BAR STOCK INVENTORY

[AJL92080]

Hello All,
I was task with organizing and identifying the bar stock we have right now the only method we have is paint stick and labeling the bar stock with the P.O. In total we have about 10 to 15 different alloys what is the best and most practical method to accomplish this task. I was thinking steel stamp the end of the bars and use white paint for numbers to stick out more. The inventory we have is kept out doors. thank you all for your suggestions and feedback
Regards,
AJ

 

[ctopher]

I think every company I have worked at they used color coding. Each end was painted that color. It was the easiest/cheapest way to do it. Number can fade or be read wrong.

Chris, CSWP
SolidWorks
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[JohnRBaker]

Yes, we also painted the ends since that's generally what anyone sees first, the end of the stock in a rack. It's easy to sort by size, but for material, you need something that jumps at people, like color. Now we only dealt with four or five different materials, so it was easy.

John R. Baker, P.E. (ret)
Irvine, CA
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[Stick.]

I'm coming at this from the mill side of things (so marking it before it gets to you), but we used a combination of print marking (along the length of the rod/bar, applied during manufacture), painting the rod/bar ends with 1-2 colors, and peen marking to imprint text onto the rod/bar ends. Which method was used depended on the customer requirement. For your application, painting the ends probably makes the most sense, and saving any sort of stamping to mark more specialized/critical stuff.

 

[AJL92080]

thank you all for your input what do you think is the best way to carry the P.O. # for the bar stock.
thanks again

 

[MintJulep]

Call the good folks at Brady.

https://www.bradyid.com/labels