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Printing Maps with Tyvek – What You Need to Know
There’s a good chance you’re surrounded by Tyvek and don’t even know it. This plastic material was originally discovered by a DuPont researcher in 1955 when he noticed a polyethylene fluff coming out of a pipe as a byproduct of another process. It would be 12 more...
Implementing UDI Labeling for Medical Devices
Though it’s been a few years since the the FDA’s Unique Device Identification (UDI) rules came into effect, there remains quite a lot of confusion among medical device manufacturers about exactly how to label products. Back in 2013, when the new rules were first...
Event Wristbands – Which Is The Best One For You
Wristbands are great for a wide variety of purposes. You might be most familiar with them from sports and music events, but they are now being used for a lot of quite unusual purposes – charity fundraising, for instance, or just as fashion accessories. Wristbands can...
A Guide To Printing on Tyvek For Medical Packaging
If you are going to be producing medical packaging using Tyvek, there are a few things to consider. If you are new to this process, you should first and foremost realize that the labeling requirements for sterile packaging, whether on Tyvek or other materials, are...
What is Tyvek? Everything You Need to Know
Tyvek is an amazing material, and even if you are not already using it in your day-to-day work, it is more than likely that you are already familiar with it. The plastic sheets that are used to coverbuildings undergoing construction are almost always composed of...
Laser Printing on Tyvek – Benefits and What You Should Know
There are many misconceptions when it comes to printing on Tyvek material. Talk to some self-appointed “experts”, and they will tell you that printing on Tyvek is very difficult, and that laser printing on the material is all but impossible. Whilst this may have been...
Printing on Tyvek With The Thermaprint 64 and Thermal Transfer
In the majority of these roles, raw Tyvek material needs to be printed. Sometimes, a large logo needs to be printed on a protective sheet. In other cases, packages made of Tyvek need to be individually labeled and sorted. The Thermaprint 64 direct-to-product printing...
Short Guide to Unique Device Identification
The idea of labeling medical devices with a unique identifier has been around for many years, but was only passed into law in the USA in 2007. After a few years of discussion, the final rules regarding the Unique Device Identification system (UDI) were implemented in...
Tyvek Pouches for Medical Applications
Tyvek has been around for more than 40 years now, and in that time has been found useful in a vast variety of roles. It has been used to protect building sites, made into HazMat suits, and even used in fashion design. Tyvek is a registered trademark of Du Pont, who...
How To Use Tyvek for Banner Printing
Tyvek is a truly remarkable material, having been employed in a vast variety of roles over the past 40 years, and prized for its durability and strength. Perhaps one of the most common uses of Tyvek material is banner printing. Having been originally designed for the...