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Knowledge base

Short guides to our products: which standards apply, what to choose and how to supply your details.

Guides

Red round 2025 inspection sticker on a hook block on the deck of a supply vessel.

Which inspection sticker do I need?

Approved, rejected or next inspection date: how to choose the right inspection sticker for electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire extinguishers and VCA equipment.

Green pointed pipe marker reading Koelwater on a pipe in a pipe rack.

NEN 3050: colours for pipes

Water green, steam grey, gas yellow, air blue: an overview of the NEN 3050 colours for pipe markers, and the difference from ISO 20560 for acids.

Green emergency exit sign with ISO 7010 pictogram E002 above a watertight door on an offshore platform.

ISO 7010 sign or sticker: sizes and materials

Sticker or aluminium sign, 100, 200 or 300 mm: how to choose the right ISO 7010 safety pictogram for indoors, outdoors and on machines.

A container terminal at dusk: ship-to-shore cranes over a container ship, a worker in hi-vis on the wet quay.

What is on a CSC plate?

CSC Safety Approval, date of manufacture, maximum gross mass, stacking load: what must be on the CSC data plate of a container, and how to supply the details.

A technician on a work platform applying container number DBOU 249003 8 and size & type code 22G1 to a container door at a terminal.

Container number and check digit (ISO 6346)

Owner code, serial number and check digit: what each part of a container number means, how to calculate the check digit and what the size & type code is.

Refinery at sunrise with distillation columns and pipe racks, a technician in a hard hat on a walkway.

The orange ADR plate: what do the Kemler numbers mean?

What is on the orange plate of a tanker? An explanation of the hazard identification number (Kemler number) and the UN number, with examples such as 33 / 1203 for petrol.

A gloved hand with a squeegee applying white reflective contour marking tape along the lower edge of a white trailer.

Contour marking for trucks and trailers (ECE 104)

Which vehicles need contour marking, what is the difference between contour and line marking, which colours are allowed and when do you choose Rigid or Curtain?

Digital proof of engraved plates on a monitor, a hand pointing with a pen.

Supplying files for engraving and stickers

Which files you can supply, why a vector file is preferred and what you need for numbering: how your logo or drawing ends up right on a plate or sticker.

An operator at a fiber laser marking a batch of stainless steel tags, with trays of tags on a rack beside it.

What must be on the type plate of a machine?

The minimum details on a type plate under the Machinery Directive, what changes with the Machinery Regulation, and which type plates we make.

A small engraving workshop with a fiber laser, an operator seen from behind and racks of sheet material.

Which material for your engraving?

Stainless steel, aluminium, brass, copper or engraving laminate: what to look for when choosing a material for an engraved plate, indoors or outdoors.

Cut film being applied from transfer tape to a white van.

Applying stickers properly

Clean, dry and free of grease, from +10 °C: how to apply pipe markers and container decals properly, with the values from the film datasheet.

Red, yellow and blue pull-tight seals on the handwheels of three valves at a tank terminal.

Container seals: bolt, cable or pull tight?

What is the difference between bolt seals, cable seals and pull tight seals, when do you choose which, and what does ISO 17712 (I, S and H) mean?

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