Unique laser safety head

Laser engraving in the lead role with our unique laser safety head

The concept of laser engraving is well known and most people know what they mean by this term. We explained the difference between laser engraving and marking or laser marking in a previous article entitled: The difference between laser marking and laser engraving. Now we will take a closer look at laser engraving, specifically engraving datamatrix codes.

Why are Datamatrix codes engraved on products?

Engraved damatrix codes carry manufacturing information and have a huge durability, which is very important in terms of traceability. They are visible even with greater abrasion, even after surface treatments such as sandblasting or painting, which is a great advantage.

LINTECH, a company specializing in laser technology, has developed and constructed a special laser safety head for DMC laser engraving. This unique device engraves the datamatrix code into the aluminium casting at the very beginning of the production process.

Why is this solution unique? Mainly because:

The casting can be laser engraved with DMC immediately after casting (the temperature of the part exceeds 200 °C).
The laser safety head is laser safety class 1 due to its unique design.
Laser engraving with the laser safety head is very precise and has a high repeatability.
The laser safety head achieves laser engraving depths of up to 0.3 mm in a relatively short time.

Why use a laser safety head instead of a microbolt for DMC engraving?

The quality of datamatrix codes created by laser engraving is higher compared to codes created by micropoint or other conventional technologies. This is particularly evident in the verification of these codes after subsequent surface treatments.

When creating DMC codes, it is important to achieve sufficient perpendicularity of the module walls so that the shadow can be formed better and the code can be read more easily. This can be achieved better with a laser safety head than with a microblade.

Unlike the micro-point tip, which can degrade due to material fatigue, the laser beam is stable allowing high process repeatability. For these reasons, laser engraving is the best solution in most cases.

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