Product category:
Laser marking systems
News Release from: ES Technology | Subject: Laser marking service
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 12 July 2007
Laser makes high contrast marking on
plastics
Subcontacting laser marking service has recently acquired another system to give better detail on all materials and faster, higher contrast marking on thermoplastics.
Laser marking subcontract company, ES Technology of Kingston Bagpuize, Oxfordshire, UK has had its eighth laser marking system installed The Powerline 10E Air from Rofin-Baasel, UK, has a beam quality and a high peak power that gives better marking detail on all materials
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 9 Oct 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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It also produces faster, higher contrast marking on most of the popular industrial thermoplastics.
The Powerline 10E Air unit joins seven more laser marking installations at ES.
The company already has the following.
* Four lamp-pumped YAG laser markers.
* Three CO2 laser markers - one galvo and two plotter style.
ES uses them to mark patterns, serial numbers, barcode and logos onto parts shipped in small and medium batches by customers in many different industries.
Applications are mainly in medical, defence, automotive (including F1 racing), electronics and aerospace.
The Powerline 10E Air is a state-of-the-art, high efficiency air-cooled laser source.
It draws just a few Amps from a regular single phase power socket.
"This is our first Vanadate laser," said production manager at ES, Phil Manners.
He added: "Running single shift; we'll not have any consumable costs for at least five years, other than electricity of course.
Its perfect beam quality and high peak power gives us better mark detail on all materials and faster, higher contrast marking on the majority of popular industrial thermoplastics.
In addition its extended q-switch frequency range and ability to maintain pulse energy at higher frequencies provides us with a much wider process window than is normally afforded, giving greater tolerance to material/part variation".
ES is able to mark parts made of almost any material: be they flat or cylindrical.
The company can also process label materials using in-house developed reel-to-reel handling.
Such laser marked labels are tamper-evident, and can withstand weathering and high temperatures.
In addition to marking the label stock the laser will also 'kiss-cut' the labels with any conceivable profile.
Laser marking has many advantages over conventional methods, such as follows.
* Permanence (versus ink jetting or screen printing).
* No damage to the parts (compared with stamping).
* Highest resolution/quality (versus all other methods).
Preliminary samples from customers can be trial-marked without charge or commitment.
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