Laser marking and engraving of household and industrial plastic products

Laser marking and engraving has developed in many ways into an attractive process for identifications of consumer goods made of plastic. It is a quick and inexpensive process that offers a variety of flexible options for designing identification products (barcodes, security information, codes). This report examines the possibility of marking PVC products used in the electronics industry with different colors using a CO₂ laser technological system. The functional dependences of the width and depth of the marking lines on the main technological parameters – average power and processing speed, are analyzed. The analysis aims to help determine the optimal working intervals for marking and engraving by the bar coding method, as well as for the coding and reading of information on household PVC products used by visually impaired people. The analysis further aims to help determine the optimal operating intervals of speed and power when choosing a given geometry of the ablation zone in marking and engraving products for different users. (paper)