Benefit Denial Ink Tags Electronic Article Survellance (EAS)
Electronic Article Surveillance or EAS systems are widely accepted as an effective means to eliminate theft.
EAS systems consist of two basic types. The design of each type and its working principles lend it to specific situations. All systems operate via tags or labels attached to protected items.
These are the most common and widely applied systems. A product label responds to specific frequencies emitted by a transmitter antenna. The response from the label is in turn picked up by a receiver antenna. The label response signal is processed and will trigger an alarm when it matches certain criteria.
A product strip consisting of a alloy of magnetic and ferrous material with an adhesive layer is attached to a product to be secured. An EM transmitter antenna produces low frequency magnetic fields., When the strip passes through the field, it transmits a unique frequency pattern, which is picked up by an adjacent EM reciever antenna. The signal is processed and will trigger an alarm when it matches certain criteria.
Benefit Denial
Benefit Denial devices are non-electronic security tags designed to render merchandise unusable or unsalable if forced removal of the tag is attempted. The basic philosophy is to deny shoplifters any potential economic benefit by damaging the stolen merchandise. The tags contain permanent ink in tiny vials. If a shoplifter attempts to forceably remove the tag from a garment, the ink vials break—spreading ink on the garment and shoplifter. Expensive items become worthless, eliminating the motive to steal.
