Compare the six archived FLEXcon COMPUcal Excel roll- and sheet-form constructions, print methods, liners, test data, and current qualification questions. This resource is for manufacturers evaluating custom nameplates, labels, overlays, or related identification components. Use it to prepare your project questions, then talk with our team about the requirements that apply to your part.
The archived FLEXcon COMPUcal Excel document is a family sheet, not a single-product record. It identifies six codes formed from three polyester face colors and two delivery constructions. It also discusses several printing technologies, two liners, test data, chemical observations, and historical recognition language across three pages.
A useful review starts by decoding the family identity. “COMPUcal Excel” alone does not establish color, roll versus sheet form, adhesive gauge, or liner. The PDF has no explicit issue date, so every selection must be rechecked against current code-specific documentation before use in custom decals or labels.
The supplier lists roll-form codes 20440, 21440, and 22440 and sheet-form codes 20449, 21449, and 22449. The same description presents clear, white, and silver films in that order. A project record should preserve the entire code rather than referring only to “Excel polyester.”
Clear film allows the application background to affect contrast. White film supplies an opaque light-colored field. Silver film introduces a metallic appearance that can show through unprinted areas. Ink opacity, color, barcode contrast, and any intentional no-print zones should be approved on the chosen face.
The codes ending in 40 are the roll products; codes ending in 49 are the sheet products. FLEXcon associates roll form with a 50-pound bleached-kraft release liner and sheet form with a 91-pound layflat liner. A roll-label workflow and a sheet-printing workflow impose different feed, sensing, orientation, cutting, and application requirements.
The family description identifies a 2.0-mil polyester film plus matte topcoat. In the data table, the combined topcoat and film are reported as 2.4 mil, or 61 microns, plus or minus 10%.
These differences matter to converting and dispensing. They also show why a drawing should call out the exact product code rather than treating roll and sheet versions as automatic substitutes.
The supplier lists impact, laser, electron-beam, wax, resin, and wax/resin thermal-transfer printing. It recommends evaluating the intended ribbon and ink under application conditions and specifically calls for fitness-for-use testing when laser printing metallized films.
A current qualification should name the printer, heat or energy settings, ribbon or ink, resolution, speed, artwork, and face color. U.S. Nameplate’s thermal-transfer printing page supplies relevant process context, but it does not confirm compatibility with any archived COMPUcal code.
When a code is considered for asset IDs, serial values, barcodes, or tracking labels, the printed image is only one part of the system. Define data source, field length, character set, numbering ownership, duplicate prevention, human-readable content, and verification method.
Test the smallest expected symbol and the longest expected data string, not just an ideal sample. If scanning is required, evaluate the intended scanner, distance, orientation, curvature, and lighting after application and exposure. Archive printability language does not establish read rates for a customer’s data system.
The PDF lists examples such as materials tracking, bin markings, drum labels, asset tracking, warning labels, part identification, appliance components, healthcare tracking, and office products. Those are FLEXcon’s historical application suggestions. They do not establish that U.S. Nameplate supplied these materials for a named customer or that the stock meets every requirement within those categories.
Start from the actual information job. A warning label, serial plate, and rating plate may all contain controlled data, but their content authority, environment, construction, and acceptance rules can differ.
The document reports average peel values of 55 ounces per inch on stainless steel, 61 on acrylic, 56 on glass, and 35 on polypropylene under a modified ASTM D903 method. It also lists expected shear above 100 hours and tack of 460 grams per square centimeter under the stated tests.
Those values do not prove adhesion to another plastic, coating, texture, or cleaned surface. Roll and sheet versions even carry different reported adhesive gauges. Apply code-specific, converted samples to representative substrates using the planned temperature, pressure, and dwell.
Under the sheet’s five-cycle room-temperature procedure, Windex, isopropyl alcohol, oil, acetic acid, and water are reported with no visual change, accompanied by a footnote indicating slight adhesion loss. Gasoline is associated with edge penetration and moderate adhesion loss. Toluene is associated with edge penetration, severe film deterioration, and slight adhesion loss.
This is not a universal chemical-resistance chart. Fluid formulation, immersion versus wiping, contact time, recovery, ink, topcoat, and substrate can change performance. A current exposure plan should use the real chemical and evaluate the complete printed part.
The supplier reports two years of expected exterior life for the film but separately states that the matte coating turns yellow under sunlight. That distinction matters: a face can remain physically present while its appearance changes in a way that affects readability or brand acceptance.
The same page lists a -40 F to 302 F service-temperature range, 50 F minimum application temperature, and two-year storage stability at 70 F and 50% relative humidity. All of these are undated archive fields, not current warranties or release criteria.
The first page mentions patents, UL recognition under file MH16635 (N), Quick-Ship availability, and a minimum order of 125 MSI. Patents, recognition listings, programs, and commercial terms can change independently from material construction. None should be represented as current without direct verification.
If recognition is mandatory, confirm the current material code, component category, authorized print system, surface, temperature, and end-use conditions. If availability or minimum quantity matters, obtain current commercial confirmation rather than copying the old PDF.
Provide the proposed code, face color, format, finished size, print technology, variable data, substrate, application process, exposures, quantity, roll orientation or sheet layout, packaging, and approval criteria. Identify whether archived properties are merely references or are being proposed as controlled requirements.
Use Quality Standards for company-level context and the request consultation form for the actual project. The six-code archive is most useful when it prevents the family name from standing in for a complete specification.
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