| Manual date stamps are adequate for marking date in | | | | can be restricted by password protecting the |
| years and months. However using manual date | | | | controller. Additional dies for printing custom text such |
| stamps for marking date in months, days, hours, and | | | | as "QC Checked", "Processed", and "Defective" can |
| minutes is problematic. Further, manual date stamps | | | | also be added to electronic date stamps. |
| require rotation of bands and pre-checking of the | | | | Electronic date stamps are also highly useful in |
| positioned date on a waste paper. This is necessary | | | | automated production environments where products |
| because embossed numbers do not resemble normal | | | | need to be marked for getting traced. Electronic date |
| numbers. Electronic date stamps are designed to | | | | stamps can be incorporated with in the production |
| overcome such drawbacks. | | | | environment for automated marking without stopping |
| Electronic date stamps comprise of electronic control | | | | the process. |
| unit, interface connector and date stamps. Date | | | | Often in large factories deep cavity molds or extra |
| stamps come with choice of year, month, day, hour, | | | | large molds are unreachable from floor. Changing of |
| and five-minute intervals. Date stamps are connected | | | | date stamps wastes precious labor time under such |
| with an interface connector, which in turn is connected | | | | scenarios. Factories have to resort to expensive date |
| to an electronic control unit that enables programming | | | | marking processes such as laser etching or inkjet |
| of the date stamps. Electronic date stamps can also | | | | printing for marking parts that difficult to reach and |
| be networked with production machinery for facilitating | | | | mark through manual stamps. Electronic date stamps |
| effective monitoring. Access to electronic date stamps | | | | provide a cost effective solution to this problem. |