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High heat resistant PEEK label

The label utilises heat resistant acrylic adhesive with Victrex's APTIV film as the substrate. The label is capable of adhering to a wide range of surfaces such as steel, ceramics and glass and is printed using the MX-V1000, a high resolution laser marker made by Omron Corporation. A variety of label colours and thicknesses are available including standard 50 micron and thin 25 micron label stock.

Laser marking requires no ink to make an almost indelible high resolution mark so the process can be used in a wide range of printing applications, such as barcodes, logos and QR codes. Commonly used polymer labels such as those based on PET films are not suitable for high resolution laser printing because they have warpage problems and poor print quality caused by the high heat of the laser unlike the APTIV film laser marking label, says the company.