Description: DISSIMILAR METALS (SUPERSEDING MIL-STD-889A AND MS33586B)Military Specifications and Standards / 07-Jul-1976 / 44 pages
MIL-STD-130 permits printing or marking the UID symbol with most of the conventional technologies used to produce a name plate or a label and this standard can be easily incorporated with any existing source or process. As per the DoD mandate, all assets and personal properties including assets in the possession of the contractors must be marked with a unique serialized identification number in compliant with MIL-STD-130.
MIL STD 130 standard requires all government furnished property in possession of contractors (PIPC), qualifying end item deliverables and legacy items ought to be marked with a machine readable 2D Data Matrix bar code. It doesn’t matter if a durable polyester label or a direct part mark technology such as dot peen, ink jet, laser etch or chemical etch are used; however, the bar code must meet printing or marking specifications.
