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As part of the Hemlock Group HPC Services provides high precision machining services to demanding customers in many industry sectors. When the company became involved with the production of tight tolerance parts for a new system for suppressing building fires, traceability became a necessity. This is efficiently and cost-effectively achieved by a TD412 laser-equipped LaserTop 2000 workstation supplied by specialist Technifor. Hemlock invested in 3- and 5-axis prismatic machine tools; HPC Services provides multi-axis turning with Swiss-type sliding head and turn- milling machines to give a one-stop shop service for companies across a wide spectrum of industry sectors. Both were early adopters of CNC technology and look to automate and improve efficiency whenever possible. “It was the drive for efficiency and cost- effective results for the customer that initially prompted us to review the various component marking solutions available,” recalls Paul Cobb. “We are machining 15,000 parts a month and there are a lot of variables. One particular customer Dual Mist required component traceability to meet end customer expectations and industry safety
standards. It requires part number, date and location it was manufactured; as we don’t know when we are making a batch of any particular design we had to have a flexible solution.” That flexibility came from a Technifor LaserTop 2000 workstation fitted with the company’s TD412 diode-pumped Nd:YAG laser to efficiently generate high definition marks. With a marking power of 12W it provides consistent, high contrast character quality on a wide range of materials and is capable of marking at up to 2.5 m/sec. The LaserTop 2000 can accommodate any of the highly capable Technifor YAG or fibre technology lasers fitted with any lens. Compact in design the LaserTop 2000 can be installed on a
With a marking power of 12W LaserTop provides consistent, high contrast character quality on a wide range of materials
desk or a work table. It is quiet enough to be used in an office and no external cooling is required. The useful 520 x 580 mm working area provides maximum flexibility in the size and weight of workpieces accommodated. It makes laser part marking more accessible and can be operated with minimal training. For HPC Services the Technifor laser is used to drive a rotary axis to allow the cylindrical nozzles to be clearly marked around their circumference. By repurposing the plastic collet designed to be used by the installation engineers to screw the nozzle into the water feed pipework, HPC Services has created an effective method of holding the nozzle body without risk of damaging it. “We selected the Technifor TD412 for a
number of reasons,” concludes Cobb. “As a bench-top machine it is very
compact; while we are not restricted for room we are keen not to waste floorspace. Extremely well designed and built, the intuitive ease of use of the software makes it so straightforward even I can use it.”
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