PicAnneal® Tag is built for rod and wire processors that need one durable tag to track material through both pickling and annealing.

• Designed for pickling and annealing metal rods and wires
• Stainless steel substrate with laser-markable coating
• Built for descaling acid baths and extended annealing cycles
• Designed to withstand pickling with sulfuric or hydrochloric acid
• Heat resistance up to 1,800°F / 982°C for 2 hours
• Can withstand 1,700°F / 926°C for up to 48 hours
• Supports readable text, graphics, and 1D or 2D barcodes
• Pickle and anneal with one tag for the whole process.
• Once-and-done identification helps reduce handling and downstream errors.

PicAnneal® Tag is designed for operations where one process is not the end of the identification challenge. In rod and wire processing, material may need to survive acid pickling, descaling, heat exposure, extended annealing cycles, staging, and shipment.

Ordinary labels may fail during the first harsh step. PicAnneal® Tag is designed to help identification remain intact through both pickling and annealing, giving teams a single durable tagging solution for a demanding workflow.

Built for Descaling Acid Baths and Extended Annealing Cycles

Pickling and annealing create two very different challenges for product identification. Acid baths can damage or remove standard labels, while extended heat cycles can destroy tags that are not designed for high-temperature exposure.

PicAnneal® Tag is built for both. It helps teams identify material before processing and maintain readable identification after descaling acid baths and annealing. That makes it a strong choice for processors that want to reduce re-identification between steps.

Why Traceability Matters Across the Whole Process

Traceability becomes more valuable when material moves through multiple harsh process stages. If identification fails between pickling and annealing, teams may lose the connection between the work piece and the job, heat, order, specification, or downstream destination.

PicAnneal® Tag helps keep that connection in place. By supporting readable text, serialized data, and barcodes through the process, it helps teams reduce manual sorting, avoid mix-ups, and keep production data tied to the physical material.

Solve Re-Tagging Between Pickling and Annealing

If your team has to tag before pickling, re-tag after pickling, and verify again after annealing, your process is carrying unnecessary labor and risk. Every extra identification step adds handling, slows production, and creates another opportunity for error.

PicAnneal® Tag helps solve that issue with once-and-done identification for pickling and annealing. Instead of treating each process as a separate traceability problem, your team can use one tag designed to stay with the material through the full workflow.

The Right Tag for Rod and Wire Processors

PicAnneal® Tag is ideal for rod mills, wire mills, wire processing plants, fabricators, anodizers, and metals service providers that need durable ID tags through pickling and annealing. It is especially useful when material is exposed to acid, abrasion, UV, and extended high-temperature cycles.

For teams searching for annealing tags, pickling and annealing tags, rod mill tags, wire mill tags, high-temperature barcode tags, acid-resistant metal tags, or durable tags for metal processing, PicAnneal® Tag provides a strong process-specific solution.