Laser marking is a permanent marking technology that uses laser beams applied to materials to produce text, logos, codes, or specific symbols without the use of ink or additional materials. This process is carried out by heating or abrading the surface layer of the material, resulting in precise and durable markings.
Challenge
In the manufacturing industry, the use of marking is essential, especially as an identifier for a part produced through the company's production process. However, as the industry's demands increase, it becomes problematic if manual processes are still used.
The impact of this manual method:
- For marking on the part, it is still done manually by carving
- To scrape material using a chisel tool with low accuracy level
- The result is less smooth when using a chisel or doing it manually.
- The error rate in carving is quite potentially high.
- The cost of creating manual markings is quite high.
Project Goal
The main objectives of the laser marking project are as follows:
- Automatically provides identity to the Company's products.
- Helps in preventing counterfeiting by providing a special mark that is difficult to replicate.
- Fast and efficient marking process.
- Laser marking can create marks with a very high level of accuracy, even at very small sizes.
Features Offered
The features that have been implemented are :
- Laser marking offers easy integration with data from other devices, allowing for the management of dynamic data (changes in model, data format, text size, etc.).
- Laser marking machines can be integrated with automated production systems, making it easier to track issues due to the unique codes assigned to each product (serialization, data matrix, QR code).
- The marking process can be completed in seconds.
- The integration of dynamic data simplifies the process of developing existing systems.
Result
Post implementation, the system has been able to:
- The use of laser marking simplifies the process of providing identity to parts that previously required a lot of time.
- Parts that are identified make it easier to track any issues in the part's process.
- Saves costs and time.
- Minimizes errors due to the automated marking system.
- Maintenance is not overly difficult as it only requires upkeep of the established system.