摘要 |
A system and method of identifying, tracking, and monitoring abrasive wear of an object, including but not limited to drill pipe, exposed to abrasive surface wear includes a thin, preferably circular, disk or plate with identifying indicia, preferably including 2D code and alpha-numeric characters applied to at least the upper face of the plate, with the plate disposed and connected at the bottom of a cavity formed in the object inward from the surface to a depth greater than the thickness of the disk to protect the identifying indicia from abrasive wear. The depth of the cavity is preferably equal to the thickness of the disk plus the predetermined wear limit for the object, so that when the wear limit is indicated when the upper face of the disk becomes flush with the surface of the object.
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