Marking & Scribing
With more than 40,000 machines installed in the world, customers count on the complete traceability solutions integrating marking and automatic decoding from Technifor.
Selecting the best direct marking technology for the application is critical to achieving success. Since each technology has its own advantages and limitations, we offer you a first a view of what could be a first level of selection based on 5 major marking criteria:
- Speed
- Quality
- Depth of marking with their own level of noise
- Investment
Marking Technogy
LASER
- YAG
- Fiber
- LaserTop
Using a light beam as opposed to a metal stylus, is an excellent choice when needing marks on various types of plastic or the hardest metals, and different sizes or shaped components. Laser designs allow for marking very, very small machine and human read text, 1D and 2D codes to the highest contract marks needed. There are no consumables. Unlike micro-percussion, lasers do not require fixtures of the part, though optional stands are available. Quieter than micro-percussion, marking lasers can be integrated or stand alone on a bench-top in a self contained enclosure. Software is multi-lingual and intuitive; five clicks and you are marking.
MICRO-PERCUSSION
- Integrable
- Stand alone
- Portable
Micro-percussion (indent marking) technology uses a rapidly vibrating, computer guided stylus to create the mark. Technifor‘s XF range of compact marking heads easily adapts to end user needs: integration, bench-top or portable. Their micro-percussion technology does not use inks or consumables. An economical marking solution for electronically controlled identification. The stylus is handled so as to produce alphanumeric text, 2D machine-readable codes, symbols, logos or virtually any other type of mark. An extensive range of materials can be marked, including plastic, glass, leather, paper, wood, expanded polystyrene, and most metals except hardened steels.
SCRIBING
- Quality marking without the noise
Scribing machines use a hardened pin to mark the surface of components. Compared with MicroPercussion, scribed marks have a smoother, more continuous appearance. The marks therefore benefit from a higher quality appearance and the marking process is quieter. Controllers and programming software are the same as for Technifor's rapid indent machines.
- Aerospace
- Automotive
- Electrical & Electronics
- Mechanical
- Medical
- Metallurgy
- Nuclear
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Metal Substrates
• Marking of lifting and maintenance systems
• Fuel pump body
• Exhaust particulate filters
• Traceability of engine motor blocks
• Medical instruments traceability in hospital
• Internal traceability for racing car parts
• Titanium and stainless steel medical prostheses
• Aerospace parts
• Marking on mechanical tools - drill bits
• Motorcycle parts
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Plastic Substrates
• On-line Personalization of Remote Controls
• Internal traceability for racing car parts
• Identification & traceability of individual biofluid storage containers
• Marking of components used in automobile seats
• Marking on electronic sensors used in automobiles
Technifor, a global manufacturer of laser, micro - percussion and scribing marking solutions is well known for the quality of its marks. Technifor's marking equipment provides direct part marking on all shapes and sizes, all metals and most plastics — marking that cannot be falsified or erased. Their fast, compact machines are designed to easily integrate into existing manufacturing processes, stand-alone on a bench top, or be hand-held. Their software solutions are intuitive, user friendly, efficient and multilingual.
