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News Release from: Tru Corporation | Subject: VectorMark laser marking machines
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 October 2001
Two laser marking machines launched
Two new machines in the VectorMark compact range, both featuring as yet unachieved application possibilities, were launched at the at the LASER 2001 trade fair.
Two new machines in the VectorMark compact range, both featuring as yet unachieved application possibilities, were launched at the at the LASER 2001 trade fair For several years now, the Trumpf Group has been one of the market's leading providers of laser marking systems
In 1997 the Trumpf subsidiary Haas-Laser was the first leading laser manufacturer to sell high-volume of diode-pumped laser units, the VectorMark compact, and this had a lasting effect on the trend toward this technology.
Over a thousand marking lasers of this type are now in operation worldwide, whereby Trumpf is the leading manufacturer with regard to diode-pumped technology in industrial use.
Several factors have contributed decisively to this market success.
The systems are air-cooled, and exceptionally compact - making them far easier to integrate.
High beam quality and stability also enable sharply better marking results to be achieved.
Further product advantages include user-friendly software under Windows NT, and the extensive telediagnostic capabilities of the Telepresence feature of Trumpf marking systems.
The product range of VectorMark compact laser marking systems has been continually extended over the past years with the addition of systems with higher outputs and additional wavelengths, providing solutions for almost every customer application.
The strong growth led to the foundation last year of Trumpf Laser Marking Systems AG, an independent subsidiary responsible for development, production and worldwide distribution of marking lasers.
In just one year of operation, Trumpf Laser Marking Systems has succeeded in further increasing its marking activities.
The result: even higher sales figures, and a sharply extended product range for the LASER 2001 trade fair.
Two new machines in the VectorMark compact range, both featuring as yet unachieved application possibilities, were launched at the at the LASER 2001 trade fair.
The new model of the frequency-doubled VectorMark compact (wavelength 532nm, green) has a sharply higher average and maximum pulse rate in relation to the existing product range, whereby processing speeds can be more than tripled depending on the application.
Beam quality and pulse-to-pulse stability have also been even further improved.
The spheres of application for this marking laser are extremely varied.
In the semiconductor industry, they range from wafer marking to the marking of state-of-the-art electronic components in SMD technology.
In the marking of plastics, new possibilities have now been opened up with regard to contrast and marking quality, further strengthening the competitive position of the laser in relation to conventional printing methods.
This will result in an intensified substitution of tampon printing systems.
With the frequency-tripled VectorMark compact (wavelength 355nm, UV), Trumpf is one of the first marking laser manufacturer to penetrate the UV sector.
These wavelengths open up new dimensions in the marking of plastics.
The marking quality is far better than that of infra-red lasers, and higher machine speeds have also been achieved.
Even highly inflammable and self-extinguishing materials that have so far remained unmarked by lasers can now be marked in incomparable quality by the new VectorMark compact UV.
There are many more interesting applications in the electronics and semiconductor industries.
Trumpf is in a position to provide its customers with the advantages of the entire spectrum, thereby offering the right marking laser to suit every industrial application.
There have also been further innovations with regard to the software and electronics on the VectorMark compact laser marking system: The Telepresence function has been further improved, and expended via the addition of new sensors.
Several years' experience of industrial applications here has shown that more than 90 percent of all faults occurring in industrial use can be repaired via modem.
Trumpf and Haas-Laser have made far more use of the possibilities of teleservice than any other laser manufacturer, and now, after nearly a decade of industrial experience with this technology, it is the world's leading provider.
The operating software on the VectorMark compact has been further developed, and extended via the addition of the automation module Quickflow.
The graphic programming interface on Quickflow supports the generation of even complex flow programs, without the need for higher-order languages, making things a great deal simpler, especially for customers in the system integration and assembly plant construction sectors.
Expenditure on adjustment of tailor-made projects has therefore been reduced as a result, together with programming costs.
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