New Cognex Dataman 8000 Series

Posted by David on August 31, 2010 · View Comments 

For quite a while, Cognex has made one of the best high end barcode scanners, the Dataman 7000. We have sold a bunch of them, especially the version that can be used to verify UID marks. Well, everything changes and the 7000 is about to be replaced by the new Dataman 8000 series. While a lot [...]

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Intermec SR61 Scanner Review

Posted by David on August 25, 2010 · View Comments 

Intermec SR61 Hands-on Review When it comes to barcode scanners, I’d be the first to admit that I usually turn to Symbol. Whether the low cost laser scanners for linear barcodes or cordless scanners, I’ve always found the Symbol products to be really nicely thought out – and basically just work. Anyway, just for a [...]

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GS1 – The Value Chain

Posted by David on August 16, 2010 · View Comments 

GS1 is the organisation responsible for many of the standards that make supply chains work. If you are here in the US, you probably still think of GS1 as the UCC – the group that set up the UPC barcode standard many years ago. To enable tracking and traceability, there are two important parts – [...]

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New Marathon Tablet from LXE

Posted by David on August 13, 2010 · View Comments 

A few months ago I was shown some pictures of the beta version of what has become the LXE Marathon. At the time I thought it was rather interesting, but I wasn’t able to see how it would be something our customers would need. Well, the product has now been officially announced and here’s a [...]

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New Cognex UID Verifier

Posted by David on August 11, 2010 · View Comments 

Let’s face it, there isn’t a huge amount of choice when looking to purchase a UID Verifier. I’ve always liked the handheld UID Verifier made by our friends at Cognex, but not the desktop version – I’ve tended to stick with the RVSI/Siemens/Microscan verifier for most of our labeling jobs. To bring the verifier line [...]

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Labels for Tough Rough Jobs

Posted by David on August 11, 2010 · View Comments 

Some applications are just tough for labels. For example, some of our customers manufacture metal castings for all kinds of industries. Whether to meet their customer’s mandates or for inventory control there is often a need to fix barcode or other ID labels to the castings. The problem is that most labels and their adhesives [...]

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Resources for DoD Labeling

Posted by David on August 2, 2010 · View Comments 

Here at Winco ID, we’ve been helping clients get into compliance with the labeling mandates from DoD for a number of years. If you find that you have to comply with MIL-STD-129 or 130, we have several ways to get your questions answered and to help you get into compliance. Here are some of them: [...]

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Intermec 3240 Hands-on Review

Posted by David on July 30, 2010 · View Comments 

Intermec 3240 – the retro label printer The Intermec website says: “ In addition to printing on small or oddly shaped labels, the 3240 is perfect for printing on a variety of substrates that are difficult to print on, such as Kapton or ultra-smooth polyesters and synthetics” Since we produce and print a lot of [...]

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UID Labeling – avoiding simple mistakes

Posted by David on July 21, 2010 · View Comments 

We’ve been helping DoD contractors (and their sub-contractors) get into MIL-STD-130 compliance for a few years now and have 100’s of customers for whom we’ve either provided printing systems or verified labels. When you consider that the UID mandate was launched in 1996, you might be surprised to learn that a lot of companies – [...]

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Polyonics’ New Flame Retardant Label Material

Posted by David on July 12, 2010 · View Comments 

Using flame retardant materials has been common in some industries, such as the aviation business for a long time. Recent cases in the electronics industry, where some consumer devices have overheated and caught fire, shows how important the use of flame retardant materials is in this industry as well. This makes the introduction of the [...]

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