Laser Marking technology in packaging
Playing in the yard and tag products and packaged consumer goods, which is commonly used ink-jet, transfer printing, labeling way to get the code or tag. However, recent technological developments in low-power laser will be integrated into the mainstream of the fight and code marking applications, it became the manufacturer of choice when the technology is very good choice.
Technical distinction
Laser ablation use of encryption technologies and means to remove the sculpture or melting materials, and the use of ink-jet printing technology to fight or code and labeled, it could be a short period of time and high-quality permanent code. The technology for the manufacturers to provide a low cost, high efficiency of the fight code and marking methods.
Code laser technology, playing with other code and labeling of goods, it is expected to be widely used by the packaging industry technology. What are the characteristics of laser technology to continue to make the popularity of it? Laser code of the main advantages are: no need for supplies (for example, ink, solvents), low maintenance costs, system downtime short, the small environmental pollution (in the absence of the use of ink), yards materials can play a wide range of systems to facilitate integration .
Changes in the market
In addition, the packaging industry, changes in market conditions affecting the company to promote their fight to find a new code technology to adapt to the new industry standard. At present, companies are faced with more requests from clients (such as a chain of large-scale retail enterprises or agencies). These requirements include the production and processing in the yard to play in the process of encoding content to facilitate more detailed follow-up products, product failure rate required to reduce, the toxic product (ink solvents) must be prohibited.
Overall, the packaging industry to fight for the purchase of key technology requirements including: reliability, flexibility, quality of the play yard, cost-effectiveness, durability coding. In addition, these characteristics have to play the code does not use the best equipment, supplies, maintenance costs low, can be a direct and lasting mark, and applies to a wide range of materials.
By the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI) has been printed on the packaging machinery buying process studies have shown that the purchase of machinery in the course of several former major factors: the reliability of (operating time / downtime), production capacity, Security features, machine design, the time required for the replacement of equipment, working conditions, operation of the machine total cost, flexibility, as well as the purchase price, and so on, all of these factors are considered key to laser technology has become very attractive.
Laser technology
Laser technology has a code of its obvious advantages, MARKEM Corporation invented by the dot-matrix printing technology patents and low-power CO2 lasers combining to be wire-speed high-quality graphics tag. Reduce the frequency of the laser cycle, throughout the yard to play in the process of switching only once, on the dot matrix printer makes the process more reliable, and a high degree of cost reduction. Laser almost no day-to-day maintenance, high-contrast printing of the mark, fast, lasting mark, which makes a lot of the advantages of laser technology yards high productivity. SmartLase Da Maji integration of the company's many strengths, provides users with the most cost-effective technology to fight code.
At present, with the most common encryption technologies to fight - Continuous ink-jet printing method (CIJ), laser technology code has demonstrated its significant advantages. CIJ some of the printing system of annual operating costs of up to 6000 U.S. dollars. These include the annual cost 2000 U.S. dollars fees and supplies the 3000-4000 US dollars for the maintenance and handling charges scrapped. Each week, only to the maintenance of the system may need to six hours, and start off again an hour. At the same time, brought about by the wet ink stain on the packaging could lead to the loss. In addition, the need to consider the whole system downtime.
The packaging of the mark, the code laser technology market than existing technologies to other flexible. As the ink does not need, so more environmentally friendly. Code of the laser system components, tools and techniques in order to be able to make it the shortest possible time to play the course code. In addition, many industries, including health and beauty, frozen food, pet food, medicines, consumer goods, automobile parts and many other industries, require laser technology provided by the digital data recording and permanent identification number. A variety of code - regardless of the length, width, dynamic or static, text or graphics, laser code can be packaged in different sizes to achieve, the code can also print a different direction, you can use different language, can be Solid line or dotted line.
Vendor selection
Once the decision to use laser technology code, or survey of existing technology to improve and upgrade possibilities, then select the appropriate manufacturers is equally important. Company co-operation should be selected must be able to provide not only a product of the manufacturers and the manufacturers willing to participate in the improvement of key equipment to fight all the parties concerned. Some of these value-added areas include: to improve functioning of the time, productivity, and increase customer satisfaction, such as the reliability of integrated logistics management system, staff training, on-line technical support and project management to improve and enhance.
These will focus on the process and optimize the code to fight performance, which showed that the equipment provided by agencies throughout the package is indispensable. Full use of their advantages to ensure that the production capacity, to be satisfied with the results.
Here on the laser projection technology code is the reality applications become more popular. What is certain is that when a company decides to use the technology, they will increase the overall productivity, reduce operating costs and increase the overall value of the product.
