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Labels for Rail technology Marking for the vehicle, the component and the workshop

From the data panel on the wagon body through the component plate to the quarantine tag in the workshop: in rail, a marking has to stay assignable across a long life cycle. We manufacture to your specification and transfer your approved data faithfully into print.

Technician inspecting the underframe of a train unit in the workshop

Labels and printed documents

What gets marked in rail technology

From the wagon body to the individual cable, and the right document for every intervention.

Vehicle and freight wagon marking
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Vehicle and freight wagon marking

Data panels, wagon numbers and operating markings on the wagon body. Which detail belongs in which size at which position is set out in DIN EN 15877-1 and in your vehicle approval. We implement both exactly as you release them.

Component and serial labels
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Component and serial labels

For bogies, brakes, doors, air conditioning and signalling. Serial, batch and revision status in plain text and as a DataMatrix to ISO 28219. We measure code quality to ISO/IEC 15415 and supply the measurement report with it.

Fire safety and warning labels
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Fire safety and warning labels

For interiors, escape routes and technical covers. EN 45545-2 assesses the fire behaviour of a material and component at its installed position, not the printing operation. We process the construction you have approved for your requirement set.

Cable and wire marking
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Cable and wire marking

For wiring looms, control cabinets and connectors. Wrap-around, flag and self-laminating formats, among others. Whether a construction holds on a tight radius depends on the sheath material and the heat, which is why we sample on your cable.

RID marking and dangerous goods papers
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RID marking and dangerous goods papers

Hazard labels, orange-coloured marking and the transport document under RID in its 2025 edition. Classification of the consignment comes from the consignor and we transfer it faithfully from your approved template.

Maintenance records and quarantine tags
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Maintenance records and quarantine tags

Inspection records, vehicle and component travellers, defect and quarantine tags, configuration and acceptance forms. As numbered single sheets, continuous sets, pads or carbonless sets to your template.

Matching products

Products for the rail industry

What we produce for this industry, sorted by product area. Each card leads to the product page with materials and versions.

Technical basis

What we discuss before choosing the material

A material recommendation without the substrate, the installed position, the temperature profile and the cleaning media is guesswork. We clarify these four points with you.

Substrate
  • Painted and powder-coated metal accept adhesive differently from bare aluminium
  • Paint age, roughness and cleaning residue all influence whether a construction holds
  • On a cable sheath the tight radius and plasticisers are added, so we test on your cable
Cleaning and media
  • Wash plant chemistry, graffiti remover and alkaline cleaners are three different cases with different evidence
  • Data sheets document single tests, not sustained exposure over repeated cycles
  • Which medium arrives at which concentration is something we test on the actual construction
Temperature
  • Application and service temperature are two different values and both belong in the specification
  • The values apply per material code, not to an entire material family
  • Solar heating, tunnels, wash plants and heating create cycles whose number comes from your vehicle profile
Outdoor exposure and legibility
  • Weathering needs a defined profile of duration, climate zone and protective laminate
  • We assess vibration and wash brushes against your test profile, not against a buzzword
  • We assess printed codes to ISO/IEC 15415 and 15416 and supply the measurement report with them

Standards and responsibility

What the standard governs and what we supply

The standards in rail address the material, the component and the vehicle. We implement what you have released from them and record the material code used and the layout version.

  • Freight wagon markings to DIN EN 15877-1:2024-09, the 2019 edition has been superseded
  • EN 45545-2 assesses the material and component at its installed position, not the printing operation
  • RID applies in its 2025 edition and classification of the consignment remains with the consignor
The inspection history stays on the part.. Pull the corner, as on a multi-layer maintenance label.. Current inspection date visible on top. Earlier intervals sit underneath. Open and close again

hummel360°

When the problem is not the label but the process before it

Vehicle, component and maintenance data already sit in your ERP or maintenance system. With hummel360° we map how that becomes an order, print data and a traceable workflow. Built around your maintenance workflow, not off the shelf.

Schematic view of the hummel360° process chain covering ordering, production, stock, dispatch, users and reporting
  • Call off approved markings under control

    Plants, depots and workshops order from a protected workflow and each site sees only what has been released for it. You decide who may do what.

  • Serial and schedule data without retyping

    Serial, revision and date fields arrive as a file or through an interface and become print data by rule. We set up the mapping of your fields during the project.

  • Replacement markings per site at a glance

    Reorder levels, alerts and a complete movement journal show what sits in which depot and when it needs reordering. Bookings are made by barcode scan on a phone.

Quality you can verify

Our certifications & partnerships

  • EcoVadisSilver rating · Top 15% (September 2026)
  • ClimatePartnerClimate contribution available per order
  • ISO 9001Quality management
  • ISO 14001:2015Environmental management (QAS International) · Certificate no. GMEN1114
  • VskE memberlabels association
  • FSC® C006747Responsible forestry
  • EN 16247-1Energy audit

Let us talk about your marking

Send us the substrate, the installed position, the temperature profile and the cleaning media, and we will sample the right construction.

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