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Stainless Steel Nameplate Scribing: How Drag and Diamond Marking Works, and When It Beats Etching or Laser (Video)

This 60-second video sums up the buying guide. The full article covers the details and sources.

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Video transcript

  1. 0:00Most of a rating plate never changes. The serial and date do.
  2. 0:05So split the plate. Etch and fill the fixed content once at your supplier, leave plain unfilled zones, and scribe the serial and date on your own line.
  3. 0:17A non-rotating diamond or carbide tip, under spring force, plows a continuous burnished groove. Metal is pushed aside, with no chips, heat or ink.
  4. 0:30Hold the plate by its holes so it cannot flex, give the zone a matte finish, record force and speed, block duplicate serials, and never use a steel wire brush.
  5. 0:43Scribe a few changing fields. Keep safety text etched and filled, and move graded codes, curved parts or high unique volume to laser or dot peen.
  6. 0:55Send your drawing and environment details for a quote.

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