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Everything You Need to Know about Aerospace Part Marking and Traceability

Aerospace part marking exists for one reason: every component has to be traceable for life. That means a permanent mark, usually a dot peen Data Matrix code, applied and verified to a specific standard. The standards you'll come across most often are AS9132 (the IAQG's Data Matrix marking spec), MIL-STD-130...

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What Is MIL-STD-130?

MIL-STD-130 is a US Department of Defense standard practice governing the identification marking of US military property. Its current version, MIL-STD-130N, was issued on 17 December 2007, superseding MIL-STD-130M. It's approved for use across all Departments and Agencies of the DoD. Unlike some of the aerospace standards we've covered before, MIL-STD-130...

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Laser Safety Classifications Explained

Pryor Workstation Laser with Laser Safety Interlocks active What Every Manufacturer Needs to Know Walk into any manufacturing environment and the chances are there's a laser somewhere on the floor. Laser marking has become the default choice for permanent part identification across aerospace, automotive, medical, and heavy industry - and the technology...

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What is MOPA laser marking, and when do you actually need it?

Quick answer: A MOPA (Master Oscillator Power Amplifier) laser is a fiber laser with adjustable pulse width, typically tunable from 4 ns to 200 ns and frequencies up to 1 MHz That single capability unlocks four results a standard fiber laser cannot reliably produce: color marking on stainless steel and...

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Why Self-Adhesive Labels Fail the EU Battery Regulation

And what to use instead. Walk into almost any battery manufacturing facility today and you will find adhesive labels. They are quick to apply, cheap to produce and familiar from decades of product labelling practice. They are also almost certainly non-compliant with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542. The regulation uses one...

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What Does “Indelible” Actually Mean Under the EU Battery Regulation?

It is one word. Four syllables. And right now it is keeping compliance managers, production engineers and regulatory teams at battery manufacturers across Europe up at night, Battery Marking is about to become more complex. Indelible. The Cambridge English Dictionary defines Indelible as "An indelible mark or substance is impossible to remove " Article 13(7) of Regulation (EU) 2023/1542 states...

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Battery Cell Serialization: Why Marking at Cell Level Is Now Standard Practice

For most of the past decade, traceability in battery manufacturing stopped at the pack. A unique identifier on the outer housing was enough to satisfy quality systems and recall requirements. The individual cells inside were treated as interchangeable, identified only by batch, not by unit. That approach will not satisfy the...

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MarkMate Laser – Now Available with Two 30W Source Options

The Markmate Laser The MarkMate Laser has always given manufacturers a safe, compact, capable desktop laser marking machine without compromise. We've now made a significant update to the product adding a higher power source as standard, and introduced a more advanced source for greater control and options during marking. The MarkMate Laser...

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