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Laser marking systems
News Release from: Electrox | Subject: Laser marking systems
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 June 2006
Laser marking company expands range -
profile
The Electrox range has been renewed completely within the last twelve months and includes Razor CO2 and Scorpion Yb:fibre and the MaxBox integrated laser marking systems.
A world-leader in the design, development and manufacture of laser marking systems, Electrox was founded more than thirty years ago by two innovative entrepreneurs It continues in that entrepreneurial way with a process of continuous innovation in developing industrial laser marking systems
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 26 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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A fully integrated manufacturer of laser marking systems, and the only one in the UK, Electrox is based in a purpose-built plant in Letchworth, UK.
It also has a customer support, spares and service operation based in its facility in Indianapolis, USA plus a network of factory-trained distributors throughout the world.
Comprehensive applications evaluation and systems development capabilities provide manufacturing solutions for a wide array of components and materials in a broad spectrum of industries.
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Electrox is one of few fully-integrated manufacturers of laser marking systems world-wide that provide fully integrated systems - standard or customized to an application.
The Electrox range has been renewed completely within the last twelve months.
The new Razor CO2 and Scorpion Yb:Fibre laser marking systems have been launched, as has the MaxBox integrated laser marking system which also employs Yb:Fibre technology.
The Cobra range of Nd:YAG laser marking systems, traditionally the core of the Electrox range, has been updated with the addition of the Cobra V-12/20 Nd:Vanadate marking system and the Cobra ES entry level system.
The strength of the company lies in its substantial and vibrant design and applications engineering departments.
The Electrox range of laser marking systems has been created to address the widest range of materials with a choice of easy to use, industrial standard systems.
Offered in modular form for integration into production lines and as a range of turn-key solutions, Electrox lasers are suitable for a wide range of applications, including metals, glass, plastics and textiles, wood, leather and coated materials.
Electrox prides itself on retaining total control over all the design, development, manufacture, and support processes associated with the delivery of effective manufacturing solutions.
This tradition guarantees customers a single point of reference and no abrogation of responsibility in the event of either pre-sales queries or after sales support.
In general manager Howard Moore's words: "The advantage for the customer is that the buck stops here, whether the requirement is for a new system to be tailored to an application or an existing system modified to meet a new task." Crucially, this ownership of the full product life cycle extends to the construction of the software used to create the mark and control the laser.
Electrox has invested over 60-man years in perfecting its unique proprietary Windows based marking software application.
The company was founded in the early 1970s and was the first to commercialise a compact fast axial flow CO2 laser.
In 1986 it was acquired by the 600 Group and in 1990 it acquired the laser business of Cincinnati Milacron.
It moved to its prestigious, purpose built premises in 1997, doubling its manufacturing capacity.
Electrox has over 2,000 current installations, in over 40 countries.
The customer base is truly world-wide, and includes installations in the USA, Canada, Europe, Asia and the Far East.
Industries served are primarily automotive, computer key boards, tooling, plastic products, electronics components, mobile phone key pads, medical devices and giftware.
Ensuring a permanent, clean, safe and versatile mark on a wide range of materials, laser is one of the most flexible, fast, consistent and economic means of marking components.
Using the highly concentrated energy of an amplified beam of light focused to a very small spot to create a variety of images on a wide range of materials - very much like writing with a pen on paper -a laser-based marking system provides a permanent and legible mark.
In addition, because the process does not require physical contact, the risk of distortion due to gripping is minimized so is often the only effective way to mark thin bodied parts, such as heart pace maker bodies.
No hazardous materials are used during the marking process so the issues of noise and the disposal of chemicals used in traditional marking methods are eliminated.
Moore said: "Laser marking has changed out of all recognition during the last decade.
The actual price, size and power requirement of a laser marking system have fallen substantially, for instance the power requirements have fallen by up to 75% whilst marking speeds have doubled.
A system is now around half the cost it was four years ago.
This is giving a substantially reduced cost of ownership and has made laser marking accessible to a far larger range of companies. Request a free brochure from Electrox ...
Electrox has been at the forefront of these developments and will continue to be so.'.
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