Metal and steel industry

Steel billets, edge tubes, aluminum plates or wire ropes: In the steel and metal industry, semi-finished products and metal parts of all kinds are marked. The environmental conditions for the marking technology are often very challenging, for example when directly marking freshly produced, hot steel.

In addition to extreme heat, the marking and labeling solutions also have to be able to cope with dust and dirt, vibrations, oily surfaces, changing material compositions and sometimes long printing pauses. For optimal process automation, the marking and coding of metal parts usually takes place inline. The systems therefore have to be able to be individually integrated into production plants or manufacturing plants and work reliably and fast.

Challenges of marking in the metal and steel industry

• Versatile different metals, product sizes and shapes
• Marking under extreme environmental conditions Resistance to heat, cold, chemical and mechanical stress
• Fast application in automated steel production, metal and sheet metal processing
• Generation of machine-readable alphanumeric codes and 2D Codes
• Particularly rough, uneven or smooth, greasy or oily surfaces

Which materials and products are marked in the steel and metal industry?

• Steel/stainless steel, iron, aluminum, copper, brass and others
• Steel coils
• Steel/aluminum plates
• Tubes and pipes
• Steel billets
• Shipbuilding profiles
• Steel drums
• Aluminum ingots
• Wire/steel ropes
• Metal lids
• Tin cans

Where are our solutions used?

• Direct marking of steel/metal products and semi-finished products for complete traceability (production data, batch codes, serialization)
• Good/bad marking, edge marking, dot marking, line marking and color marking for quality assurance and anti-counterfeiting
• Marking of metallic surfaces with paints and varnishes (marking technology)
• Labeling (1D Codes and 2D Codes, type plates, security labels)
• Code verification, text verification, plain text verification, layout control