Cable and Wire Marking
Cable Printing
Printing Directly on Cables
Cable and Wire Marking Machines
Linx manufactures specialised Cable and inkjet wire marking machine that are easy to use and minimise total cost of ownership without compromising quality or uptime.
Wire printing and cable printing requires reliable traceability and product identification across a complex range of product sizes, materials and colours – sometimes in difficult production environments, plus with a range of legislative and customer expectations to meet.
Linx’s high-speed wire marking machine offers a reliable solution to these typical needs. Both continuous inkjet printers and laser coders from Linx can print directly on wire and/or cable, designed especially for reduced maintenance, monitoring & downtime while also offering trouble-free integration with your existing production processes.
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What is the Importance of Cable and Wire Marking Printers?
Compliance and identification play a crucial part in marking cable and wire. Correctly marking on labels ensures audit compliance and quality assurance, validating investment into high-quality wire printers or cable printers. Many wires must be labelled according to specific standards ensuring safety and interoperability. Each industry will have other specific requirements regarding the size of the print, font used and specific information that needs to be included.
- Compliance & Traceability: Essential for audit trails, safety, and compliance with global standards.
- Durability: High-contrast inks and permanent laser imprints guarantee legibility under harsh conditions.
- Efficiency: Fast, inline marking helps reduce scrap, errors, and changeover delays.
Wire and Cable Printing Solutions
Linx provides multiple solutions enabling direct wire printing and accurate coding of small characters, even onto fibre optic cables. Explore our wire printers and contact us to discuss a coding solution customized to your production needs. This helps you to reduce downtime and scrap page costs to deliver a top-quality service for your customers.
Continuous Inkjet Printers
Linx CIJ solutions provide specialist inks to ensure contrast and durability, printable on most plastics and even fibre optic cables. Flexible & reliable non-contact solution offering speeds of 2,600+ characters per second.
- Speeds up to ~2,600 characters/sec, even on fibre.
- Pigmented inks (black, white, color) ensure excellent contrast on various substrates.
Laser Coders
A permanent marking solution offering high-speed capability for clear and consistent codes, with low downtime and low consumables. Suitable for most materials, with a low cost of ownership over the system’s lifetime.
- Ideal for challenging materials like PVC, rubber, glass, and fibre cables.
- Advanced beam control (e.g., VisiCode®) enables crisp codes and graphics at fast line speeds.
Benefits of Linx Cable and Wire Marking Machines
- Easy, intuitive message selection to reduce errors and minimise waste
- In-built reliability with IP-rated outer casings & printheads to resist contamination
- Uncompromisingly fast line speeds, in extreme or difficult manufacturing conditions
- High-quality codes with fast-drying inks or laser coding – robust, easy to read, traceable
- Faster changeovers & flexibility, suitable for a vast range of code sizes & materials
- Integration with metre marking software, enabling full control of code placement
Contact Us
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Common Applications of Wire Marking Machines
- Traceability
- Product identification
- Characters, text and logos
- Batch numbers/lot numbers
- Inks & fluid – pigmented & more
- Wire, cable, fibre optics
- PCBs & electronic components
- Rubber – synthetic & natural
- Plastic – PVC/PE/PVC & more
- Effective with nearly any material
Related Information
As well as wire & cable specifically, Linx CIJ printers and laser coders are ideal for electronics manufacturers, offering proven coding solutions for the industry.
Learn how one cable manufacturer used Linx 7900 & 8900 CIJ printers to increase the reliability of their challenging production line, even printing on damp surfaces.
Learn more about specialist Linx solutions for wire and cable manufacturers, with this in-depth white paper on factors to consider & the best industry solutions.
Resources
Choosing The Best Wire & Cable Coding Solution White Paper
Linx Contrasting Inks Datasheet
Special Adherence Inks Datasheet
Parkinson Harness Case Study