Engraving application range

For sheet metal, only the surface is machined. The finish may vary depending on the material and machine. For details, please check the “Engraving” topic.

Material: Steel Surface Treatment Plate thickness
EN 1.0330 (EN 1.0320 equiv. (hot coiled))  0.8  1.0  1.2  1.6  2.0  2.3  3.2  4.5  6.0
EN 1.0038 equiv.  9.0  10.0  12.0  16.0
Material: Stainless Steel Finish Plate thickness
EN 1.4301 equiv. 2B 0.8  1.0  1.2  1.5  2.0  2.5  3.0  4.0  5.0  6.0
EN 1.4016 equiv. 2B 0.8  1.0  1.2  1.5  2.0  3.0
EN 1.4301 equiv. No.1 9.0  10.0  12.0
*1 The plate thickness tolerance is ±10% (reference value).

Character size

  • Half-width alphanumeric characters and some symbols (+-. #$%&'()=*:? /_~) can be freely entered.
  • Line feed and space input are also supported.
  • Font (font, spacing) and line spacing cannot be specified.

Character size

Due to variations in font size definitions, there may be deviations from the specified size depending on the content.

Definition of Font Size

Example) In case of a default character size of 5.0 mm
Character size
Default value
(*)
Nominal Size 3.0 4.0 5.0 6.0 7.0 8.0 9.0 10.0 11.0 12.0 13.0 14.0 15.0 17.5 20.0 22.5 25.0 27.5 30.0
Measured value A 2.80 3.74 4.79 5.60 6.54 7.47 8.41 9.34 10.27 11.2 12.14 13.08 14.01 16.34 18.68 21.01 23.37 25.68 28.01
Measured value g 3.01 4.02 5.02 6.26 7.03 8.03 9.04 10.04 11.05 12.52 13.05 14.06 15.07 17.39 20.08 22.36 25.11 27.62 30.13
Measured value x 2.10 2.80 3.51 4.21 4.91 5.61 6.31 7.01 7.71 8.42 9.11 9.81 10.52 12.27 14.02 15.77 17.53 19.28 21.03
  • *Depending on the material and character, 3 to 5.0 mm can cause damage to the characters.
  • *Size is only a reference value. Dimensional accuracy is not guaranteed. Depending on the text content, there may be cases where the size differs from the specified size.

Engraving angle

  • Turn counterclockwise in 45 degree steps.
  • These are reference values only and accuracy is not guaranteed by quality assurance.
Initial value 0 degree (end-face reference)
Angular pitch (standard value) 0 to 360 degrees (45 degree intervals)
Engraving angle