Marking Systems for Special Clothing and Equipment

Abstract

A study was made to develop an ink marking system for selected items of individual military clothing and equipment to provide legible, durable and uniform results on dissimilar surfaces of such materials as leather, fabric and webbing. A white cotton label was recommended for attachment to black combat boots and black belt webbing during manufacture for later marking with black ink. White or colored inks previously considered for direct application to these items are unsatisfactory, although caps (garrison, service and field), helmet liner headbands, oxford dress shoes and duffel bags can be marked satisfactorily by direct application of black ink. Various commercial marking systems are described, analyzed and discussed. These include pads and inks (for hand lettering), rubber stamps, hand printers, stencils, brushes, pens and markers, both fiber and felt.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733314

Entities

People

  • Frank A. Bonanno

Organizations

  • United States Army Soldier Systems Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Army Personnel
  • Army Training
  • Clothing
  • Cotton
  • Fabrics
  • Heat Transfer
  • Identification
  • Inks
  • Massachusetts
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Reservoirs
  • Security
  • Social Security
  • Standards
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Training

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Materials Science
  • Surface Coatings Technology.