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Marking license plates and nameplates, here's how to do it!

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That of plates and nameplates is one of the most common markings in the industrial field. When it is not possible to mark directly on the industrial component to be identified and traced-for example, to avoid altering or compromising the material of which it is composed-people choose to mark on plates, plaques or tags that will then be fixed on the component itself. This is a type of traceability solution also widely used for components or equipment installed in heavy industrial environments or in places where weathering subjects equipment and facilities to continuous stress or physical strain. It is also a type of marking particularly suitable for equipment that comes into contact with chemicals or solvents.

Each nameplate serves to carry important information about the component on which it is affixed (date and place of manufacture, lot number, type and composition of material, limits and details of use, overhaul, past maintenance, durability of the component, plus, of course, the name of the manufacturer). There are various local and international rules and laws that oblige manufacturers to mark their products, in many product categories:

  • Oil & gas
  • Agriculture
  • Farming
  • Hydraulics
  • Applied technologies
  • Aeronautics
  • Shipbuilding
  • Mechanics
  • Construction
  • Carpentry
  • Energy
  • Automotive
  • Machinery and industrial processing
  • Medicine
  • Tooling
  • Home appliances
  • And much more...
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How are license plates and nameplates marked?

There are several technologies for marking nameplates:Laser and Microdot are currently the most widely used. The first allows quick and defined, but superficial, marking of alphanumeric codes, QR codes, Datamatrix, bar codes and logos, even on materials such as plastics or polymers. The second, a deeper, though slightly slower marking always of alphanumeric codes, 2D codes and logos. There is also the possibility of these two technologies being used in combination, where the laser can bleach or blacken a portion of the plate surface where dot marking will then be done at a later time. Other technologies used to mark license plates and nameplates include the deep and quietSmear technology , theHot Stamping technology for plastics, and the Battuta technology for rapid marking of alphanumeric codes.

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Another particularly important factor in marking plates is the marking time and the quantity of parts to be marked. When the number of tags is very large, it is possible to mark a large number of tags by distributing the tags over the entire work area with the marking head that, upon careful programming, can move to mark them all, or with standard automated solutions, such as our Automator Automatic Tag Feeder for laser and microdot markers, which allows a large number of stacked tags to be automatically marked and re-stacked.

Do you need assistance on an Automator machine?

Automator Marking Systems S.r.l.

Via Meucci 8, 20094

Corsico (MI) Italy

VAT: 12593300960

 

Phone: + 39 02 48601445

Mail: info@automator.com