Color coding Standard? Color Coding Raw Metals in a Small Machine Shop

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Jmcdonald870

We are in the process of starting Lean in a small machine shop and I have a question about color coding raw metals. Is there a standard on the web somewhere? I have looked and I can't seem to find one. We use a very wide verity of metals: Stainless steel, Tool steels, coppers, moly, titainum, ect.

Thanks for your help!

Joe
 

ScottK

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Re: Color coding Standard?

Good question! I'm curious to see other answers.

We have two suppliers for Stainless and both use different color codes.
I just looked on the web at two others and they were different as well.

Thus we have our own color code system we made up.
 

Stijloor

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Re: Color coding Standard?

Good question! I'm curious to see other answers.

We have two suppliers for Stainless and both use different color codes.
I just looked on the web at two others and they were different as well.

Thus we have our own color code system we made up.

I looked at some steel suppliers' sites and the color coding is not standardized.
I agree with Scott. So, be an artist and make up your own colors and color scheme.
Then of course, standardize your "art work." And let's not forget 7.5.3!

Stijloor.
 
J

Jmcdonald870

Thanks for the input. I guess I will make one up then. We currently have 50+ different metals we use in-house so this could get interesting.:lmao: I just ordered 11 different colored metal markers.

Joe
 

ScottK

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Thanks for the input. I guess I will make one up then. We currently have 50+ different metals we use in-house so this could get interesting.:lmao: I just ordered 11 different colored metal markers.

Joe

sounds like fun - time to get artistic!
 
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