Placard
Sprinkler riser identification placard
Identifies the area served, the control valve, and the design basis at the riser. Permanent, because a responder reads it under pressure.
Quantity breaks
| Quantity | Per unit | Order total |
|---|---|---|
| 25 | $15.08 | $377.00 |
| 50 | $13.40 | $670.00 |
| 100 | $12.06 | $1206.00 |
| 250 | $11.17 | $2792.50 |
Breaks apply automatically at checkout. Ordering 1,200 gets the 1,000 break on all 1,200 units, not the 500 break.
Order
$377.00 $15.08 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 | PLC-RISER-ALU |
|---|---|
| Substrate | Anodised aluminium |
| Size | 7in x 5in |
| Serialized | Yes, every unit carries a unique scannable code |
| Minimum order | 25 units |
| Fits | Sprinkler risers |
| Governing standards | NFPA 25 |
What this is for
Mounted at the riser and read by someone who has just arrived at an alarm. Area served, control valve location, and design basis. Anodised aluminium because this is a permanent installation identifier, not a service record - it should still be right long after the tags around it have been replaced.
In service
Mounted at the riser, in a stairwell or a dedicated room, read by a firefighter who has never been in the building before. Aluminium is specified because this placard has to survive the life of the system without maintenance.
How it fails
Riser placards go stale silently. A system extended into a new wing keeps its original coverage description, and the responding crew acts on information that was true when the placard was made.
Who fills it in
Nobody in the field. Coverage area and design criteria are engraved from the hydraulic calculation, which is also why a system modification means a new placard rather than an annotation.
Common questions
How long does anodised aluminium last on sprinkler riser?
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 sprinkler riser 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 PLC-RISER-ALU cost at my volume?
$15.08 per unit at 25, falling to $11.17 at 250 - 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 25 units and the top break is 250. Per unit that is a 1.4 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 PLC-RISER-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 PLC-RISER-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 placard 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.