New laser marking system from Nortek Automation

Nortek Automation's new SOL850 Laser Marking System meets the industry's latest and toughest demands for PCB marking.

"Electronics manufacturers are demanding machine-readable codes that condense more information onto less board space" says Zeena Hussian, Nortek's SOL850 Product Manager. "But at the same time, they need a marking solution to replace adhesive labels because labels cannot withstand new higher process temperatures associated with lead-free soldering, and they also want to eliminate recurring label costs. Laser marking with our new SOL850 is the solution."

Nortek's SOL850 lases a very compact, machine-readable code directly on the circuit board, thus eliminating the recurring consumables cost of labels and ink solutions. Laser marking is a non-contact process that produces the most durable mark of currently available PCB marking technologies.

"It's more than just a marking system," Hussian adds. "The SOL850 also incorporates efficient board handling; it‚s the only system on the market with a built-in bare board de-stacker and re-stacker, and features an innovative positioning system." Hussian says that these features give the SOL850 the highest throughput for a laser marking system in the industry.