A company has released a UV laser marking system for plastic and metals. UV lasers can produce small characters on a wide array of materials and are ideal for marking plastics used in the medical and packaging industries. Miyachi Unitek Corp, Monrovia, CA, says the UV laser markers also offer extremely controlled metals marking, which results in the most reliable corrosion-resistant marking for medical materials.

The UV laser's 355 nm wavelength offers unique marking characteristics, including fine printing on electronic components, marking breakers, medical tubing, high-contrast HDPE marking, and corrosion- and passivation-resistant marking of stainless steels. Depending on the application, the systems can be configured to include such features as motion, vision corrected marking, barcode mark read and verification, custom user interface, custom enclosure, and tooling.

The system features a rugged, low maintenance design. Fully integrated motion options offer up to four axes of motion. Any combination of linear and rotary axes can be easily programmed from the marking software. The system’s mark on-the-fly capabilities enable marking high-quality text and graphics on moving parts.