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News Release from: DataLase | Subject: Applications Laboratory
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 October 2004
The future of laser marking
Sherwood technology's new applications laboratory demonstrates the future of laser marking
Colour-change specialist, Sherwood Technology has the launched it's Applications Laboratory This unique facility demonstrates the future possibilities of laser marking, enabling current and potential licensees and end users to test the final results of using Sherwood's ground breaking Colour change technologies to mark their products using a wide range of lasers
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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New applications for this established technology can be readily demonstrated and tested within this new facility and visitors can appreciate the benefits of using DataLase on their own products.
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Using the facilities of Sherwood's Applications Laboratory, products can be marked utilising the most comprehensive range of CO2 lasers available, including the Domino S100; Markem SmartLase; Videojet S10 and Alltec CS10.
A range of demonstrations is available utilising these lasers showing potential applications in date coding, bar coding, virtual labelling and graphics printing.
It is also possible to test material responsiveness to a selection of energy sources at different wavelengths.
For example, it is now possible to demonstrate colour change activation using diode lasers.
Diode laser technology is developing rapidly, and facilitates the marking of a wide range of substrates at a lower cost than a YAG laser.
The ability to manipulate the laser responsive chemistry at different wavelengths lends itself to exciting possibilities in brand protection and product security applications.
"The Applications Laboratory allows our present and potential customers to experience the future possibilities of laser imaging using DataLase and our new exciting colour change systems using laser light, at a range of wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum", says Steve Kelly, Managing Director of Sherwood Technology.
"We are really excited at the prospect of opening up this new initiative to provide our clients with infinite imaging solutions." Interested parties are invited to contact the company directly to discuss their specific requirements.
All Sherwood's Colour Change Solutions are available through a series of application licensing agreements and strategic partnerships.
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