Direct marking of building
materials during production
With near-constant run times, dusty environments and temperature extremes, you need a coding solution that works as hard as you do.
Building materials manufacturers can benefit by upgrading their old printing technology to today’s variable printing and coding solutions. Whether your application is marking specifications such as span ratings and panel grades, placing branding information on engineered woods and composite materials, marking bulk materials or discrete building components, Videojet can help. Videojet printers are engineered to perform in the heat, dust and humidity of your production environment.
Achieving consistent code quality over the useful lifetime of your printer is not only possible, but with robust solutions from Videojet, you can minimize your maintenance, too.
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Reliable, continuous print on paper and plastic bags
When bagging powdered materials, there can be variability with finished product placement on your conveyors. This can create distorted codes due to inconsistent throw distance from bag to bag. Equipped with the right accessories and the know-how for seamless installation on your line, Videojet experts can help you with optimal printer placement on your conveyor for clean and consistent codes.
Print a variety of text, characters or logos in hot, non-stop production environments
Regardless of whether you are printing lot, date or bar codes, moisture levels, panel grades, inspector ID information, species or batch data, coding equipment selection is largely driven by the demands of your production environment. The ease of maintenance must also be taken into consideration when bulky equipment limits accessibility to your printer. Videojet offers rugged printer options that are designed for dependability, minimized maintenance, and ease of use.
Code quality and your production environment
With the challenges of printing consistent codes in harsh environments and the cost and effort required to address operator-related coding mistakes, coding errors can quickly become a headache. Videojet offers exclusive technologies such as CleanFlow® and Dynamic Calibration™ that can help you print clean, consistent codes, even in challenging production environments. And our Code Assurance solutions can help simplify operator-to-printer interaction, and better equip operators to achieve the right code on the right product, time after time.
Help reduce costs and increase packaging line flexibility
Printing product or part number information directly on the bag can help reduce pre-printed inventory holding costs, long lead times, and simplify production changeovers. By using generic film and coding variable information on demand with a Videojet Thermal Transfer Overprinting solution, you can help reduce packaging costs and increase productivity.
Code on almost anything
Due to their content and application constraints, many building materials packages, especially the ones designed for DIY, come in a variety of specialized containers. In the retail space, packaging design often differentiates your products and can be integral to your success. Videojet offers robust coding solutions to address the unique needs of a wide range of specialty packaging types.
Empower your supply chain and reduce costs
Printing lot, batch and supplier-specific information on your external packaging creates a data-rich traceability point that is visible to your warehouse, wholesaler and retailer. With solutions to assist with tracking your product throughout your supply chain, Videojet offers scalable software and production-line control systems for nearly every material and production environment. Moreover, there are cost-savings opportunities with print on demand solutions for exterior packaging – helping to reduce the costs of using and maintaining pre-printed cases.
Videojet printers are compatible with continuous operation roto-packers and offer maintenance-minimizing features for dusty environments that experience temperature fluctuations. Moreover, our bulk fluid containers allow our printers to run for longer periods of time, lessening intervals in between required fluids replacement.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
Large Character Marking (LCM)
Ink-based, non-contact printing of multiple data types (alphanumeric, logos and bar codes) in large sizes primarily used for secondary packaging such as cases.
While manufacturing processes of wood products and floor tile vary, they share the challenges of a tough production environment. These products require robust coding solutions that provide crisp, consistent codes with minimized and simplified maintenance for when printers aren’t easily accessible on the line.
Thermal inkjet (TIJ)
Ink-based, non-contact printing using heat and surface tension to move ink onto a package surface. Generally used to print 2D DataMatrix and other bar codes.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
Large Character Marking (LCM)
Ink-based, non-contact printing of multiple data types (alphanumeric, logos and bar codes) in large sizes primarily used for secondary packaging such as cases.
Extrusion facilities are continuous operations and are challenged by hot and dusty conditions. Videojet printers are designed to meet these challenging demands and help keep your lines running.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
Videojet printers are capable of printing variable information including, but not limited to, logos, product names, and bar codes directly onto flexible film. Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO) enables you to use generic standard film (vs. pre-printed films) with product-specific content printed on-demand.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO)
A digitally controlled printhead precisely melts ink from a ribbon directly onto flexible films to provide high resolution, real-time prints..
