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Component marking, printing and labelling systems (non-laser)
News Release from: SEL | Subject: Portable dot marking system
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 28 July 2005
Portable dot marker provides
traceability
A portable dot marking system has provided state-of-art traceability and wheel marking quality for one of the world's leading manufacturers of automotive alloy wheels.
A portable dot marking system designed by SIC Marking has provided state-of-art traceability and wheel marking quality for Rimstock, one of the world's leading manufacturers of alloy wheels Rimstock produces alloy wheels for the global automotive OEM and after markets from its four purpose-built factories in the West Midlands
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 28 May 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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The range features some of the lightest, most stylish alloy wheels on the market with customers including Aston Martin, Lexus and Daimler-Chrysler.
The company also manufactures the after market brands of Team Dynamics Light Alloy Wheels and the Unisport range.
SIC Marking has provided Rimstock with four portable P60 dot marking machines for a variety of product identification, traceability and operational purposes.
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The machines are used to mark the wheels with a product identification number and a unique process sheet number.
They are also used to identify drilling positions and to encode time, date and pressure testing information on the wheels.
Prior to the introduction of the P60, all the marking had to be hammered onto the products using a hand-stamp.
However, the SIC Marking machines have transformed the quality of the marking, giving a: "Neater, crisper appearance that is very easy to read," explains plant manager Richard Sideway.
"The SIC Marking machines have made a huge difference in the end result of all our marking processes".
"We no longer have to keep changing between hand stamps as the P60 automatically stamps the time and date".
"It can also be programmed with other information to suit our individual requirements." The P60 offers user-friendly programming with a marking preview and roll-down menus to ensure fast, simple operation.
The machine offers consistent precision and quality and can be customized to customer specifications.
Information transmission is available via RS232 and has a simple Windows database link.
The machines can also be used to mark Data Matrix 2D codes, allowing significant amounts of information to be encoded in a small area, for reading by portable or integrated optical readers.
SIC Marking provides a wide range of product marking and identification solutions including indent dot marking; scribing; marking machines, Vision Data Matrix codes and character reading.
The range is suitable for all industrial sectors including automotive, aircraft, metals, mechanical engineering, plastics rail and medical applications.
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