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HATCH & PORTLIGHT PRODUCT MARKING & DATE CODING
All Lewmar Hatches and Portlights (except old Standard) produced since October 1997 have had identification information stamped on the acrylic. On Portlights and Fixedlights the information is under the αβχδ branding. On hatches the information is between the right hand handle and the edge of the acrylic.
The information is:-
1) Range Name & Hatch Size
For Hatches; Ocean, Coastline, Trimport, Trimline or Concept
For Portlights; Standard (New Standard only), Atlantic, Ocean or ASTAR (Hallberg Rassy only)
Or
A number in the form "399SSXR" for example 3996003 where:-
SSis the hatch size, in the example Size 60
Xis the acrylic colour as per Table X in the spares book, in the example 0 for grey R is the Range, 3 is Low Profile, as in the example, and 2 is Medium Profile
On Mark 2 Low & Medium Profile hatches the number is preceded by and “A” for example “A3996002”
Or
A number in the form "300XXX" for example 300380. This is the first 6 digits of a hatch or portlight custom product part number, in this case it would be 300380000
3) The date
In the from "DDMY" for example 11J7 where;-
The letter code for the month is:-
A = January
B = February
C = March
D = April
E= May
F= June
The letter I "India" is not used
11 is the eleventh day of the month J is the month of September
7 is the year 1997, the year 2000 will be 0.
G = July
H = August
J = September
K = October
L = November
M = December
Box Label
The bar code label on the box also contains a date code in the form 9739 where:- 97 is the year
39 is the week of the year
White Sticky Label On Alloy Frame
The white sticky label is from our anodising
E is the year 1997 (1998 will be F)
5 is an code for additional production information
Date Code Stamped Into Alloy Frame
The Lewmar date code is stamped under the lid extrusion and is in the same form as the date code outlined above for the acrylic stamping