{"id":63024,"date":"2022-06-03T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=63024"},"modified":"2022-05-30T17:00:19","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T15:00:19","slug":"robos-tactile-labels-screen-printing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/robos-taktile-etiketten-siebdruck\/","title":{"rendered":"Create tactile labels with screen printing"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A comparatively inexpensive way to create raised, legible or decorative elements is to produce tactile labels using the screen printing process. If all technical specifications and empirical values are taken into account in their design and manufacture, these labels can be used functionally and can add tangible and visible value to any product.<\/strong><\/p>

There are an estimated 1.1 billion people with visual impairments worldwide. Of these, around 43 million are blind. Labels with tactile elements enable them to perceive texts in Braille and raised symbols.<\/strong> However, tactile elements can not only be used to convey important content, but also to increase user attention.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Wide range of applications<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tactile elements are needed in many areas. Braille and warning symbols are particularly familiar from the pharmaceutical industry, where they are used to label nasal sprays, eye drops and medication for visually impaired people.<\/strong> However, tactile warning triangles can also be found on cleaning agents, fertilisers and many other products in the chemical industry. In logistics, they are used for labelling hazardous goods, and in plant engineering, Braille can be found on guidance systems, intercoms or lifts and in vending machine construction.<\/strong> The tactile information is also helpful and sometimes indispensable for labelling on buses, trains and ships.<\/p>

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\"Tactile labels protect, inform and decorate.\"<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t
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Haptic elements can also have a decorative function to enhance products and are produced according to the same principle as warning and Braille labels. As a uniform tactile grid of dots, tactile elements can not only look stylish, but also provide more grip<\/strong>, such as on the battery labelling of a well-known power tool manufacturer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Products that are labelled as very toxic, toxic, corrosive, harmful, highly flammable or highly flammable in accordance with Directive 1999\/45\/EC must also be marked with a tactile warning sign in accordance with ISO 11683. The tactile elements can either be printed directly onto the outer packaging or they can be printed onto a self-adhesive, transparent label that is subsequently applied to the finished product.<\/strong> They are highly resistant to contact with chemicals and solvents, exhibit high abrasion resistance and adhere reliably even to problematic substrates, which may be oily, greasy, rough, low-energy, pre-treated or siliconised.<\/p>