In-Line Dot Peen Marking System prints on moving parts.
August 23, 2005 -
Suited for metal processing operations, In-Line-Marker (ILM) employs fixed, air-operated Richter dot peen marking head equipped with 7 or 9 marking styli positioned in-line. Unit offers on-the-fly marking capability and has computer control system that determines when and where dot impressions are placed to produce text, serial numbers, logos, or dates and time. Standard and optional units handle respective line speeds to 3.93 and 9.84 ips.
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Original Press release
Columbia Marking Tools, Inc.
27430 Luckino
Chesterfield, MI, 48047
USA
New Columbia ILM In-Line Dot Peen Marking System Marks Parts as they are Moving
Metal processing operations with running speeds up to 9.8 inches per second benefit from on-the-fly marking capability that can replace more costly InkJet marking systems.
The desire to utilize the benefits and flexibility of dot peen marking technology in metal processing operations like those used to produce tubes, bars, plate, sheet metal and extruded parts has, up until now, been limited or non-existent.
Typically, roll marking or separate tags have been the applied technology. Roll marking is typically performed by a dedicated machine that utilizes various roll marking dies that require some level of changeover time.
Columbia Marking Tools, in concert with joint-venture partner Richter Machine, have recently introduced new dot peen marking technology that provides a solution. The new marking system is called the ILM, or In-Line-Marker.
The basic machine design features the highly-accurate and durable air-operated Richter dot peen marking head equipped with either seven or nine marking styli positioned in-line but slightly off-set and pulsed on-command from the system controller. The head is fixed and the work passes underneath on either an in-process transfer mechanism or conveyor where the work is in a consistent orientation or plane with the marking head. The computer control system determines when and where the dot impressions are placed to produce text, serial numbers, logos or dates and time. Characters may be italicized or rotated. With an optional software upgrade, Matrix-2D codes can be marked as well.
Standard ILM units can produce marks at a line speed of up to 3.93-inches per second. Optional units can handle line speeds up to 9.84-inches per second. Standard character font size is 0.21-inches (5.5 mm), but other sizes are possible by skewing the head and programming the spacing of the text.
The required air supply to operate the system is 40 to 90 psi. The control system can support all the standard Windows® operating systems as well as being integrated into the customer's specific software.
Columbia Marking Tools is a leading designer and manufacturer of metal and plastic marking equipment including stamps, roll marking dies, roll marking and impact marking machines, fully programmable peen/scribe marking and UID/2DMatrix(TM) machines, numbering heads and special marking machines. Columbia also has manufacturing facilities in Germany thru a joint venture with Richter Systems and Machines.
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