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Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 27 October 2004
Lab shows off colour change technology
Colour-change specialist, Sherwood Technology has a new Applications Laboratory.
Colour-change specialist, Sherwood Technology has a new Applications Laboratory This unique facility demonstrates the future possibilities of laser marking, enabling current and potential licensees and end users to test the final results of using Sherwood's ground breaking colour change technologies to mark their products using a wide range of lasers
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 30 Jun 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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DataLase and the recently Launched DataLase Clear are the current crop of colour change innovations responsive to the energy emitted from a low power CO2 laser.
New applications for this established technology can be readily demonstrated and tested within this new facility and visitors can appreciate the benefits of using DataLase on their own products.
Critically, however, the Applications Laboratory also allows Sherwood's potential and current customers to catch a first hand glimpse of the future of laser imaging.
Under appropriate secrecy agreements, prospective licensees are invited to share in early viewings of exciting new developments in laser imaging.
Using the facilities of Sherwood's Applications Laboratory, products can be marked using the most comprehensive range of CO2 lasers available, including: the Domino S100; Markem SmartLase; Videojet S10 and Alltec CS10.
A range of demonstrations is available using these lasers showing potential applications in date coding, barcoding, virtual labelling and graphics printing.
It is also possible to test material responsiveness to a selection of energy sources at different wavelengths.
For example, it is now possible to demonstrate colour change activation using diode lasers.
Diode laser technology is developing rapidly, and facilitates the marking of a wide range of substrates at a lower cost than a YAG laser.
The ability to manipulate the laser responsive chemistry at different wavelengths lends itself to exciting possibilities in brand protection and product security applications.
"The Applications Laboratory allows our present and potential customers to experience the future possibilities of laser imaging using DataLase and our new exciting colour change systems using laser light, at a range of wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum", says Steve Kelly, Managing Director of Sherwood Technology.
"We are really excited at the prospect of opening up this new initiative to provide our clients with infinite imaging solutions".
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