New Products

Recently installed at one mill, the new system allows products to be marked with dynamic (variable) message information such as production date, operator information, plant location, date/time and part number. Print messages are changed via a PLC or computer in the control room.

With features such as a kickplate bracket to protect printheads when a weld passes underneath the heads, automatic ink priming at print startup and flushing (when not printing) functions, and uniquely formulated removable inks, the system is ideally suited for automated steel-production lines.

The system consists of the I-Mark R44e printhead controller, capable of controlling as many as 16 print heads; long-life, low-ink-consumption Jet-a-Mark 8000-series printheads; Mattcom software to interface with Allen Bradley or other human-machine interfaces for simple programming of print messages; and Matthews SCP240A removable ink.

Matthews Marking Products: 412/665-2504; www.matthewsmarking.com