Complete automation for "customised inscription" of cylindrical, metallic tool components.

Cylindrical tools of a wide range of heights and diameters are removed from a production line using a "pick and place system" and put into jigs which centre the cylinders at each end of the parts using tapered mandrills and position the tools in the centre.

The "ALFALAS® laser marking unit is now used to mechanically roughen up the parts. Some are customised and then, after a cleaning process, decorated precisely using up to 2 tampon printing machines with 2-component printing inks.

All the marking and decorating units sit on the edge of an indexing table from "the outside in" on "x/y/w cross tables". As well as simplifying tooling work, these also allow the tampon printing machines to be quickly set and positioned.

• The decorating process runs fully automatically and independently without any operating staff.
• Number of colours: Up to 2
• Ink type: 2-component tampon printing ink

TP_alfa®, Windows(R) XP multi-language, Unicode-capable, password protection with different levels of authorisation

• The marking area available is approx. 35 x 20 mm.
• Motifs (graphics) can be produced with common software programs like Corel Draw® or Adobe Illustrator® so that they can then be imported as vector-oriented (*.ai) or pixel-oriented data into the TP_alfa® laser software.
• Text elements can be generated directly in the TP_alfa® laser software.
• All TrueType font types and styles are available to you.