AUTOMATED 바카라 메이저 MARKING DELIVERS PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITY

The Challenge

Nichrominox (Lyon, France) manufactures a wide range of metal products for the dental industry. This includes a v바카라 메이저iety of trays, containers, organizers, and instrument holders, as well as a number of different accessories, such as retractors, bite trays, and 바카라 메이저ch b바카라 메이저s.

Virtually every unit produced at Nichrominox carries some sort of 바카라 메이저. This can be as simple as a company name or logo, or a serial or part number. But increasingly these 바카라 메이저s must be “unique device identifiers” (UDIs), typically in the form of a QR code or Datamatrix code.

There are two key requirements for the 바카라 메이저 process at Nichrominox. The first concerns mark quality and characteristics. The marks need to be high contrast and durable – sufficient to survive repeated autoclaving cycles in some cases. Furthermore, mark resolution must be high enough to yield a readable QR code, even if it is only reproduced at a few millimeters in size.

The second consideration for Nichrominox is production related. In particular, they require a process which is highly flexible. It must readily support serialization, and the creation of unique 바카라 메이저s on every single unit. It must also be easy to rapidly change the type of part being 바카라 메이저ed. This is because production at Nichrominox is characterized by small batch runs and frequent part changeovers during even a single shift.

The Solution

Nichrominox mostly usesLaser Marking 바카라, except when making multicolor marks or when the marks are quite large. 바카라 메이저 marking delivers on all the requirements just outlined. It is especially useful for producing complex marks which contain a large amount of data, and small marks which must be rendered at very high resolution.

바카라 메이저 marking can meet these needs because it is performed with the beam focused down to a spot that is in the microns or tens of microns diameter range. Marking with such a small “tool” makes it easy to render fine detail and create intricate patterns even at very small scales.

바카라 메이저 marking is also very compatible with the materials used at Nichrominox. With stainless steel, the 바카라 메이저 produces a thin layer of oxidized material which is dark in color. The result is a high-contrast mark.

When marking aluminum parts that are color anodized, the 바카라 메이저 simply removes the overlaying colored layer (which is usually around 25 µm thick). This reveals the bare, silver-colored aluminum underneath, creating the mark. Mark contrast depends on the color of the dye used. Marking clear anodized aluminum produces a light white mark against the silver aluminum. This is a relatively low contrast mark, although it is still readable.

The Result

Nichrominox implements 바카라 메이저 marking in production using severalCombiL라이트닝 바카라 사이트e Seriesmachines. These are turnkey 바카라 메이저 markers that integrate the 바카라 메이저 source, scanning, and beam delivery optics, and all the necessary control electronics and software into a standalone tool.

Nichrominox configures their CombiLine systems with Coherent Powerline F fiber 바카라 메이저s. These are operated in the nanosecond pulse-width regime, typically delivering an average power of 20 Watts.

Nichrominox has also mated each of their CombiLine systems with a robot 바카라 메이저m (from a third p바카라 메이저ty). The robot 바카라 메이저m fetches trays loaded with p바카라 메이저ts from a stack, signals the CombiLine to open its door, and then places the tray on locating pins within the working chamber. After processing, the door is opened again, and the robot 바카라 메이저m removes the tray and places it in another stack.

“The CombiLine certainly delivers the performance and mark quality we require,” states Nichrominox Director Eric Lefrancq-Lumiere. “But a big part of the value we get from the system derives from its ease of use. We can quickly get new mark designs into production using the Coherent Visual 바카라 메이저 Marker (VLM) software. And, once we have defined a marking task, we can execute it on any one of ourCombiLinesystems because they all run the same operating system. This is tremendously valuable for us because our production is quite dynamic, and this enables us to respond to whatever changing requirements occur. We don’t have to wait for one particular machine to become available to perform the 바카라 메이저 job.”

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