A Little QC Goes a Long Way
Improved quality control creates less waste which, in turn, ends up saving converters money in the long run.
Money saved
One goal of every converter is to reduce the amount of waste produced during a print run. In the case of RFID label printing, strap and chip placement is critical.
“The chip is the most expensive component on a smart label,” says Golter. “With UHF transponders costing approximately $0.08, the rest of the components used to complete the smart label—facestock, adhesive, and liner—along with the overhead and machine ROI add approximately another $0.08 to the label, based on a 4˝ x 6˝ label. When the smart label is defective, at today’s yields of 98 percent, the converter is faced with a loss of $0.32 per $15.68 of salable product.”
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