Finishing Specifications
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METAL NAMEPLATE FINISHING OPTIONS:
- Embossing: Melrose can provide decoratively embossed aluminum nameplates. .020 is the typical thickness. Embossing is usually combined with attractive screen printing and/or aluminum anodize finish options (e.g., reflective, brushed, tinted, fully or colored)
- Mounting Holes: Metal nameplates greater than .020 in thickness (aluminum) and thinner if stainless or brass are used are typically supplied with mounting holes.
- Adhesive: Adhesive may be ordered on nameplates of any thickness. For plates thinner than .005 we typically specify a .002 (3M 9502 or 467MP) permanent acrylic adhesive. For plates between .010 and .063 or when applied to textured surfaces we generally suggest a .005 adhesive (3M 468MP or 3M9505). And for heavily textured surfaces, we offer foam adhesive backings of .025 in thickness.
The adhesives reflected above presume that the surface be applied to is high surface energy (e.g, most metals, engineered plastics, and paints) Some surfaces are low surface energy (e.g., uncrosslinked plastics, some powder coats), and require adhesives with a different chemistry. Melrose stocks these adhesives as well.
- Corners: Metal nameplates can be supplied with square or radius corners at an increase in cost.
- Specially shaped nameplates can be fabricated using class 1 hard tooling or with laser or waterjet cutting methods.
- Serializing: Metal nameplates can be provided with debossed sequential numbering. Available serializing heights are 1/8, 3/16, and 1/4
- Masking: All metal nameplates thicker than .020 are supplied with a removable protective film masking.
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