Discontinued SMD resistor markings

Have you noticed that some manufacturers are not putting markings on their chip resistors anymore? Why is this happening ? The answer thankfully is simple, they are taking out a step during the manufacturing process. It eliminates time on making them and of course the cost of the screen printing . This will not have any effect on the performance on the part .The smaller surface mount resistors do not usually have a marking in the first place as the area is just to small to print on. The reels they come on are marked with the information you need . This trend will be happening with more manufacturers as more are starting to do this. Also, you can test them for peace of mind with a multi meter if you are buying single parts or if there already on a board. There are plenty of examples on how to do that on youtube with different models .

Below I posted some examples of the change notices from Vishay and Yageo :

https://www.vishay.com/whatsnew/doc/ff_FastFacts_Marking-discontinuation.pdf

https://www.ttieurope.com/content/dam/ttiinc/products/PCN/Vishay/Vishay-Obsolescence-PCN-DBR001REV0.pdf

They can do it, but that doesn’t mean we have to like it. I know I’ll keep buying the ones that are marked since it helps me assemble things (since I’m doing hand placement and reflow).

Search options and product descriptions should include whether or not the part value can be identified by a label (Without having to read the fine print from the manufacturer). This will result in fewer (of my ordered) parts being returned.