

Today we’ll laser engrave grey onto blue branding tags made out of anodized aluminium in a custom shape.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS2jtPJV9WE/

After we had these custom 0.02″ thick blue anodized aluminium tags fabricated to the customer’s specifications, CNCROi.com was ready to fiber etch them, instead of an off-white, into an grey which is a very non-typical color.

While etching anodized aluminium is generally an off-white but a grey is possible by adjusting the frequency but unlike the off-white color, this is VERY FINIKY to get right and only good for very small areas such as these tags.

If the focal point is adjusted even slightly, the result is either no fiber etching or an off-white result, so it’s an in between possibility that isn’t very easy to achieve.

If you are wondering what raw aluminium looks like, here’s a video showing you just that result.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo2eFeSqLF4/

To save time on these custom anodized aluminium blue branding tags, I did two of them at a time using our galvo system, although we could technically achieve this with our gantry system as well, the larger surface area is problematic when it comes to grey etching.

Our galvo is a very fast fiber laser source, like any other CNC machine in our shop, it has it’s optimal use application, it doesn’t suit ALL applications, anymore than our plasma, router, waterjet etc… at CNCROi.com.

For these custom anodized aluminium blue branding tags, we were doing over a hundred of them at CNCROi.com, you can see how the galvo fiber laser dances on the tag producing the desired result.

Don’t let the little surface explosions on the custom anodized aluminium blue branding tags fool you, the fiber laser doing this work might be fast but it’s also incredibly hot and powerful – it would burn you in a split second if your hand was underneath the laser beam.

Of course, CNCROi.com can also do deep etching in hard metals such as stainless steel and other types as well.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWeM9-VUOII/

There are of course fumes generated during the etching process and vaporized anodizing as well, so a strong extraction system like what CNCROi.com has is a must.

I’ve grown quite fond of CNCROi.com‘s galvo laser, there are just so many applications, plastic to metal, where the limitations of the machine are well within the requirements of jobs that I do at the shop.

When it comes to your design options with CNCROi.com, they are limitless, any shape or design profile you want for your anodized aluminium tag, including color, can be made and etched… and shipped right to your door!

When it comes to stainless steel alternatives, the options are just as endless as their anodized counterparts, minus the color.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1A_kP3iW0g/

Additionally, CNCROi.com can also provide the same services using stainless steel, titanium, plastics and even woods or rubber.

When it comes to the font and images that are etched onto the custom anodized aluminium blue branding tags, they are limitless, any mix of vector graphics and fonts works totally fine, as we aren’t cutting though it (unless you wanted us to).

The bright light you see during the production of these custom anodized aluminium blue branding tags isn’t the fiber laser, that is completely invisible, what you are seeing is the result of the heat generated by the laser onto the anodized tag.

We’ve been making custom anodized tags almost since our inception almost a decade ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOS2aV7GkYQ/

Laser engraving and cutting anodized aluminium is a straight-forward and repeatable with incredible accuracy, so whether you need a dozen or thousands of custom anodized aluminium blue branding tags, they can all be identical to spec first to last.

You can also have the holes or the size and shape of the tag customized across the entire production run, so you can have, for instance a few hundred of one design then a few more of another design, and still have it counted as “volume” for pricing by CNCROi.com, cut and etched at the same time.

Symmetry in the design isn’t needed, so if you wanted similar tags such as these but with two holes, same or different diameters, in different areas, that’s no problem.

Regardless of the anodized aluminium tag spec, CNCROi.com can fabricate it and ship it right to your door.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMi64nGRCBQ/

As this production run slowly comes to an end, you can see how fantastic the etching is and unlike any other “printing” method, this is completely permanent, it will not peel, crack or fade over time.

Although the pictures auto-correct to a lighter color, these custom blue branding tags are very much grey in color.

Looking at the tags at various angles, you can start to appreciate the sharpness and quality of the results of this custom blue branding tags project done at CNCROi.com.

Need custom tags? Contact CNCROi.com right now!

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