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Inspecting print and cable marking Taymer International’s Print View 1400 is a new development for cable marking inspection technology. Wire and cable printers can be equipped with the print inspection systems to ensure that cable markings are accurate and of high quality. Print View 1400 can be used as a setup and monitoring tool for most high-speed printers including ink gravure printers, hot foil printers and ink jet printers. Markings on either smooth or convoluted cable jackets can be monitored at line speeds up to 1,400 feet, or 430 metres, per minute. Print View 1400 uses high-speed, digital imaging to capture real time images of cable markings. The digital images are enhanced, magnified and displayed on a remote monitor, enabling the operator to oversee the print quality while supervising other processes. Images of bad quality or inaccurate prints can be stored in a database for further analysis with the position in the length of the wire. When combined with Taymer’s hot foil printers, the Print View 1400 can optically recognise the message as well as verify the sequential mark. The message is compared to a message pre- viously input by the operator and the sequential mark is compared to a value from the Taymer hot foil printer. Variances result in an alarm to notify the operator. Problems are discovered before the line has produced thousands of feet of faulty product. Ink Jet printing is widely used to brand and length mark insulated and jacketed cables. Proton Products International provides non-contact speed and length measuring gauges that connect directly to any ink jet printing machine to ensure accurate marking. Using laser Doppler technology and ultra fast processing techniques, all metre, feet or brand markings are accurately placed, with speed and length measurement accurate to 0.02%. Simply connect the pulse outputs directly from the InteliSENS SL series gauge to an existing ink jet printer and set the distance between prints. Mark with accuracy Taymer International Inc – USA Fax : +1 905 479 2636 Email : info@taymer.com Website : www.taymer.com

Proton Products International – USA Website : www.protonproducts.com

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