Marking and preparation of sheets and metals - digital, reliable, integrated

At Blechexpo 2023, REA Elektronik will present systems for industrial marking and application of liquid fluids

Mühltal, 6^th September 2023 - Modern sheet metal processing requires reliable marking for its future-proof processes. REA Elektronik systems work reliably even in the most adverse environments and on difficult surfaces. Not only in digital marking, but also in the application of liquids, which are helpful in metal forming. The REA JET systems are on display at the Blechexpo 2023.

In a drafty factory hall or at the hot blast furnace, in a rough and dirty production environment or during filigree fine cutting in the cleanest rooms, on the oily surface or a workpiece that is up to 1,000 degrees hot - tubes, profiles, sheets or remnants must be reliably provided with information. So that people and digital systems can process them correctly can recognize and assign them at any time, and also trace them if necessary for their entire service life.

With its REA JET product line, REA Elektronik has a solution for each of these marking requirements and extremes, adapting the flexible systems individually to the user's needs and implementing them into the production environment. Special marking systems are also suitable for the application of liquids to prepare sheet metal and metals for further processing - they enable the application of coolants or lubricants, primers, protective coatings or process liquids with point accuracy or over a wide area.

All REA JET marking solutions can be operated using the universal operating concept REA JET TITAN platform. This saves companies from having to train employees for different technologies and also simplifies personnel planning.

Marking and applying - from small to very large

The REA JET SC 2.0 small character inkjet printer prints quickly and effectively on smooth and non-absorbent metallic surfaces - even in hard-to-reach places - using CIJ technology. It is the most compact system in its class - robust, lightweight and of small dimensions. With a vertical resolution of 48 pixels for up to eight lines, it prints alphanumeric texts, barcodes and 2D matrix codes in all languages and with all international character sets at a very short drying time.

The REA JET HR high-resolution inkjet printer eliminates the need to label metal components and the logistics and warehousing involved. With its innovative "wet-on-wet" technology, it marks hard-to-mark, smooth, metallic substrates inline and with sharpness, with the best adhesion and legibility, and the shortest drying time. To achieve this, its dual print head applies a white colored field and immediately prints machine-readable codes or plain text in black or colored ink in a single step before both dry together.

In the REA JET HR Lube version, the cartridges are filled with oil-free lubricants - for their digital dispensing for the preparation of metals for stamping and forming applications. With thermal inkjet technology, high-precision lubricant images can be applied individually and with point accuracy and great contour definition - and they are also misting- and aerosol-free. This increases production and operational reliability, because the lubricant is only applied where it is needed. As with the inkjet version of the REA JET HR, up to eight print heads with an individual application width of up to 12.7 millimeters can be combined with each other – to cover an area more than 100 millimeters wide.