The MECCO Blog

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.

In less than two weeks, IMTS 2014 will kick off at McCormick Place in Chicago for the more than 100,000 buyers and sellers from all over the globe who attend. The International Manufacturing Technology Show is in its 30th edition, while MECCO® celebrates its 125th year in business in booth N6058.

MECCO’s dot peen markers are versatile and durable, but in some environments, an impact marker can be too loud. One customer wanted to take advantage of the mark quality and speed, but had strict requirements for the noise level and safety surrounding the marking equipment.