Artillery ammunition marking tests

Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:57260

Weil, B S; Lewis, J C

This report describes the testing results of two approaches being considered for marking ink artillery ammunition with machine-readable data symbols. The first approach used ink-jet printing directly onto projectiles, and the second approach employed thermal-transfer printing onto self-adhesive labels that are subsequently applied automatically to projectiles. The objectives of this evaluation for each marking technology were to (1) determine typical system performance characteristics using the best commercially available equipment and (2) identify any special requirements necessary for handling ammunition when these technologies are employed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 57260
• Report Number(s): ORNL/TM-12839; ON: DE95011043; TRN: 95:004197
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Apr 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
AMMUNITION
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
IMAGE PROCESSING
DESIGN
IMAGE SCANNERS