Pryor completes order for Caterpillar with delivery of final marking system to UK manufacturing plant

Pryor’s bespoke tag marking solution for Caterpillar * Several bespoke marking solutions installed worldwide Pryor Marking Technology (Pryor), a leading manufacturer of marking, vision and software solutions today announced that it has supplied a fully automated tag marking machine to Caterpillar, the world’s leading manufacturer of earth moving and specialist heavy plant vehicles.  Over the past 24 months, Pryor has supplied marking systems to Caterpillar sites in Belgium, Japan, the UK and the USA, along with semi-automated systems to sites in China and the USA.  Pryor’s ID Tag Marker is an advanced dot-peen marking and software solution that can be designed to order and fully integrated with a customer’s own software, that supplies the data needed for marking.  Aluminium tags are used to identify individual parts such as hydraulic hoses fitted to vehicles and each part carries its own unique ID code. The tags may vary in length to a customer’s requirements and contain details of the part number including place and date of manufacture, in the form of a human-readable mark or it can include Data Matrix code as required.  Producing these tags is a complex task that impacts directly on quality and costs. Dot-peen marking is when the relevant information is marked onto the component by means of a computer controlled carbide stylus.  Dependent on the size of the characters being marked, dot-peen marking can be undertaken at a rate of several characters per second. All materials with a hardness grade of up to 62 Rockwell C are suitable for marking by dot-peen method. As an aluminium strip is fed through the Pryor ID Tag Marker a dot-peen mark is applied containing the relevant data.  Shop floor operatives can easily amend this information via a simple user interface. Marked tags are then progressed further through the equipment where they are cropped to size and pierced ready for attaching to the relevant parts. The Pryor system offers excellent uptime and reliability enabling maximum output. David Copeland, applications engineer for Pryor, said: “Increasingly companies need to ensure full traceability of their products and, dependent on the application, dot-peen marking can be one of the most effective means of doing this.  If the marking is not clear or accurate the component may not be used which is an unnecessary waste of time and resource.” END Further details and photographs are available from: Keren Burney, public relations consultant Compege Tel: +44 1730 894123 Mobile: 07876 780065 Email: kburney000@aol.com John Kidder, commercial operations manager Pryor Tel: +44 114 276 6044 Email: j.kidder@pryormarking.com Visit our websites at: http://www.pryormarking.com or www.absolutevision.co.uk Ref. Integrator/EMO August 2007 Note: If you know longer wish to receive news or information from Pryor Marking Technology please contact Keren Burney on Tel/fax: 01730 894123 or email: kburney000@aol.com and you will be removed from the distribution list.