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The Best of ... Diagraph Marking & Coding
Contact: Lee Trent, sales representative Tel. 636-300-2000 sales@diagraph.com, www.diagraph.com
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This section asks OEMs to explain why what they have to offer for customers is “the best of.” That claim could be for the advantages that their marking and coding technology provides manufacturers, but it could also be what else their company has to offer customers. What makes it a good potential partner. Also, some companies present more technical details in entries in the Products section.
For over 125 years, Diagraph Marking & Coding has been providing product identification solutions that make it easy for manufacturers to make the perfect mark—print after print after print—from technology pairing to comprehensive service support and beyond. With the 1893 invention of the revolutionary stencil cutting machine all the way to today’s high-speed inkjet coders, laser coders and hot stamp wire printers, Diagraph focuses on partnering with customers in their coding and labeling operations. Diagraph understands the specific needs for marking and coding in the wire, cable and flexible tubing industries. Even in high-speed, demanding production environments, product scrapping must be kept to a minimum which means accuracy and high-contrast marks are key. Diagraph’s technology solutions keep production on pace while keeping in mind application and adhesion of marks onto a variety of substrates. Coding requirements shouldn’t detract from the quality of your product. Diagraph’s coding technology provides flexibility to adjust messages without unnecessary downtime and produces legible marks even on dark, non-porous surfaces. Our Linx small character continuous inkjet (CIJ) printers deliver robust traceability solutions to ensure manufacturers can keep track of inventory during every step of the manufacturing process and can code lines on wiring as small as 0.5 in. Linx coders are ideal for high-speed coding applications and can code lines as small as .03 in. Hot stamp wire printers print in-line with most major wire processors and feature quick-change fixture systems that minimize set-up time and maximize printing speed, allowing for frequent legend changes on a wide range of wire sizes. Both models print horizontally and vertically on insulated wire and cable.
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The Best of ... Gem Gravure, Co., Inc.
Contact: Paul Gemelli, executive vice president Tel. 781-878-0456 info@gemgravure.com www.gemgravure.com
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The Gemelli family has long been dedicated to ensuring the company’s success as the premiere supplier of marking and coding systems for wire printing. It was launched in 1952 by Joseph Gemelli on the strength of a patent for how a chromed wheel transfers ink to a moving wire during the manufacturing process. Five more patents followed. That legacy continued in 1976, when Joseph’s son, David Gemelli, joined the company, and set out to expand its offerings, adding continuous inkjet printing. Both Joe and David have passed, but their legacy continues today with third-generation brothers Paul and Brian Gemelli. Over the decades, innovation and technology have changed and improved. Keeping the best continuous inkjet technology available for our customers is a priority. Having a dedicated, experienced technical staff to support our customers from their first inquiry all the way through set-up and installation of their new marking system is critical. Maintaining a group of office professionals who are ready to answer questions, process orders and ship product is essential. We have on-demand support across the country and provide constant access to real people who are perpetually eager to help our customers. We boast the best chemists and application specialists on staff, full time, in order to design new solutions that work with the ever-changing needs of the industry. What GEM aims to deliver to our partners is excellence. Excellence happens through the culmination of efforts from the entire staff of Gem Gravure. When you stop to consider the “best of” Gem Gravure, we offer exceptional product and exemplary support, but what has truly made it all happen for the last 70 years is our people.
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The Best of ... Markem-Imaje
Pauline Mouillet, product marketing manager Tel. +33-0-6-25-89-04-92 pmouillet@markem-imaje.com www.markem-imaje.com
The Best of ... Medek & Schörner/ Cable Marking Service
Contact: Jack Reid, partner Tel: 773-454-7750 jack.reid@cablemarking.net www.cablemark.com
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When it comes to cost and compliance, Swiss-based Markem-Imaje believes it is key to listen to customers. Responding to their needs is vital to any supplier that wants to be considered “the best” in their field. And when we talk to manufacturers of wires, cables, pipes and tubing, they tell us one of the biggest challenges they face is finding innovative ways to minimize cost and maximize efficiency. Take as an example the need for manufacturers to balance the requirement to use different colored inks on different materials to ensure codes can be easily read with the need to control the high cost of downtime. Our solution to this challenge is the MC469 silver ink and our 9450 E coder. MC469 delivers a silver-colored code that can be used for all extruded products, whatever the color. For our customers, that means no need to change machines when changing products in a line. The result is high-contrast codes on all surfaces combined with streamlined inventory that enables maximum production speeds with fewer printers, fewer consumables— and crucially—less downtime. Another major challenge our customers face is compliance. While regulation continues to evolve, Markem-Imaje keeps a close eye to anticipate requirements. In France, for example, the NFC15-100 regulation applies to the electric sector. For electrical wire manufacturers, the regulation created a requirement for new characters such as c, a, s, l, m and d. While some CIJ suppliers could print these characters at low speed, it is clear that customers need a solution that delivers compliant products without sacrificing pace. Again, the 9450 E coder steps up: it is capable of delivering the required characters at high speeds. Whatever your business challenge, we’re ready to listen.
In North America, Cable Marking Resources, LLC (CMR), represents Austria’s Medek & Schörner (M&S). Established in 1929, M&S is a leading supplier of cable-marking machines and optical fiber processing lines. M&S not only offers superior quality and high-performance machines, its employees go a step further to provide reliable customer support and a standard of after-sales service that many of its competitors simply cannot afford to offer. Customers appreciate its in-house expertise, the use of state-of-the-art machinery and its highly qualified and experienced workforce. Due to its excellent, close relations to the cable and wire industry, the company is always in touch with new requirements, which are rapidly converted into new production concepts. This enables further continuous development. The product range begins with simple coding machines and extends all the way to fully automated high-speed production lines using cutting-edge technology. The product portfolio for cable marking covers the following: high-quality Gravure printers; offset markers for irregular cable surfaces; embossing meter markers and hot-foil sequential meter or footage markers; high-speed embossing printer for indent or raised marking; high performance ring markers; video systems for monitoring the printing quality of high-speed printing machines; laser-marking systems for cables; and custom-made cable marking machines for uses where conventional devices are not optimally suited. Aside from M&S, CMR also provides value engineered inks and coatings for contact marking and spray ring banding applications. We manufacture inks and coatings for wire manufacturers and distributors that address a broad spectrum of insulations and applications.
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The Best of ... RSD Technik GmbH
Contact: Bernd Vortherms, sales manager Tel: +49-7628-802-53 sales@rsdtechnik.de, www.rsdgroup.de
The Best of ... Taymer International
Contact: Bastien Cordier, technical sales engineer Tel: 905-479-2614, ext. 233 bastien.cordier@taymer.com www.taymer.com
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Based in Germany, RSD is a worldwide acting, reliable partner when it comes to direct or contactless high-speed marking systems. Customer demands led to development of RSD’s unique laser marking system, which has been constantly upgraded to meet the highest demands in the wire and cable industry. The CPLM Laser Marker can be operated as a class 1 stand-alone unit or be implemented into a production network. A service-oriented OPC UA platform was developed to complete the system, and create the basis for Industry 4.0 that can be directly adapted to customer requirements. RSD’s foundation stone was laid 100 years ago. The company has production sites and subsidiaries in Europe, Asia and America that offer customers a large and quickly accessible network of support and service for high-speed marking. Our customers benefit from a quick and easy way to contact us at any time by our global network of representatives. Our dedication is to prevent laser-marking bottlenecks. To meet this requirement, we are the only manufacturer offering models with up to 200 watts of laser power for on-the-fly laser marking on wires and cables. This laser-marking capability is a boon for our customers as it ensures that the efficiency of the production facilities has been increased. Pictured is our CM LM1064 model. We are primarily active in the optical fiber industry. Reduction of rejects, meter or foot marking, data, time marking and true type fonts complete the enormous advantages in our contactless laser marking. Polymers with laser-sensitive additives are essential and the basic requirement of laser marking. Please contact us at any time for our advice and support in your projects.
For over 40 years, Canada’s Taymer has made cable-marking machines for wire, cable, pipe and conduit plastic extrusion lines. Listening to customers’ cable marking needs, we developed innovative cable marking products, including hot-foil (HF) printers, indent markers, emboss markers and sinter printers. We also make high- and low-speed wire printing machines for wire harness fabricators, including continuous marking and hot stamp markers (SM) for harness fabrication and cable assembly makers for the automotive, aerospace and construction industries. See p. 70 for details on our HF2000 model. Our HF printers and hot SM wire machines are economical to purchase and operate. All wire and cable marking machinery is manufactured in North America from local off-the-shelf components. Taymer handles all the manufacturing to ensure adherence to the standards and tolerances that have made the wire harness hot stamping machine the most reliable and rugged on the market. Our approach to HF printing cable allows us to set new standards in print quality, accurate length measurement, reliability and ease of operation. For optimal quality and productivity, you can combine a Taymer SM model with either cable length measurement equipment or camera-based contactless inspection systems. Pictured is our E100 model with optional camera system. Taymer’s HF cable printers can also be factory outfitted with vision systems for print quality and print length verification of the meter marking. The expanded product range includes wire and cable length measurement equipment as well as camera inspection systems for surface defect detection, print detection and more. We design, build and maintain all our equipment, which is tested extensively before shipment, to confirm that everything is working to specification.
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The Best of ... W. Gillies Technologies
Contact: Mark Spencer, managing partner Tel: 508-852-2502 sales@wgillies.com, www.wgillies.com
As part of the RSD Group Worldwide, W. Gillies Technologies, LLC provides an extensive line of printing and marking equipment for wire and cable applications. When variable text is not required for identifying the cable surface, contact printing (via the Gravure method) provides versatility for most printing applications. RSD Group specializes in the design and manufacture of these printers. Additional designs allow for ink color change in addition to automatic wheel indexing for uninterrupted print when legend changes are required on the fly (number printing). Low- to mid-speed printers. These are for printing applications up to 600 fpm, and are driven via movement of the cable line (traction). Depending on ink selection, guide roller and print wheel configuration, they are capable of printing the smallest wire insulations, like 24 gauge PTFE, up to 3 in. cable constructions. These come in four models—the SP-10 direct contact printer; the SP-15 combination offset and direct contact printer; the SV-20 vertical direct contact printer; and the SPI-Combination contact printer—that all are friction driven, with speeds up to 600 fpm. The mid-speed model—the CP1Z direct contact printer—can process cable to1500 fpm. It is an ideal device for printing on insulated wire, cable, hose and tubing. The printer can be located in line during extrusion or off-line during re-spooling applications. High-speed printers. These two electronically driven models—the CP1E Direct Contact printer (pictured) and the CP4R Direct Contact printer—offer line speeds up to 4,800 fpm. They are equipped with an ink recirculating pump, spray nozzle, ink cooling chamber, line speed detection for print wheel synchronization, ink viscosity control, and integrated stroboscope for viewing printed surfaces.
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