Life and environment
Seconds on a packaging line, months in a warehouse or years on a safety-critical component?
Technology guide
Industrial identification, marking and traceability solutions.
Twelve focused technology areas. One application-led approach from physical identity to usable production record.
Find the right starting point
Technology selected around the result—not the trend.
Use these guides to understand the practical role of each technology. If the answer spans more than one area, we can combine devices, controls and software into a single project scope.
Print, encode and apply
02ID label printers
Create durable, scannable identification at the point of manufacture with the right printer, encoder, applicator and label construction.
Read without line of sight
03Industrial RFID readers
Build dependable RFID read points using correctly selected readers, antennas, tags, shielding, controls and data connections.
High-speed industrial coding
04Industrial inkjet printers
Apply dependable date, batch and production codes at line speed across packaging, containers, cables and manufactured products.
Clean, high-resolution print
05Thermal inkjet printers
Produce crisp text, barcodes and graphics with compact, low-maintenance thermal inkjet technology.
Permanent precision marking
06Fibre laser marking
Create fast, permanent and precise marks on metals and selected engineering plastics with a correctly guarded fibre-laser cell.
Consumable-free line coding
07CO₂ laser marking
Mark packaging and non-metal substrates at speed with a clean, permanent process engineered around the material and line.
Robust mechanical marking
08Dot peen marking
Indent durable identification into components with a robust process suited to demanding production environments.
Durable plate identification
09Nameplate marking
Produce consistent rating plates, tags and identification products with the right marking method, fixtures and data workflow.
Identify the part itself
10Direct part marking
Deliver a complete direct-part-marking process covering mark creation, handling, code verification and traceability records.
Connect devices to decisions
11Traceability systems
Connect identification, reading, verification and production data into a practical traceability system built around your process.
Read and validate every identity
12Industrial barcode scanners
Integrate fixed, handheld and DPM readers with the lighting, controls and data needed for dependable production reads.
Measure code quality
Barcode verifiers
Grade 1D, QR, Data Matrix and DPM codes using controlled methods and retain objective quality evidence.
A simple decision frame
What must the identity survive?
Surface and presentation
Porous, coated, reflective, curved, hot, wet, contaminated, moving or difficult to access?
Content and quality
Human-readable text, 1D barcode, 2D code, RFID identity or a combination?
System response
Print only, verify content, interlock the process or retain full genealogy?
Applications and guidance
Turn technology into a measurable production outcome.
Explore verification, serialisation, WIP tracking, batch traceability and the transition to GS1 2D barcodes.
Applications and guidance
Turn technology into a measurable production outcome.
Explore verification, serialisation, WIP tracking, batch traceability and the transition to GS1 2D barcodes.
Discuss your application
Not sure which technology fits?
Send us a product, drawing or application outline. We’ll help narrow the options and define the right trial.
Manufacturer product photographs: Zebra FX9600 fixed RFID reader; Zebra ZT411 RFID industrial label printer; Videojet 1580 C continuous inkjet printer; Videojet 8520 thermal inkjet printer; SIC MARKING fibre laser marking head; Videojet 3350 CO2 laser marking system; SIC MARKING e-MARK EVO handheld dot-peen marker; Zebra fixed industrial scanner from the FS40 product family; Axicon 15000-series barcode verifier. Examples of the equipment category.