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Marking and Identification of XLERPLATE® steel Products

The most important product identifiers are the plate serial number or coil number.

It is also important that heat number, material grade and dimensions are retained. This information is clearly presented on the final product by stencil or sticker and is also recorded on accompanying documentation.

Verification of identity

Verification of product identification should be made on receipt of product. The maintenance of the identification throughout storage or in further processing is the customer's responsibility.

Plate stencil

The Works standard practice is to mark each plate with a stencil. The stencil contains the following information:

  • customer name
  • destination
  • size
  • heat number
  • steel grade
  • serial number
  • gross mass
  • BlueScope Steel order and item number
  • BlueScope Steel Australian made

Plate label

A recent innovation to XLERPLATE® has been the introduction of a new label. The label is stuck on the surface of the plate and wraps around the plate edge. The label has the plate serial number in alphanumeric characters and a barcode containing the following information:

  • serial number
  • grade
  • size

Metal stamping

Metal stamping of heat number and serial number is available on enquiry, using low stress stamps.

Coil labels

All domestic mill edge coils are identified with an adhesive paper label, contain the following information:

  • customer name
  • destination
  • size
  • heat number
  • steel grade
  • colour brand
  • serial number
  • gross mass
  • customer order number
  • BlueScope Steel order and item number
  • BlueScope Steel Australian made

Coil plate

BlueScope Steel custom processors cut coil to length. It is a requirement to stencil all cut plate with coil number, heat number and grade. Additional special customer information may be included within these markings on enquiry.

Floor plate

Plate mill rolled floor plate is stencilled as for normal plate. Cut to length coil floor plate is generally not stencilled due to restrictions of roller type stencilling equipment.