Most pieces can be imprinted up to three characters in block letters. Personalize one of our beautiful leather accessories. We do not offer expedited Saturday delivery Leather Accessories Please allow up to 5 additional days for standard shipping. Engraved or giftwrapped in-stock orders generally ship in 5 business days. Engraving styles include block, script, euro, and contempo. Names or messages are limited in character length and placement.
ENGRAVING SERIAL
More Information on Laser Marking and EngravingĪpart from etching and engraving, other laser technologies can be used to mark logos and identifiers like barcodes and serial numbers.Our expert engraving services are available for a vast majority of our pens and pencils.
Our range of laser systems includes fiber lasers and CO2 lasers.
If you’re looking for a laser engraving machine, this list will help you find the right laser: With this method, the laser system uses both laser engraving (to create the black marks) and laser etching (to create the white marks). The second (and longer) engraving method achieves higher quality contrasts because it etches black and white marks. This method is only recommended if the bare material color is pale enough to generate a high contrast. The first (and faster) engraving method creates contrast between the bare material and the black marks that are engraved. There are two ways of creating contrast when you laser engrave a surface. Permanent marks created by laser engraving are darker because light is trapped in deep crevices (the engraving depth can reach up to 0.5 mm). If you look at the following magnified images, you can see the chaotic surface created as a result of laser engraving. How Do You Engrave High-Contrast, High-Quality Marks? As a result, when you buy a laser system, it should always come equipped with a fume extraction system to protect the work environment and an air knife to protect the laser’s lens.įiber lasers are the ideal engraving tools for this because they generate a wavelength that reacts well with metals. Materials are vaporized into fumes when they reach this temperature. Note: For metal alloys (such as steel), vaporization temperatures vary according to the alloy's composition. Source: " Corrected Values for Boiling Points and Enthalpies of Vaporization of Elements in Handbooks" Vaporization Temperature of Various Metals Material Considering the extreme temperatures required for sublimation, laser engravers are pretty powerful tools. To achieve sublimation, the laser engraving system must generate enough energy to allow the material’s surface to reach its vaporization temperature within milliseconds. This means that the surface instantly absorbs enough energy to change from solid to gas without ever becoming a liquid. Whereas laser etching melts the material surface to change its roughness, laser engraving sublimates the material surface to create deep crevices. There’s also a unique method called laser annealing to mark metals like stainless steel. You can laser etch a wider variety of materials, including steel, aluminum, anodized aluminum, lead, magnesium, and zinc. Those treatments can include shotblasting, e-coating and heat treatments, addressing the most complex traceability issues.īut if engraving the most resistant identifiers isn’t needed, laser etching is generally preferred because it’s a high-speed method that doesn’t rely as heavily on ablation. The most outstanding feature of this process is its ability to engrave 2D codes that keep high readability rates after post-process treatments. Metal engraving works with steel and aluminum (including anodized and die-casting aluminum). Laser engraving technology is typically used to engrave metal workpieces that will be exposed to various types of wear or surface treatments.