Metal Vineyard Tags: Anodized Aluminium

Metal vineyard tags made at CNCROi.com can be produced in any quantity using any spec you desire, though there are some limitations when it comes to extremely small amounts – in those cases, we have stock of overruns in the shop that may better suit budgets and timelines.

For this specific run of custom metal vineyard tags, only 9 units total were required, as such, going into custom fabrication for such a small quantity IS possible but it would also be very expensive, thus, overruns were perfect.

Laser etching or ablation of the top surface of the anodized aluminium custom metal vineyard tags creates a permanent marking, unlike inks, this will not fade over time, crack or peel in the heat of the summer or the cold of the winter.

As such, our custom metal vineyard tags made by CNCROi.com are weather proof, unlike just about any other material, short of other metals, when it comes to labeling your vineyard or orchard with location plaques.

Any mix of graphics, QR codes or whatever else you can imagine can be laser engraved onto your custom tags, regardless of material.

There are many different ways to produce custom metal vineyard tags, from stamping to cutting (plasma, waterjet, laser) but the technology that CNCROi.com employs to produce them very much depends on the spec of the project at hand, not all cutting technologies are created equal, they all have their optimum area of performance.

Unlike paint, anodizing is at the atomic level, it uses dyes and electricity to bond to the surface of the cleaned aluminium, as such, the resultant coating is incredibly durable, super thin and ultra light as unlike paint, it measures microns in thickness.

The precision of CNCROi.com‘s laser is within nanometers, as such, everything can be passed over multiple times (if needed) and still hit the same spots, for this project, only one pass of our CO2 laser source was required to do the permanent marking on the custom metal vineyard tags.

The tags for this specific project were actually from this one in the video below.

Of course, if you wanted these custom metal vineyard tags made out of stainless steel, hard or softwood, solid surface Corian, titanium or even a lamacoid, CNCROi.com can do this for you and ship it right to your door.

I could have done this entire job in one shot but I prefer to split-up projects just in case I overlooked something in the production schedule, I prefer to be cautious than produce scrap at CNCROi.com.

The fine dust you see over the custom metal vineyard tags after production is actually vaporized anodize particles and some aluminium thrown-in for good measure, CNCROi.com is throwing a lot of energy into the surface of the tags, this is the result.

Whether you want a bright or dull color, or multiple colors for your vineyard or orchard, CNCROi.com can produce them and customize them however you want.

The backing I have on the tags during production is just some MDF, I’ve used this material for a wide variety of projects at the shop, this is just one more use for this very versatile material.

When it comes to lasering the surface of the custom metal vineyard tags, unlike a router doing the same, the etching is only on the very top surface of the material, and aluminium doesn’t hold-onto any heat either, so there is no material warping, thus, we are able to work on very thin stock without production issues as we’d have with other materials including metals.

CNCROi.com has years of experience cutting and branding anodized aluminium, it’s like any other material, if it makes sense for the given project, it’s the first choice given the parameters of the project at hand.

Laser engraving is a permanent process, it’s also a very fine process, so even highly detailed logos and other items come out all sharp.

The sizes of these custom metal vineyard tags was 3″ x 4″, with the anodizing being a dark purple / blue in color, the etching, as always, is an off-white.

When it comes to your options for color, it depends on the volumes required, the etching is always the same color, an off white, but the anodizing can be anything but do keep in mind, that anodizing by it’s very process, has some variations in the color, so unlike print, there can be some slight variation in shade and there is NO color matching possible.

You can see how this little production run is complete, how great and sharp everything looks, the customer will just nail this to the posts in their vineyard, the numbers will be clearly legible for years to come on the custom metal vineyard tags.

Need custom tags made and shipped right to your door? Contact CNCROi.com right now!