Laser Cleaning & Marking
Drive Shafts
Fiber lasers can quickly remove coatings and paint overspray from the areas used for assembly on drive shafts. If you are currently masking these surfaces before e-coating, switching to laser cleaning will speed up your coating process, prevent manual errors, and eliminate masking costs.
If you need to track and trace your drive shafts, fiber lasers can also etch 2D codes onto the coating, or 2D codes readable through the coating, maintaining traceability for your whole process.
Applications
Benefits of Laser Cleaning
for Drive Shafts
- Get rid of part masking and manual errors
- Speed up your manufacturing process
- Eliminate masking costs
- Remove paint overspray from localized areas
- Obtain precise & consistent cleaning results
- Meet short cycle time requirements
- Validate cleaning quality automatically
Recommended Solutions
No need to deal with several suppliers and wonder who is accountable for what. We provide all the features, peripherals and support needed to integrate the laser in your manufacturing process.
Rotary Table Cleaning Workstation
Manually loaded, this machine can be integrated inline to remove e-coating with precision and speed thanks to a powerful and high-quality laser.
Operators load drive shafts on one side of the table while another drive shaft is cleaned on the other side.
Features Typically Included
- Rotary indexers installed on each side of the table to rotate the drive shafts and clean them over their circumference
- A dust & fume extraction unit to maintain a clean & safe environment
- A Cognex camera to validate cleaning quality
Benefits of Laser Marking
for Drive Shafts
- Etch 2D codes that can easily be read through the coating
- Etch high-contrast codes before or after e-coating
- Start tracking drive shafts before the e-coating process
- Know the exact origin of defects to avoid large recalls
- Meet short cycle times and minimize downtime
- Validate codes automatically
Recommended Solutions
No need to deal with several suppliers and wonder who is accountable for what. We provide all the features, peripherals and support needed to integrate the laser in your manufacturing process.
Rotary Table Marking Machine
This fully automated machine will keep your robots busy. As one part is dropped onto one side of the table, another one is marked and ready to be unloaded.
Features Typically Included
- A Cognex camera to validate code quality
- An air knife to prevent dust accumulation on the lens & ensure consistent marking quality
- A dust extraction unit to maintain a clean work environment
- A touchscreen HMI to select the right configuration, troubleshoot the machine, etc.
Automated Door Marking Machine
Robots can drop drive shafts onto fixtures and perform other tasks while the parts are being marked.
This flexible design is ideal to minimize your footprint and optimize your plant layout.
Features Typically Included
- A Cognex camera to detect part models & validate code quality
- An air knife to prevent dust accumulation on the lens & ensure consistent marking quality
- A dust extraction unit to maintain a clean work environment
- A touchscreen HMI to select the right configuration, troubleshoot the machine, etc.
My engineers had found the perfect masking recipe to prevent leakage and irregular coats, but our operators still made errors every now and then—and those errors cost us. Sometimes, we had to remove the entire coating and start over.
The machine provided by Laserax has allowed us to speed up our coating process and remove the risk for manual errors.
I was skeptical when they said they could etch 2D codes that could be read through our 75-micron coating, so I asked for sample markings. They etched a series of uncoated drive shafts, which I then sent for e-coating. I was surprised to see the codes. But the real test was with the barcode reader. It was all Grade B codes or better!
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