Engraving or marking

Historically, engraving was defined as a material removal operation from the surface by mechanical action by a tool, thus producing shavings. The term “marking” was more commonly used for printing action ( like inkjet, for example) but is now accepted for metal and plastic deformation in many industrial sectors. With the increasing performance of technologies like scribing, dot-peening, and laser systems, marking systems have today a huge advantage over engravers: quicker marking with no shavings produced, for a comparable result in terms of readibility.