Manufacturer code number list?

Dec 02, 2006 6 Replies

Fixing some instruments I often come across 5 figures Mfr. # in the nomenclature. Unfortunately there's often no name/Mfr# table.



Is there such a thing as an official Mfr.# list (and where) or is there as many lists as instrument manufacturers and the 5 figures # are just coincidences?



Thanks, Fred.

The only type of numeric identity list I know of is OUIs (for ethernet MACs, for instance). It's administered by IEEE, as I recall.

Cheers

PeteS

That number is what\'s known as a Commercial And Government Entity (CAGE) code and it\'s maintained by the Defense Logistics Information Service (DLIS): http://www.dlis.dla.mil/cage_welcome.asp and you can do a search at: https://www.bpn.gov/bincs/begin_search.asp

John Fields a écrit :

That's it. Thanks!

Thanks, Fred.

I call them "mouse numbers", and unless you work for the damn company that did that foolishment and work in the department that did that, you are SOL.

The EIA maintains a list of all manufacturers by code number. We used it in the past to locate manufacturers of computer monitors

-C

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