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SPECIFICATIONS
BEARER RING
.007” - .008”
PRINTING DIE
DRUM COVER
FIGURE 3
RIBtype® PRINTING DIES
FIGURE 2
CODER MODELS DESIGNED FOR METRIC RIBtype® PRINTING DIES
Universal Non-Porous Coders are designed to use RIBtype® rub-
ber type, printing dies which have a molded rib backing. The ribs
on the back of the die snap into mating ribs in the Drum Cover on
the print drum as shown.
The printing dies are produced in many standard character styles
and sizes and are available in sets containing a combination of
individual alphabetic and numeric characters or in sets containing
numeric characters only. These character sets or “sorts” can be
used to make up text messages and code numbers as necessary.
Dies are also available in “logo” form in which a complete text message is produced on a single piece of rib
backed rubber. Logo dies are much faster to change and generally produce better print quality due to their
unitized construction. Custom type styles, company logos, and trademarks can also be photographically repro-
duced from black and white art work. For details on ordering custom logo dies, please contact our Customer
Service Department.
Printing dies are manufactured to precision thickness tol-
erances which are very critical to the performance of these
coders. When installed, the face of the printing die should
extend only .007" - .008" beyond the radius of the Bearer
Rings as shown. Using dies that do not meet the design
specifications will result in poor print quality and possible
damage to the transfer roll.
Although there are several competitive rib backed die sys-
tems available, it is very important to note that they are not
all made to the same rib spacing or thickness specifica-
tions and they are not interchangeable.
Universal also offers Metric RIBtype® Die systems for use in countries where metric character sizes are the
standard. The Metric dies are thicker and the rib spacing differs slightly from the standard printing dies therefore
the two versions are not compatible. To accommodate the differences, the print drums for Metric dies are
machined to a slightly different diameter from the U.S. versions.
The coder model numbers on Metric coders will have a “-T” suffix and the Metric Drum Covers have a distinct
pink color.
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