Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
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Does anyone have a sugestion on what that is the best/easiest/cheapest/most permanent way to mark parts with part number?
We use a lot of stainless steel, aliminium, composites + loads of "of the shelf" parts.
Would like to mark them at arrival with our company's part number. It would be a great thing if it was permanent and service personel easily could find the number years after and replace the part based on the number.
Anybody that know if handheld laser engraving equipment is expensive?
We use a lot of stainless steel, aliminium, composites + loads of "of the shelf" parts.
Would like to mark them at arrival with our company's part number. It would be a great thing if it was permanent and service personel easily could find the number years after and replace the part based on the number.
Anybody that know if handheld laser engraving equipment is expensive?





RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
I never associated the word cheap with a laser marking system, but maybe there's one out there.
Here's a website that popped up in Google: http://www.marking-metal.com/
I think how permanent it is, regardless of method, will depend on where you mark it and what environment your part will be in. Even a laser etched mark will fade in an oxidizing environment.
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
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http://www.telesis.com/
http://www.pryormarking.com/
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
Of course for some parts it would be inappropriate.
For non critical stuff I've seen permanent marker used.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
Depending on the number of each part I would look at labels from a company like IDPlate. You can get barcode id labels with human readable numbers and the overall cost is the lowest. If your number of each part is higher or small then I would look a Electro-Etching.
Universal Marking has nearly all forms of metal marking tools.
On large asset components we use a lot of SS labels attached with tacks for metal. In our stores we use labels, both barcode and alphanumeric.
http://www.idplate.com/
http:
http://www.universalmarking.com/index.html
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
Honestly, though, there is no "best" way to mark part numbers. That is why there are so many different ways to do it. Someone is always finding a better way for their particular situation.
rp
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
There just isn't really any suitable surface on the part to cast in raised identification, since they're either fit critical, get machined off or are used for sprue/risers.
Since it's a sand casting indented marking on either of the 2 surfaces it might work on would be tricky (as I understand it). Also it might cause performance issues.
So we explicitly call out rubber stamp.
And yet every few batches someone at the forgery insists on trying to cast it in again.
What is Engineering anyway: FAQ1088-1484: In layman terms, what is "engineering"?
RE: Best way to permanently mark parts with partumber?
Try to group your labeling request to groups of similar parts used in similar conditions. Then ask the question how do we mark this group of parts.