Over the last 30 years, a class of small marking devices has established itself in the industry for material marking – marking and engraving with laser marking devices or engraving lasers for abrasion-resistant results. At present, the focus is increasingly shifting to codes that are applied to the material using a marking laser. Depending on the area of application, laser marking systems are designed for manual or automatic operation. A laser marking system with an automatic lifting door is suitable as a manual workstation if a high degree of flexibility is required for individual applications with full control of operation. An automatic laser marking or laser engraving system, on the other hand, is suitable for many consistent applications.
The complex design makes it possible – laser engraving systems are ideally equipped for integration into a production line. They are often additionally equipped with laser accessories such as a rotary unit or a multifunctional camera as a positioning aid in the work area. In contrast to diode lasers, which everyone knows from laser pointers, fiber lasers, CO2 lasers, Nd:YAG and Nd:YVO4 systems are more commonly used in the marking process for laser marking of materials and their surfaces. As a compact machine, the industrial marking laser is predestined for customer-specific requirements for the marking process (marking) of materials such as plastic, ceramics, glass, metal, wood, leather, foils and paints and offers solutions for almost all product surfaces. For example, annealing marking cannot be realized with any other previous technology. During the marking process, the laser parameters – such as laser power, frequency, pulse width, etc. – can be adjusted to suit individual customer requirements. – The laser parameters – such as laser power, frequency, pulse width, etc. – can be individually adjusted to meet different customer requirements in order to achieve marking of the highest quality.