Marking Information
This is the central marking information page for all the products Columbia Marking manufactures. Links from this page go to relevant marking information for all product lines.
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Marking Methods: A visual depiction of the various types of marking on tubes, flat and round parts. |
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Estimated Marking Force: A comprehensive chart for determining the estimated maximum force per hammer blow (in lbs). |
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Marking Pressure: A detailed chart showing the relationship between character size and depth of mark, taking into account the type of material being marked as well. |
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Character Size: Actual size examples of character sizes, including height, width and spacing of characters, engraved on steel roll, stamping and embossing dies. |
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Character Face Styles: CMT offers 5 different face styles for your stamp characters. Explore this page to see what style will work best for you and your marking application. |
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Engraving Depth: A helpful listing of each characters' size engraving depth. |
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Style of Fractions: A layout showing the different styles of fractions to be engraved on a stamp. |
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How to Order Stamps: An informative guide to assist you in ordering individual characters and punctuation stamps, as well as logo dies and segments. |
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Punctuation: CMT also offers punctuation symbol stamps, view your options here. |
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Legend Length: Get the formula used to determine maximum legend length of logo or segment dies. |
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Symbols: Columbia offers 600 different symbols that can be engraved on any steel stamp, type, insert or hand stamp. View chart... |
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Model Pressure Chart: Find the air impact marker model best suited to your marking pressure requirements. |
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Air Requirements: A simple chart gives various information for Air Impact Models. The information includes the bore size, stroke length, and relative time to extend, CV, SCFM, and expected drop in pressure. |
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Connector Styles: Integrated position sensors are offered on select Air Impact Models. Two connection styles are available: Mini, or Euro. |
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Punch Pressure: View our chart to calculate tons of pressure required to punch mild steel plates. CMT systems are used for more than marking. |