A cable tray system is used to support insulated electrical cables within a building.   Power comes in from the electric utility on either a cable tray or some other raceway. According to the 2011 National Electrical Code, it is imperative to label the cable tray with the wording “Service Entrance Conductors”. Cable trays containing conductors… Read more »

Looking for ease, efficiency, and economy in high volume heat shrink tube labeling and cable identification?   The Impact, Inc. AWMS 245 Plus desktop label printer is the ideal platform for heat shrink tube labels,  cable tags, self laminating markers, and die cut labels. It’s a printer that provides production label printing at a low cost.     It’s a… Read more »

Our Guide for Labeling in the Telecommunications Industry is now available for download. It’s a simple and useful one-page guide with telecom labeling tips and industry standards references.     The purpose of this guide is not to discuss the standard, but to educate the installer of labeling in compliance with the standard.   Compliance… Read more »

The Epson industrial portable printer has done it again.     Hot on the heels of media coverage as the most innovative label printer in its class, comes more recognition of its design and quality. Here is the press release courtesy of K-Sun/Epson:   – TOKYO, Japan, February 29, 2016 – Epson’s product design has… Read more »

Heat shrink tubing is a remarkable material. It’s such a common and important part of industrial electrical identification that it’s easy to take it for granted. Let’s explore, in simple terms, how they put the “shrink” in shrink tube labeling.     Most shrink tube is made from polyolefin, a material that moulds into tube… Read more »