Igorle S.L.

Single Nozzle Robotic Marking Station

The SMARKTEC Billet & Slab Robot Marker is designed to mark OCR and 2D data-matrix codes with paint directly on the face of the hot billet (temperature up to 1,100ºC).

This marking solution is based on a 6 axis robot that uses one or two nozzle marking heads. The robot is fully integrated in the factory’s automation and works unattended except for programmed maintenance or specific manual tasks, reducing traceability mistakes.

The high quality and consistency of the mark makes it possible to use machine vision systems for automatic data capturing systems and traceability. The vision systems can be used in addition to make an automatic measurement of the billet’s rhombus.

The SMARKTEC Coil Robot Marker is designed to mark OCR and 2D data-matrix codes directly on the surface of the hot or cold coils (temperature up to 1,100ºC).

This marking solution is based on a 6 axis robot that uses from one to 7 nozzle marking heads. The robot is fully integrated in the factory’s automation and works unattended except for programmed maintenance or specific manual tasks, reducing traceability mistakes. The high quality and consistency of the mark makes it possible to use machine vision systems for automatic data capturing and traceability. The vision system can be used in addition to detect coil winding defects, such as non-round ID, oscillation or telescopic winding.

SMARKTEC has a range of solutions to mark different sizes of beams: small, medium or heavy. The different mechanical solutions for single or multiple beams are designed to mark OCR and 2D data-matrix codes directly on the surface of the beam, at the exit of the straightening machine.

This marking solution is based on a heavy duty steel structure that integrates DoD ink-jet marking technology. Depending on the final application (single or multiple beam marking) the mechanical design may be mounted on a retractile pneumatic structure or it can integrate a number of DoD marking units, that auto-adjust to the number and size of beams that have to be marked. The marking solution is fully integrated in the factory’s automation and works unattended except for programmed maintenance or specific manual tasks, reducing traceability mistakes.