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Weidmuller and Specialty Control Systems offer a wide variety of marking tags for your terminal block and rail assemblies. Unfortunately, understanding all of these options can be quite a challenge! In this video, we will look at the most common terminal block marking solutions.
The most popular solution is the DEK pre-printed marking tag. Many print configurations are available in 5mm, 6mm, and 6.5mm widths. A few pre-printed cards are available in 8mm width. Pre-printed cards are available in both vertical and horizontal orientation.
Vertical orientation means that the DIN mounting rail is installed vertically and Horizontal means that the mounting rail is installed horizontally. Notice how the printing on the marking tags must change to match the rail orientation.
Generally, the tag width will be chosen to match the width of the terminal block. For example, a WDU 2.5 is 5 mm thick. So, a DEK 5, 5mm tag will permit the marking of a sequence of WDU 2.5 blocks in strips. Similarly, a WDU 4 is 6mm so a DEK 6 would be used. A marking tag that is too large for the terminal block will hang over the edge. A tag that is too small may move around and result in a non-uniform appearance.
The two most common configurations for the DEK marking tags is
A card of 50 consecutive numbers (for example 1-50, 51-100, etc)
Or a card containing 5 strips of 10 consecutive numbers (for example 5 strips of 1 thru 10 or 5 strips of 11 through 20, etc)
If standard sequential numbering does not meet your project requirements, SCS can supply custom printed marking tags.
Custom printing is offered on 5mm, 6mm, 6.5mm, and 8mm DEK tags in the Multi-card format. This format allows the printing of 3 characters in vertical orientation for all sizes, 3 characters in horizontal orientation for 5mm and 6mm sizes, and 4 characters in horizontal orientation for 6.5 and 8mm sizes.
The 5mm and 6mm DEK multi-card format is 200 tags per card, the 6.5mm format is 180 tags per card, and the 8mm format is 160 tags per card.
What if you need more than 3 characters on your marking tags? Glad you asked!
The WS-Series multi-card marking tags (available in 5mm, 6mm and 6.5mm widths) are larger and provide the addition space needed for your project’s advanced marking requirements.
The smallest tag, the WS 8/5 will accept 5 characters in vertical orientation. The larger tag, the WS 12/6.5, will accept 7 characters in vertical orientation. In horizontal orientation, the tags will accept 2 or more lines of 3 characters.
The WS-Series multi-card marking tags are not installed in strips but rather individually.
The terminal block marking requirements on your next project can easily be met with standard print DEK or custom print multi-cards from Specialty Control Systems.
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