"Professionals" present new coding and marking solutions

Fachpack innovations from REA Elektronik now also available as a video - the highlights

Mühltal, October 15, 2021 - At Fachpack 2021, REA Elektronik presented its latest developments under the motto "Print | Apply | Verify". Anyone who was unable to attend one of the first trade fairs in a long time can now take a look at the latest innovations from the South Hessian specialist for marking and code verification at their leisure: The latest video from the "REA Marking Professionals" has been online since today. The highlights at a glance.

For the first nine episodes of their video series, Daniel Wege (Business Development Manager) and Frank Debusmann (Sales Director national coding and marking systems) drove all over Germany for interesting applications of REA Coding and Marking Solutions. In the latest film, they present the highlights of the REA booth at Fachpack to their audience. The most important ones in words and pictures.

REA JET HR: Printing labels directly onto foil

Direct printing instead of labeling is now also possible on foils and smooth surfaces: The new, contact-free direct printing technology for the high resolution REA JET HR Systems prints codes and plain text with optimum contrast - even on transparent packaging foil. In a single step, the system creates a white ink mirror and immediately prints it with black ink, or in color if required. The ink level and marking then dry together.

The new direct printing technology ensures high-contrast marking for excellent code quality and first-pass reading rates. The elimination of labels reduces process costs. Waste is avoided by eliminating the carrier foil. Direct printing ensures the purity of the packaging material, which simplifies recycling - all in the interests of sustainable production and resource conservation.

REA LabelTower - checking plain text and code quality on labels in one step

The new REA LabelTower uses an innovative combination of technologies to verify label content and the quality of 1D/2D Codes in a single step. The new development is particularly interesting for all companies that label a lot and that provide their products with labels in different languages for export. It is the result of a cooperation between code verification specialist REA Elektronik and Strelen Control Systems GmbH, another company from southern Hesse and an expert in image processing and automation.

The LabelTower verifies the layout, font and graphic elements of the label and compares them with the target specification in order to avoid the risk of confusion and incorrect labeling. At the same time, it checks the properties of the printed code in terms of readability, contrast, printing precision and standard-compliant quality. This ensures font and code quality and guarantees a high first-pass reading rate at the point of sale.

REA JET FL laser marking cabin with autofocus function

The new laser processing cabin for high-quality marking of materials can be customized thanks to its modular design - at the price of a series product. The extremely versatile concept enables solutions ranging from stand-alone manual workstations to fully automated, networked marking stations. With the autofocus function in combination with the motorized Z-axis, users can work much more efficiently with frequently changing component geometries and reduce the risk of rejects. The cabin design and the pulsed fiber laser also enable maximum flexibility to create reproducible, high-quality product markings on plastics, but also metals or ceramic materials. The REA LASER FL Laser Marking Station can be optimally adapted to customer requirements - from the size of the process chamber to the laser power and the placement of the marking field to the type of material feed and removal.

REA VeriMax Inline: Good to know that everything is right

Trust is good - control is better: The new REA VeriMax Inline verification system was developed especially for companies that have to prove the standard-compliant quality of their 1D or 2D Codes. Thanks to its small dimensions, the system can be installed directly into production lines. In proven verifier quality, it checks up to 5 codes per second without contact in an uninterrupted inline inspection.

Flexible shipping labeling with the REA LABEL high-speed servo labeler

The innovative REA LABEL high-speed servo labeler combines the proven high print quality of REA LABEL print and apply systems with automatic product detection and speed. The servo-electric dispensing applicator places shipping labels fast and precisely on cardboard boxes and packages of different heights - up to 2,500 products per hour. This makes it ideal for mail order and end-of-line applications with differently sized packaging.

If speed is less important than flexibility in label placement, the new 3-sided pallet labeler from REA LABEL ES is the right choice: when stationary, it places the labels on up to three sides of the pallet as required.