Office suppliers have readymade customers for engraving. Service and retail industries have millions of employees and every employee with customer contact needs a recognition badge or a nameplate on their door/desk.
Outside of the service industries business always need signs to suit their needs and in today’s changing climate they are just as likely to diversify into other areas of opportunity which requires some signage to advertise.
Engraving offers a distinct advantage over other methods of manufacture, by physically cutting into the badge the engraved mark is indelible and consequently resistant to wear. Engraving too has a higher perceived value than printing, a printed badge or sign doesn’t communicate the same feeling of quality when compared to an engraved alternative (and long may it continue).
Badges and signs can easily produced in engraving laminate in traditional rectangular form or cut to custom shaped designs by the engraving machine.
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 Materials
Engraved badges are manufactured from engraving laminate, Satin material will outlast Micro Matt due to the thicker capped top surface of plastic rather than foiled Micro’s. Coating the badge with Accudome (resin) makes the badges more durable and accentuates the finish. Engraving laminate can be readily cut to any size or shape. Sublimated badges
Many awards and gifts can be engraved directly with no need to engrave and affix a plate. Volume trophy orders are better engraved using a batch production method called “badging” where the  plate layout is copied and engraved many times over on a cut to size piece of trophy aluminium. The badge feature allows different text to be engraved on each plate (or part thereof). |
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Machine
 The right machine for you will be dictated by volume. The Wizzard 6 will suit business start ups especially with the option to trade in the machine for its original purchase value within 12 months against a larger Suregrave machine. The bigger Wizzard 12 & Wizzard 16 offer increased speed and production but volume suppliers of badges will choose either the 2516i or 4824i system machines due to high productivity and expansive work area. A Co2 laser engraver is also an option for it’s  ability to reproduce photographic images, detailed text and also because of its ability to engrave and cut in a single cycle. |
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Machine Options
 To produce quality labels time and time again we utilise a depth setting device called a nose-cone and a Swarf extraction system. The Wizzard 6 is fitted with a vice unit as cutting multiple badges form a sheet of material is the fastest and most profitable method but if buying your badges pre-cut a centre opening vice is recommended for work holding. |
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Workshop equipment
To take advantage of the badge function for volume you will require a Varga Saw to cut a full sheet down to the machine bed size and then to cut the engraved plates. Corners can be rounded using the corner rounder unit and a durable and glossy resin finish can be added with Acudome. Software
 Surelab Lite will provide the basics for text import and engrave but engravers wanting to Scan and Vectorise logos or produce Braille signs should choose SureLab Pro. SureLab is also available in a laser output only module SureLab PhotoLaser+ which includes a host of special features for laser technology.. |
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