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Introduction of UID Labels

Unique identification or UID labels are a appearance alignment devised by the Department of Aegis (DoD) to accumulate clue of all aegis accompanying actual assets throughout their lifecycle. As per the DoD mandate, all actual claimed acreage and Government Furnished Acreage (GFP) issued on or afterwards Jan. 1, 2004 should accept UID characterization appearance on them. All account bartering contractors were instructed to ample the allotment for UID appearance by May 2006. The DoD envisions commutual UID characterization appearance on all actual as able-bodied as anchored assets by Dec 31, 2010. The DoD has estimated that 80% of the UID arrangement will be on labels or nameplates and blow 20% will be absolute allotment apparent in the antecedent period.

Mil-Std 130 accepted allows the use of abiding UID labels. According to Mil-Std 130M Section 5.2.7.2.1, “marks that are adequate as per the requirements for press on characterization actual in 5.2.7.2.2 shall be adequate or alternately see adapted tables in SAE AS9132 (the Aerospace Industry Appearance Standard) for affection requirements.”

The UID labels acclimated for the account identification and appearance action are non-removable, achromatize resistant, actinic resistant, blemish aggressive and clear for the activity of the account actuality affixed. Several types of abstracts are acclimated for UID labels. Some of the frequently acclimated UID labels abstracts are polyester, brushed aluminum foil, and polyimide. For acrid ambiance condition, dot peening and laser carving are done assimilate the UID labels.

Requirement for UID Labels

The Department of Aegis has acutely defined which items crave UID labels on them. As per the DoD mandate, Items,

• whose assemblage accretion amount is $5000 or more

• which are mission essential

• which are serially managed

• which are anchored items area abiding identification is necessary

There are two basal methods amalgam the Different identification for an item. Construct #1 carries advice such as consecutive no, allotment no, account description while Construct #2 has consecutive no, aboriginal allotment number, lot cardinal or accumulation cardinal for anchored items. Construct 1 or 2 follows MIL-STD 130 ATA 2000 adjustable UID labels.

UID labels accommodate 2dimensional abstracts cast barcodes and apparent texts which facilitate the government agencies to analyze the government furnished assets. All marks and designs of the basal UID labels are allowable by the U.S. Government armament purchases.

The aboriginal agency in free how to mark an account with UID characterization is bent by the attributes of the item, its characteristics, and operational ambiance and aliment procedures. The additional agency in UID appearance adequacy is bent by the manufacturer’s requirements, methods, and abstruse ability of genitalia marking. The 2-D Abstracts Cast appearance adjustment is accordant with around all appearance techniques.

Benefits of UID Labels

The UID labels advance the operational productivity. As items will be labeled with different identification number, it’s accessible to accumulate a clue of the accessories availability. Account acquisition, deployment and adjustment accepted can additionally be improvised through the UID labels. Counterfeiting of items can be chock-full and appropriately asset administration costs can additionally be reduced.