First the humor. I had an Engineer working for me that had the same
task. He proudly showed me the first completed sets that he had engraved
the tool information on and how easy they were to read. He unfortunately
had put it on the critical surface of the tool. My response of course
was " well you really did a number on that tool".
Remember the movie " The Graduate" where the guy came up and said
"Plastics". Well " dot peening a 2-D data matrix" is the path. Pretty
impervious and links to a data file that you can update and maintain and
all they have to do is scan it in whenever they are doing anything with
the tool. The possibilities are endless.
Dewey

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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steve Gregory
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 12:39 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [TN] Swage Tooling Identification

Good Afternon All!
 
I've taken on trying to get our swage tooling in order. As a contract
assembly company, you can imagine how many anvil and punch sets we have.
The problem is trying to put some sort of identification on each piece
so that it's easily identifiable, to easily keep things in order.
 
Most manufacturers (like Cambion) will have a part number stamped on
each piece, but over time the number will become very difficult to read
and I think that somewhat contributes to things becoming a disarray.
People can't read the number easily, so they just put it in the first
drawer they open (I have a nuts and bolts cabinet with small drawers for
each set). 
 
I can organize things properly and then go back a week or two later, and
everything is mixed-up again. Then the operators come tell me  that they
can't find the proper swaging tooling they need. I go and dig through
all the drawers and finally find it...well I'm tired of doing that.
 
So I'm asking what you all do to keep your swage tooling organized.
Stamping numbers is pretty tough because most of the tools are hardened
tool steel, tough to stamp that stuff...an engraver might work though. I
just want to ask what you all do...I'm tired of having to spend more
time tracking down tooling I know we have, than it does to actually do
the job.
 
Kind regards,
 
-Steve Gregory-

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