Many manufactured and imported components
need branding or marking in the form of logos, serial numbers,
product codes or user instructions and warnings. EU compliant
components need CE marking and many components need traceability.
Using a laser to mark this information gives a permanent,
aesthetic and non-damaging solution. Parts can be directly
marked and this can be useful where labels must be avoided.
Almost all sectors of industry already benefit from laser
technology and laser marked components are all around us.
Examples are: car dashboard buttons and VIN plates, mobile
phone pads, computer keyboards, cooker knobs, electricity
meter fascias, medical implants, bathroom fittings and ipods
as well as all manner of turned and machined components that
make up assemblies for industrial use.
The precise, repeatable nature of lasers allow the fine
detail marking required on smaller components and the accurate
removal of coatings. Whilst our lasers are primarily used
for marking and etching other applications include laser
cleaning and laser de-burring.
The laser beam width can be focused to less than 30 microns
and it can be repeatably positioned to the same magnitude.
FIMARK has rotary axes and X/Y tables so that cylindrical
components and parts larger than the standard marking field
can be processed. A range of flat field lenses gives marking
areas from 100mm diameter up 300mm diameter.