Product category: PCB Assembly Equipment and Tools
News Release from: Imaje UK | Subject: Machine readable identification and Imaje 9000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 29 November 2005
Direct part marking - where safety is
paramount
Part identification and traceability are important in many industries, but probably none more so than aerospace where safety is the highest priority.
Part identification and traceability are important in many industries, but probably none more so than aerospace where safety is the highest priority It has been recognised that the most effective way to ensure complete traceability is to directly mark a part with a machine-readable code and track it through its entire life cycle
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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This is known as direct part marking - sometimes referred to as machine readable identification.
Direct part marking is now being adopted across many industry sectors, and in particular the aerospace industry where there is a mandatory DoD (Department of Defense) requirement for UID (unique identification) on all equipment it purchases.
Unique Identification of items is achieved by marking each qualifying item with a machine-readable identification code.