Laser Marking

Your new design and product needs to be unique while representing your brand.  If you’re using an injection molded parts, it may be easy to incorporate a logo or text into the part itself.  For other parts, perhaps metal or a non-molded plastic, or just the ability to vary the text, may add too much complexity and cost to the design.  The better solution may be to incorporate Laser Marking, which can create on the fly without the extra cost.

SEA-LECT Plastics offers three options of Laser Marking that will set your new product apart from the competition: deep engraving, simple surface marking, and cutting thin metal for inserts.

Laser engraving will be completed with a CNC machine (computer numerical control) that follow your design exactly.

It can be used for these materials:

• Steel
• Metal Alloys
• Aluminum
• Copper
• Gold
• Silver
• Iron
• Brass
• Non-metal materials like wood, acrylic, leather, fabric, paper, foam, PVC, plastic, and glass

It is best used with cloth, leather, wood products, ceramics, and metal products, and is starting to be utilized heavily for non-metals like plastic.  The surface can also vary between plain (no coating), painted, anodized, or plated metal surfaces, and can be flat sheets, curved surfaces, or cylinders.

 It is not ideal for safety critical parts, and the maximum engraving depth is 0.020″ in metals or 0.125″ in materials such as graphite.  It does provide more font options with text, and can be used faster with less chance of product damage or deformation.

Laser etching is kept to a depth of 0.001” maximum, and can be done on bare, anodized or plated metal surfaces, as well as plastics, polymers and ceramics.  It will also slightly change the surface finish of metals by altering the reflectivity and enhances contrast.

Materials options are comparable to the Deep Engraving with steel, alloys, precious metals, and non-metal materials including plastics.

It is a better option due its increased speed compared to Deep Engraving.  It can also erase markings on plastic surfaces and remove paint from a surface.

Laser marking is incorporating the growing trend to fabricate inserts and extra services.  The laser has the ability to cut thin metal or other materials in detail to add an extra layer of intricate design to your new product.  Beyond cutting, the laser can also seal edges as it cuts to prevent threading on fibrous materials.

Laser Marking will allow your new product to have flexibility with logo placement, design details unmatched by your competition, and add text quickly as the market changes direction in the future.  SEA-LECT Plastics offers laser marking, etching, and cutting as part of our award-winning turn-key solutions.  When you’re ready to work with an elite team that produces world-class products, call us (425) 339-0288 or email us at mattp@sealectplastics.com.  We can offer you advice on the best technology to use, the best materials to meet your product demands, and how to navigate through each development stage with ease.