Friends who are about to buy marking equipment will probably first know which equipment is better. Those who want to buy ink are cheap, but they have many disadvantages; those who want to buy lasers are too expensive, but they have many advantages. . Therefore, I often consult friends around me or search online: Which is better, laser coding machine or ink coding machine? So which one is better? ——It must be a good laser coding machine. But you don’t choose which equipment is good, but which is more suitable for your needs.

If you are entangled in which coding machine to buy, you can compare the two before making a decision. What to compare? Please come and learn about it with Foshan Fulan Laser:

1. Initial cost?

Ink coding machine: the one-time purchase price is low, and the later use cost is high (eg: ink consumables are a long-term use cost, frequent failures, repair costs and maintenance costs are not cheap).?

Laser coding machine: The one-time purchase price is higher, and its later use cost is lower.

2. Operating costs

Ink coding machine: The coding machine consumes a large amount of special ink and solvent, and consumes a large amount of consumables. In addition, the replacement of nozzles and other accessories is expensive, requiring specialized maintenance personnel, and unplanned shutdown of production, causing indirect losses. The cost of consumables for an ink coding machine is tens of thousands or even hundreds of millions of yuan per year.

Laser coding machine: The operating cost is extremely low, and the equipment can be operated without maintenance for a long time, without any consumables, and zero operating costs.

3. Labor cost

Ink coding: Ink coding machine has many procedures, it needs to add ink constantly, and the nozzles need to be cleaned frequently for maintenance, the storage of consumables is limited, and multiple personnel are required to operate.

Laser coding: It can realize automatic coding and processing and reduce the process; and the development speed is fast, the marks can be changed continuously, the storage capacity is large, and the specialized maintenance personnel are basically not required.

4. Running time

Ink coding: The ink coding machine is affected by the working environment and changes in temperature and humidity, and it is easy to cause blockage of the ink path and nozzles. The failure rate is high and the service life of the equipment is short.

Laser coding: 24 hours stable continuous production can be realized. Long service life: optical fiber (service life can be as long as 10W hours), green light (usable for 2 to 5 years), ultraviolet (usable for 3 to 10 years), oxygen dioxide (laser metal tube can be used for 5 to 10 Years, the glass tube can be used for 3 to 9 months) and MOPA laser marking machine (usable for 15-20 years). The service life of the laser has expired. Replace with a new laser and the laser marking machine can continue to be used.

5. Marking speed

Ink coding: manual or mechanical operation can be used to mark one or more lines of characters, relatively slow, and only online coding can be used.

Laser coding: adopts computer integrated intelligent operation, which can realize automatic feeding, automatic identification and positioning, automatic marking, etc., with ultra-fast marking speed; it can work in static or high-speed flow state of the production line.

6. Marking effect

Ink coding: The mark is clear but the accuracy is low, it can be changed, it will fade after a long time or touch, and the anti-counterfeiting effect is limited.

Laser coding: ultra-clear markings, high precision (UV laser coding machine produced by Fulan Laser has a minimum line width of 0.01mm and a minimum character of 0.06mm), non-modifiable, permanent, and excellent anti-counterfeiting effect.

7. Flexibility

Ink coding machine: can print bar codes, batch numbers and simple patterns, etc., and the number of printing lines and font size are limited.

Laser coding machine: It can print any content, that is, it can be processed immediately, and the printed content can be edited and modified immediately. The serial code, batch number, barcode, two-dimensional code, etc. can be automatically skipped. The number of printing lines and font size are not limited.

8. Stability

Ink coding machine: The performance is basically stable, but the failure rate is relatively high. The nozzle will be blocked due to changes in environmental temperature, humidity and dust. The maintenance workload is large and is greatly affected by the environment.

Laser coding machine: stable and reliable performance, can work continuously 24 hours a day. The maintenance-free time is more than 20,000 hours.

9. Data processing capabilities

Ink coding machine: It is controlled by a single-chip microcomputer, with limited data processing capacity and few anti-counterfeiting functions.

Laser coding machine: The control host directly uses an industrial computer, which has powerful data processing capabilities and can be connected to all anti-counterfeiting data systems to meet multi-level anti-counterfeiting needs.

10. Operation and use?

Ink coding machine: simple display interface, low resolution. It can only perform simple editing processing on the printed information, and is generally used as a production date printing device.

Laser coding machine: intuitive Windows software, high resolution display interface, clear picture. Make the establishment and editing of printed information convenient and quick.

11. Environmental protection and safety?

Ink coding machine: Ink and solvent are highly volatile substances, which will produce more chemical toxic residues and pollute the environment. In addition, the chemical composition and odor of inks and solvents are completely possible to penetrate into the marked objects, which are gradually replaced products internationally.

Laser coding machine: does not produce any substances harmful to the environment and human body, and produces surface scratches on the objects to be printed. It is an environmentally friendly high-tech product. Comply with GB7247-87; GB10320-88 standards. However, some materials will produce smoke during laser marking, which can generally be handled by a smoke exhaust system.

After understanding the comparison of the above 11 items, I believe you will not worry about which one to buy when choosing a coding machine. As the saying goes: the best for you is the best.