ISO/IEC TR 24720:2008

TECHNICAL ISO/IEC
REPORT TR
24720
First edition
2008-06-01


Information technology — Automatic
identification and data capture
techniques — Guidelines for direct part
marking (DPM)
Technologies de l'information — Techniques automatiques
d'identification et de capture des données — Lignes directrices pour
DPM («direct part marking»)




Reference number
ISO/IEC TR 24720:2008(E)
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ISO/IEC TR 24720:2008(E)
Contents Page
Foreword. iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions. 1
4 Abbreviated terms . 2
5 Overview of DPM. 2
5.1 DPM methods. 2
5.2 Reasons for utilizing DPM . 3
6 Marking method selection . 3
7 Marking methods . 6
8 Cleaning. 6
9 Marking surface preparation . 6
9.1 Assessment. 6
9.2 Protective coatings. 7
10 Human readable marking. 8
11 Symbol quality . 8
12 Reading and grading DPM symbols . 9
13 Verification .
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