Applications

Pallets

Pallet manufacturers have a well-established need to mark onto pallet blocks. Information includes pallet pool information, proprietary customer information, and technical/environmental information (ISPM15). Timbermark's ink jet system produces a high quality marking effect, and offers producers additional benefits in terms of added value, flexibility, lower running costs, and safety.

Offline Block Marking System:
The system comprises a 35 or 70mm high resolution ink jet system, and block handling infeed table and conveyor. As standard the system requires an operator, but if positioned in line with the block cutting saw, the same operator can supervise the saw and feed the marking equipment.

As an option, we can engineer an inline handling solution to take blocks directly from the saw and print them.

Plain blocks are pre-marked with the required information, such as ISPM15, and delivered to the line in stillages. This arrangement is ideal for semi automatic lines, where marked blocks are inserted by hand into the pallet jig. The quality of the end result compared with stencilling is significantly improved.

The system is also available for hire, so that stocks of pre-marked blocks can be generated for later use. Please contact us for hire terms.

On line pallet marking systems

Full pallet system:

The full pallet marking system comprises two ink jet heads, mounted either side of the conveyor. Pallets can be marked at up to 40m/minute, so there is no need to stop the pallet. The advantage of this is that line throughput can be increased where branding is a bottleneck.

Additional components in the system include protective pallet guides, flexible print head mounts, and message creation and management software.

Top board marking:
Top boards can be marked on line, eliminating the need for the additional handling and the complexity of phasing in the marked boards. Applications include identifying property, e.g. for a pallet pool, or manufacturers can add their own contact details.

With both online systems, there is little additional cost in offering a customised service to your customers, such as marking the pallet with their company logo. Your sales people will be able to use this feature to secure new orders and enhance added value from existing contracts.

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The benefits of high resolution over branding or stencilling