TUBE AND CABLE PRINTING: ECONOMICAL AND FAST
Metzner offers you six different ways of tube and cable printing and marking
Metzner offers you suitable tube and cable printing systems to ensure optimum product identification that remains readable on the respective material for a long time. These systems are integrated into your line and its work steps. Printing then takes place automatically.
- New: Cajo laser marking with all Metzner AM-machines. Fast on the fly, no solvents, no consumables. Learn more here.
- Ink jet printing for cables, wires, profiles, tubes and other plastic or rubber made products
- Thermal transfer printing systems for cables, wires, profiles, tubes and other plastic or rubber made products
- Laser marking for cables, wires, profiles, tubes and other plastic or rubber made products
- Hot stamp marking for cables and wires
- Marking for cables, profiles, tubes and other plastic or rubber made products
APPLICATIONS
- Printing or marking of cables, tubes, wires, profiles and other products made of rubber or plastics
- For product identification, branding or to communicate assembly instructions
- All can be combined with all Metzner machines
- All can be integrated in the processing of all Metzner machines
TECHNICAL DATA
Cajo Laser Marking
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Ink-jet printing
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Thermal transfer printing
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Laser marking
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Hot stamp marking
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Marking
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Usable for wire and cables
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✔
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1,000 mm | 3’3″
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1,600 mm | 5’3″
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✔
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✔
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Usable for profiles
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1,000 mm | 3’3″
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✔
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✔
| 850 mm | 2’7″ |
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Usable for tubes
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50 kg | 110 lbs
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100 kg | 220 lbs
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✔
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✔
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Print quality
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Excellent
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Very good contrast thanks to selectable ink color
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Excellent. High resolution 300 dpi
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Excellent
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Very good
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Excellent
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Printing texts
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✔ Text and position managed by AM machine’s software
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✔
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✔ Positioning variable (0°, 90°, 180° or 270°)
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Excellent
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Very good
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✔
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Printing graphics and barcodes
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✔
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50 kg | 110 lbs
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✔
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60 kg | 132 lbs
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✔
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Printing time
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on the fly – no lost time
| on the fly – no lost time
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approx. 1.5 sec.
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on the fly – no lost time
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approx. 1.5 sec.
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depending of material
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Other characteristics
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works without consumables, no solvents
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works without consumables
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exact setting of pressure, temperature and time
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up to 4-fold wrapping of the adhesive tape possible
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