Hello all! I'm wondering if anyone has knowledge or has created a specification that's related to nameplates on equipment that is supposed to be insulated. Haha, I have been frustrated in trying to get old equipment information off of anything connected into our chilled water system, and I'm seeing if anyone has a solution to ensure that the nameplate data (usually stamped on a little metal tab or stamped onto the piece of equipment itself) remains visually available. Ideally we'd have a database storing this information, but we are still a long ways off from that kind of asset management style.

I'm looking for anything that will stand the test of time (e.g. 50-70 years), as any piece of equipment on campus, usually ends up staying for a very long time. I'm suspicious of using pieces of plastic and glue (as is done for the labels), as I've seen a number of those fall off before after just a few years. I've no problem finding these old metal name-plates on anything to do with the hot water/tempered water systems on campus, as usually those pieces were not insulated.

I can provide more information if that assists anyone and thank you very much in advance