Design and manufacture of testing and industrial machinery

Traverse systems for LCM printers

SABO develops, supplies and integrates Large Character Marking printers (LCM) traverse systems for printing durable, high-quality codes, bar codes and graphics on cardboard boxes in different directions, according the customer necessities.

These traverse systems are based on sliding tables with 24 VDC step motor controlled. By means of an industrial plc the application manages the different automation functions of the printing process.

Main features:

  • Prepared for strokes up to 1500mm.
  • Up to 20 cycles per minute (package format 350mm).
  • Displacement in 1 axis (others upon request).
  • Pneumatic box braking system during the printing process.
  • Printing height 17, 50 or 70 mm.
  • Print resolution 180 dpi.
  • Maximum printing quality on porous and secondary packaging materials.
  • Touchscreen printer control WINS.
  • Ethernet, RS232, USB communication.
  • Label design by Clarisoft software, emulation ZPL, SATO, Win Drivers.
  • Easy installation over the product line.
  • Bidirectional cycle for production optimization.
  • Optional integration of code verification devices: scanner, 1D/2D cameras, etc.
  • Possibility of integrate any of the printers in the market.
  • Codes supported:
    • Counters
    • Automatic date, hour/minute
    • Logos
    • Text blocks
    • ITF 14, DUN 14, EAN 14, EAN 128
    • GS1 DataMatrix, QR codes, GS1 128