Prototyping Insights & Industry Tips
At Marking Systems, we’re more than just a supplier; we’re your partner in innovation. We offer a vast array of cutting-edge keypad and membrane switch technologies, empowering you to create user interfaces that are both functional and exceptional. Whether you’re in the initial stages of design or have a fully developed concept, our team of…
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Challenge: Motorola Solutions, a leader in mission-critical communication, needed a solution for their license plate recognition (LPR) cameras used by law enforcement. Standard lens covers blocked infrared light at night, hindering the camera’s ability to read plates. The challenge was to create a cover that allowed over 93% infrared light transmission. Difficulties: Existing lens covers…
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The Best Product Label Ideas are the Simplest Product Label ideas! Check it Out! Use part number tabs… Reduce mistakes and improve efficiency and traceability by adding a part number tab on all your product labels, overlays, and nameplates (when possible). This simple idea can save you time, money, and headaches! Bar code your labels…
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Is your industry moving faster and faster every day? New product roll-outs, product updates, and competition make rapid product label prototyping critical these days. Let Marking Systems help you quickly turn complex label designs into high-quality polycarbonate product label overlays and nameplates. We build the prototypes fast and exact! We will use the correct material,…
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Want help upgrading the look of your product label overlays or nameplates? Check out this digitally printed overlay. You are no longer stuck always using solid colors. Expand your horizons using MSI’s digital label printing services. On this overlay, the customer used a very light gradient to take the background color from a light blue/lavender…
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This month’s featured rapid prototype is a .25″ thick acrylic nameplate. Our customer was in a major bind. They had been using a .144″ thick etched and filled metal nameplates that are no longer available from the manufacturer. Marking Systems was able to come up with four cost-effective alternatives and deliver the nameplates in under…
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Scope of the project: Our customer was looking for a backlit nameplate with a brushed metallic look and finish. As we worked on the project, light leakage became an issue that needed to be overcome. This month’s rapid prototype solves a light leakage problem for backlit nameplates and overlays. The nameplate is backlit and, as…
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Scope of the Project: Design and update a nameplate that can be applied straight every time. Step 1: Find the “new look” for the Ice-O-Matic nameplate. Marking Systems provides you with multiple versions (no extra cost) and production-quality prototypes to save you time and money. Our R&D experts can produce innovative concepts you may not…
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Scope of the Project: Our customer had 10,000 EPIRB (Electronic Position Indicating Radio Beacon) units that were made without blue rubber grips…
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Marking Systems and Marking Systems Die Cut teamed up with Frozen Beverage Dispensers (FBD) for an afternoon Lunch & Learn at their beautiful facility in San Antonio. They ate. We talked…
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