America's 250th Anniversary Badge Videos Follow The Anniversary Badge Through The Factory
How will you celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary. We created an Anniversary Product Line to help you commemorate America’s 250th. Watch America’s 250th Anniversary Badge Videos, which follow our new Anniversary Badge, B4053, through the factory. Watch and see what American-Made is all about as the Anniversary badge transforms from computer art into an actual piece of art.
Video 1: Design to Die
1:17 Watch the beginning of our Anniversary badges journey as it transforms from design to die.
Video 2: Blanking Press
:48 This step requires our operator to feed our raw material into the blanking press where oval shapes are punched out.
Video 3: Press Room
:37 The oval metal blanks are pressed with tons of force, and the badge impression is transferred onto each piece of metal.
Video 4: Engraving
:53 The Anniversary badges travel to engraving to have the lettering placed into the metal panels on the badge.
Video 5: Solder
:49 The Anniversary badges travel to solder to get the safety catches added to the back of the badges.
Video 6: Briteboy
:49 The Anniversary badges head to get cleaned up in briteboy and polishing.
Video 7: Sandblast
:49 The Anniversary badges head to sandblasting to have imperfections taken off the backs of the badges giving them a nice matte finish.
Video 8: Stringing
:36 The Anniversary badges are being strung on copper wires today in preparation for finishing.
Video 10: Flowed Enamel
:47 The Anniversary badges head to get red, white, and blue regular enamel flowed into the flags on each badge.
Video 11: Enamel Paint
:46 The Anniversary badges are in enamel getting black regular enamel filled into the lettering on the badges.
Video 12: Seal Application
:54 The final step for our Anniversary badge is the application of the seal and then it is off to final inspection and shipping.
Video 13: Crafting A New Badge
:30 Contact Blackinton’s sales team to kick off the new year and your new badge project 800-699-4436.
