Brady Engraving & Marking Blog (formerly MECCO)
MECCO, a leader in the part marking and traceability industry, has announced the expansion of their headquarters, adding more than 4700 square feet to their office space and production area in Cranberry Township. “We needed more space for our growing business,” said MECCO President Dave Sweet.
MECCO, a leader in the part marking and traceability industry, has launched a new logo and tagline to communicate the company’s commitment and dedication to being the premier partner in integrating marking and traceability.
Portable marking equipment makes it easy to add traceability to a variety of parts, but pipes can be more complicated. MECCO has designed a bracket that is installed onto our hand held dot peen machine, and it is paired with a magnetic guide that goes on the pipe.
Making permanent marks of part numbers, lot codes and identifying information onto bearings can present unique challenges. To solve these needs, MECCO developed the Bearing Marking Station.
The permanent identification of a part for tracking purposes can be complicated depending on the part’s shape. Round parts, such as pipes, flanges, and couplings, require unique marking equipment to ensure a quality mark around the diameter.
To overcome today’s industrial challenges, manufacturers need to work smarter by connecting the factory. They need to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and increase quality. All of these goals can be accomplished using an integrated track and trace system.
The Automation Fair from Rockwell Automation is taking place in Anaheim, CA on November 19th-20th. The conference is focused on showing how “The Connected Enterprise can help you achieve faster time to market, optimize your assets, lower your total cost of ownership and improve enterprise risk.”
Fabtech 2014 begins in Atlanta today and runs through Thursday, November 13th. For demonstrations of traceability solutions, visit MECCO in booth #B4624, where we will be displaying laser marking equipment alongside dot peen marking.
MECCO’s EtherMark-enabled products have been accepted into the Rockwell Automation Encompass™ Program as a referenced product. EtherMark is the first commercially available Rockwell Encompass Partner solution for laser and dot peen marking systems to connect/ communicate directly with factory PLC
Most factory equipment is controlled through programmable logic controllers (PLCs) to automate processes in assembly lines. EtherMark® is the solution for direct communication from the PLC to the marking device.