OSD — Steel Date Autostamp
The OSD Steel Date Autostamp is a heavy-duty, self-inking date stamp constructed with an all-steel body, engineered for demanding industrial and commercial marking applications. It delivers clear, accurate, and adjustable date impressions without the need for a separate ink pad, making it an efficient and reliable tool for production traceability, quality control documentation, goods dispatch, receiving inspection, and date-of-manufacture recording.
The steel frame construction sets this stamp apart from standard plastic-bodied date stamps by offering superior durability, dimensional stability, and resistance to the physical stresses of high-frequency use in workshop and warehouse environments. The adjustable date bands allow the operator to quickly set the required day, month, and year, ensuring accurate date recording with every impression.
Engineering Highlights
- Construction: All-steel body and frame for superior durability over plastic alternatives.
- Ink System: Self-inking — integrated ink pad re-inks the stamp face automatically after each impression.
- Date Setting: Adjustable stamp heads for day, month, and year configuration.
- Date Range: Typically covers a 5-year date span without band replacement.
- Operation: Manual hand-press action with consistent, controlled impression depth.
- Ink Capacity: Replaceable ink pad rated for thousands of impressions per fill.
Supported Date Formats
Key Features
- All-steel frame and body provide structural rigidity, impact resistance, and a significantly longer service life than plastic-bodied equivalents.
- Three independently adjustable rotating date bands (day, month, year) allow fast and accurate date setting at any time.
- Self-inking mechanism automatically re-inks the stamp face after each impression, eliminating the need for a separate ink pad.
- Integrated date band cover protects the bands from accidental contact during stamping and keeps hands free from ink.
- Replaceable ink pad maintains impression clarity over an extended period and can be re-inked or replaced when output becomes faint.
- Consistent impression depth and uniform ink distribution across the stamp face support clear, legible date marking on every use.
Typical Applications
The OSD Steel Date Autostamp is used across manufacturing, warehouse, logistics, and quality management environments wherever clear and accurate date recording is required. Common applications include date-of-manufacture marking, goods received and dispatched documentation, inspection and approval stamping, batch and lot date coding, warranty date recording, and shelf-life or expiry date marking.
Its heavy-duty steel construction makes it especially well suited to industrial settings such as production lines, tool rooms, inspection departments, packaging areas, and dispatch stations, where a standard plastic-framed stamp would be subject to premature wear and frequent replacement.
Technical Specifications
| Parameter | Specification | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Product Type | Steel Date Autostamp — Self-Inking | Heavy-duty steel-bodied date stamp with integrated self-inking mechanism for industrial and commercial use. |
| Frame & Body Material | All-steel construction | Steel body provides superior strength, stability, and resistance to deformation compared to plastic-framed alternatives. |
| Date Bands | 3 adjustable rotating bands | Separate bands for day, month, and year allow quick and independent adjustment to any required date combination. |
| Date Range | 10-year span per band set | Covers a full decade of dates without the need to replace the date bands, suitable for long-term use in production environments. |
| Month Display | Numeric (01–12) | Alphabetic month display is common in industrial applications for clear readability; numeric options are available to suit specific documentation standards. |
| Ink System | Integrated self-inking pad | The pad automatically re-inks the die after each impression. Suitable for both standard paper and light industrial surfaces depending on ink type. Recomended to use TAT ink by Shachihata |
| Ink Colour | Black (standard); Red, Blue available | Black is recommended for industrial documentation. Red is commonly used for priority or rejection marking. Blue suits general administrative use. Yellow is the most popular color for most applications |
| Impression Quality | Clear, sharp, uniform impressions | Consistent impression depth ensures legible date marks suitable for records, labels, documentation, and traceability requirements. |
| Ink Pad Life | Up to 10,000 impressions per fill | Actual yield depends on impression pressure and surface type. Ink pads are replaceable or re-inkable to restore impression quality. |
| Operation | Manual hand-press | Single downward stroke delivers the impression. The self-inking mechanism returns the stamp face automatically after each use. |
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