Engraved nameplate
Valve and equipment tag, anodised aluminium
Photo anodised, not printed. Survives outdoor and chemical exposure for the life of the asset.
Quantity breaks
| Quantity | Per unit | Order total |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | $1.70 | $170.00 |
| 250 | $1.51 | $377.50 |
| 500 | $1.36 | $680.00 |
| 1,000 | $1.26 | $1260.00 |
Breaks apply automatically at checkout. Ordering 1,200 gets the 1,000 break on all 1,200 units, not the 500 break.
Order
$170.00 $1.70 per unit
You will set your company name, licence line, and technician fields on the next step, and see a print accurate proof before paying.
Specification
| SKU | NPL-VALVE-ALU |
|---|---|
| Substrate | Anodised aluminium |
| Size | 2in x 1in |
| Serialized | Yes, every unit carries a unique scannable code |
| Minimum order | 100 units |
| Fits | Pipe runs |
| Governing standards | ASME A13.1 |
What this is for
Photo anodised, so the legend is inside the metal rather than printed on it. For valves that will still be there in fifteen years and will see chemical wash down in between. Two lines: tag number and service. Wire or bead chain rather than adhesive, because a valve body is rarely a flat surface.
In service
Wired or chained to the valve handwheel, outdoors or in a pit. Anodised aluminium is chosen because the tag hangs in contact with the valve body and dissimilar metals in a wet pit will corrode each other.
How it fails
The tag outlasts the wire. Plain steel wire rusts through in a year outdoors and the tag is at the bottom of the pit, which is functionally the same as never having tagged the valve. Stainless wire costs pennies more.
Who fills it in
Engraved at production with the valve number and normal position. Field marking is limited to the position tag that hangs alongside it.
Common questions
How long does anodised aluminium last on pipe run?
Photo anodised rather than printed, so the legend is inside the metal and lasts the life of the asset. The most expensive option here and the longest to produce. Wrong for anything replaced annually, where you pay for durability you then throw away. For pipe run specifically, the question to ask is where the units actually sit: the same stock behaves very differently in a conditioned corridor and in an unconditioned plant room.
What does NPL-VALVE-ALU cost at my volume?
$1.70 per unit at 100, falling to $1.26 at 1,000 - about 26 percent less per unit at the top break. The full table is on this page and there is no quote step. The entry break is 100 units and the top break is 1,000. Per unit that is a 1.3 times difference, which is worth doing the arithmetic on rather than guessing: take your annual device count, add what you expect to add this year, add about ten percent for spoilage and re-tags, and order to the break that number crosses. Buying past it is buying storage rather than savings, and stock held for years is stock that outlives a licence renewal or a change of address.
How fast will NPL-VALVE-ALU ship?
Production runs five to six business days plus transit. Engraving and anodising are physical processes with their own queue, and they are genuinely slower than printing - a supplier promising this in two days is either holding stock or not doing what they say. You approve a print accurate proof before payment is taken, and that proof comes from the same engine that generates the file the press receives, so what you approve is what gets printed. There is no separate proofing round trip by email.
Do I have to use the serialization on NPL-VALVE-ALU?
Each unit prints with a unique code and a QR. The first scan binds it to a device and a location; every scan after that opens the inspection form for that device type and writes a permanent record. The building owner and the authority having jurisdiction can scan the same code and read the history without an account or a phone call. If you never scan anything, the engraved nameplate still works as an ordinary one, so nothing is lost by ignoring the feature.
Proof approval, reprints and what happens if an order arrives wrong are the same for every product: how ordering works.