» Pressure
sensitive magnetic strips
Akme Cards offers pressure sensitive magnetic stripes in Low
Coercivity (LoCo) or High Coercivity (HiCo) formats with the stripes
either 3/8” or 1/2" width. These magnetic stripes are
manufactured to ISO specifications.
LoCo is at 300 Oerstead which is less expensive and is used for
prepaid phone cards and loyalty cards. HiCo is at 2750 Oerstead,
which allows many swipes, can be rewritten, and has a stronger
magnetic field of resistance is mainly used for debit and credit
cards.
Magnetic stripes can be used with many different product applications.
The phone card industry has a unique use for magnetic stripes.