In recent years, with the rapid development of China's economy, the wire and cable industry has also grown. In 2017, China's wire and cable industry reached 1.2 trillion yuan, an increase of 6.3% over the same period in 2016. The scale of the industry market has maintained rapid and steady growth, and the production and sales volume of wire and cable has surpassed the United States to reach the world’s first. As the demand for wire and cable increases,,it is urgent to improve efficiency and reduce cost for manufacturers. Many manufacturers are looking for new production process.

Take the cable surface marking process as an example. The original ink printing has been replaced by fiber marking machine.

As a result, the production efficiency, effect of processing and cost of production have all been improved.

Consumable cost

Ink coding machine: The cost of consumables for an ink jet printer is 3,000-7,000 dollars per year. A medium-sized enterprise will pay 70,000 to 90,000 or even more to purchase the ink per year.

Fiber marking machine: no consumable costs.

Operation hours

Ink coding machine: Affected by the working environment and temperature and humidity changes, the ink path and nozzle are easy to block which leads to high failure rate and short service life.

Fiber marking machine: It can realize 24 hours stable and continuous production and the service life of laser part marking can reach more than 100,000 hours.

Marking speed

Ink coding machine: Applying manual or mechanical operation,it can achieve 1 or more lines of character marking, the speed is relatively slow.

Fiber marking machine: It adopts computer integrated intelligent operation and can realize automatic feeding, automatic marking and automatic material storage, saving time. The laser marking and engraving speed is faster.

Labor cost

Ink coding machine: There are many processes in the ink jet printer. Ink should be added continuously and the nozzles should be cleaned frequently for maintenance, and the storage of consumables is limited.

Fiber marking machine: The laser part marking can realize automatic online marking on the fly and reduce the processes. Through upgrading, the marking can be changed continuously. The storage amount is large. What’s more, manual maintenance is not required, and the operation is simple and convenient.

As an advanced marking device, fiber marking machine of Perfect Laser is replacing the traditional marking equipment due to its numerous advantages, and becomes a nice choice for wire and cable manufacturers.

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