Year
1989
Abstract
With the advent of automated photographic badge making systems and automated access control systems, the need for new badge making strategies has become evident. In order to determine the suitability of the polyester/ polyethylene badge packet for application to both the currently widely used Polaroid (TM) photographic process and the emerging automated photographic badge making process, Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) procured samples of this type of badge packet from four different suppliers and evaluated them. The evaluation packet was designed to accommodate cither process as well as an automated access control .system (In this case, a system based on n:agr.p.tic stripe technology). The evaluation consisted of environmental, mechanical, chemical, and magnetic tests to determine reliability and durability. These tests included a flex test at - 20°F, 76°F, and 125°F; a washing machine test; a magnetic stripe wear test; an outdoor test; and a high magnetic field exposure test. These tests were designed to simulate conditions the badge might encounter during normal use.