| Severn
Valley Timbers Ltd has automated the printing of length codes
on to the end-grain of pre-cut timber profiles by using ATD
inkjet printers connected to specially designed software running
from a PC.
Information
about the length of each timber profile, gauged by the total
number of photocell signals blocked as it exits a planing
machine, is sent from a PC to an inkjet printer supplied by
ATD Inkjet Systems Ltd.
The
ATD IP9000 ‘impulse’ inkjet chosen because of its
high resolution (a requirement due to space limitations on
the end-grain), automatically prints in red ink a pre-programmed
code according to the input received from the PC.
Industrially
rugged, the IP9000 is particularly suitable for the harsh
environment presented at Severn Valley Timbers. This has been
proven with the inkjet system having no start-up or print
quality problems over the six months that it has been installed. |
