DESIGN-TO-ORDER MARKING SOLUTIONS FROM THE INDUSTRY LEADER

With the widest range of industrial marking equipment available in the market place, Edward Pryor has for many years used its impressive technology base to develop design-to-order solutions for customers worldwide. As customer needs become ever-more specialised, so Edward Pryor's response has become ever-more sophisticated, developing and expanding its product portfolio to keep in-tune with these demands. Thus, the development of state-of-the-art marking solutions 'designed-to-order' is a key area of business, particularly in the demanding aerospace and automotive arenas. Design-to-order projects rely on excellent team work, with representatives of sales, mechanical and electrical design, software and control systems, production, purchasing, planning and export functions all contributing during the course of the project - not to mention the customer, of course. Great effort is placed on delivering the marking solution to the agreed specification, on time - the demanding customer of today will not tolerate late deliveries of any kind. Traditionally, the main emphasis was on the marking cycle - and the automation of it - while reducing cycle time to meet customers' needs. More recently, the ability to produce a top quality mark is 'taken-for-granted' and the emphasis has changed to the parameters of the control system, flexibility, user friendliness and the potential for integration with the customer's own computer systems. The very latest systems employ industrial symbology technology allowing work pieces to be coded with machine readable codes which are automatically tracked through the production process and the rest of the component's working life. This is particularly important within the aerospace industry. A division of Edward Pryor - 'epi' - offers expert consultation and advice on industrial machine readable coding systems. Edward Pryor can and has provided solutions for a wide range of demanding applications, the most recent of these include: a laser marking system for Stanley Tools, a new system for marking Jaguar Vehicle Identification Numbers, BMW car body panels, a customised system for automating the identification of nuclear fuel elements, a marking system installed in an India automotive company, and the development of a marking system for aero-engine housings.