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Jimani provides Mil-Std-130 UID compliant direct part marking for military and defense related applications including direct part marking and tags. UID, or Unique Identification Marking, marking, is a part of the compliance process mandated by the DoD. UID is a permanent marking method used to give equipment a unique ID. UID marks are required for any item with a cost of over $5,000, is mission essential, a part that is considered controlled inventory or a consumable. UID-marking is a set of data for material assets that is globally unique and unambiguous.

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Fiber Laser Marking
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Ablation vs. Engraving vs. Stain Marking
Published On 29 July 2026
Ask three shops to "engrave" a part and you may get three different processes. Fiber lasers mark metal three distinct ways, and the words are not interchangeable. Ablation removes ...
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Tiling
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rotary part indexer
How do you laser mark round, curved, and stepped parts?
Published On 23 July 2026
A flat nameplate is the easy case. The moment a part is round, stepped, or oddly shaped, the real questions are whether the mark fits inside the lens's field and whether the ...
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Fiber Laser Marking
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Fiber Laser Marking 101: How the Process Works
Published On 14 July 2026
Most people picture a laser marker as a machine that prints on parts. What it does is focus a single wavelength of light onto a surface until the heat changes that surface in a ...
