Columbia Marking Tools (CMT), has developed ready-made, complete marking stations to interface with robotic work cells.  The compact systems, called the Mite-E-Mark, specialize in marking station ID, date codes, or QC marks on products.  

According to CMT, these air impact stations are a lower cost solution to dot-peen and laser marking systems.  They also note their units are extremely rugged, provide rapid cycle times, and produce deep, highly-legible marks.

“As robotic work cells are increasingly being used in automated production, so has the need for a ready-to-mark air impact stations,” said Marc Steele, Marking Specialist at Columbia Marking Tools. 

CMT’s new marking stations feature plug-and-play design with a selection of dry or lubricated air, all required valves, marker mounts and a part rest. The height and location of the part rest are custom-designed per application. An optional Fieldbus for Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) communications is also available. 

“In addition to the convenience it offers, the Mite-E-Mark air impact station is double-acting and perfect for automated production applications where deeper marks are typically required,” said Marc Steele, Marking Specialist at Columbia Marking Tools. “In fact, it provides 18 times the force of an air cylinder of the same width,” he added.

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