COVER STORY: TIMBERMARK
The Timber Stamp of Authority Established in 2004, Timbermark is a marking systems company with a focus on the timber industry. The company pioneered high-resolution inkjet printers for the sector, allowing for sharper detailed images on end-stamps, planed timber and pallet blocks.
F
ocusing on the timber industry, Timbermark has developed
work is done in the HP cartridge itself. It’s just more efficient. If there’s
products, applications and engineering solutions for the specific
a problem, just change the cartridge. No waiting for systems to start or
needs of sawmills and pallet factories. It offers dedicated printer
engineers to turn up. The result is improved productivity.”
installations for moulded timber, sawmill sorting lines, pallet blocks, 2-way bearer pallet lines and 4-way pallet lines.
Founder Colin Stewart, had already worked with distributors
Timbermark’s thermal inkjet printers are supplied by Sojet in China. They are low-cost and the technology is easy to use. Colin says: “The Sojet system is very flexible. You can use up to six heads, so the printing
serving Swedish sawmills and set up the company to offer high-
setup can be configured in ways to suit the project. Any repairs are done
resolution inkjet printing to UK sawmills. “We have worked with our
by simply swapping the module. It is value-engineered in China so that it
customers in the timber industry to understand their demands and
is the right price, and our customers are often surprised at how little the
developed applications which meet those needs,” says Colin. “We
system costs. It is so simple to set up and install – most plant technicians
engineer our installations to be robust enough to withstand what can
have the skills required, especially with our guidance. And we can
be a pretty rough operating environment, but also to allow the users to
pre-configure the machine to their requirements before shipping. It is
get the benefit of an electronics-based system with counting and date
realistic to expect zero service costs for this type of printer.”
functions, or message switching capabilities.” The latest developments in printing technology allow Timbermark to provide new options for customers. Thermal inkjet (TIJ) printers have found a place as a more efficient alternative to the continuous inkjet
New Products, Development & Innovations High-resolution inkjet printing can be used for a variety of applications such as printing barcodes. This option gives customers a cost-effective
system. The printers offered by
alternative to labels, and for
Timbermark use Hewlett Packard
sawmill customers, barcodes can
technology in the ink cartridges,
be used to identify an individual
which means improved speed,
piece of timber as it transfers
quality and reliability – and all at
between different processes. Using
a lower cost. “What we like about
high-resolution print technology,
TIJ,” adds Colin “Is that is provides
a machine-readable code can be
a step-change in terms of inkjet
printed onto the top or end of
reliability and performance. No
timber on a transverse conveyor.
more blocked jets, pumps, filters,
Print quality at 200m/min
damaged print heads – all the
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Barcodes can also be scanned to simplify data entry processes.
