Machine category 07

Laser marking

Fiber marking and engraving — permanent identification that survives the process it is marking.

Marking is usually bought for a reason imposed from outside: a customer requires traceability, an export market requires country of origin, or a warranty claim requires you to prove which batch a part came from.

Fiber marking answers all three permanently. It does not wear off in degreasing, it survives heat treatment, and it does not add a consumable to the process.

What it is for

Serial numbers, batch codes and data matrix
Logos and branding on finished products
Scale and dial markings on instruments
Traceability marks for export requirements
Deep engraving on tooling and dies

How to choose

01

Mark or engrave — they are different jobs

Surface marking changes colour and contrast. Engraving removes material to a depth. Depth needs more power and more time per part, so be clear which one your customer is actually asking for.

02

The material decides the machine

Fiber handles metals and most engineering plastics. Organic materials — wood, leather, paper — belong on CO₂. A machine bought for the wrong family will disappoint on every part.

03

Field size sets your part size

The lens field is the area markable without moving the part. Larger parts need a bigger field, a moving axis, or a rotary attachment for cylindrical work.

04

Think about where it sits

A marker at the end of a production line needs different handling from a bench unit doing batches. That decision changes the enclosure, the fixturing and the extraction.

Questions we are asked

Will the mark survive plating or heat treatment?

An engraved mark with depth generally does. A surface colour-change mark may not. If the part goes through a downstream process, tell us and we specify for the finished condition, not the raw one.

Tell us the part you need to make

An engineer reads every request. Usually the same working day.

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