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.

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Laser Coating Removal E-coat Laser Marking

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

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

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!