Development and integration of a printing system based on HP Inkjet Technology

When coding and marking wood products, robustness, flexibility and precision are the key to success. In cooperation with a leading OEM of CNC-controlled joinery machines, Sontheim Industrie Elektronik GmbH has developed a future-proof printing system based on inkjet technology. The printing system is optimally designed for the requirements and the rough daily routine with the raw material wood.

The solution is a printing system that can be seamlessly integrated into existing machines without changing the production process. Due to its extremely high compatibility with regard to any type of machine, interface or year of construction, the system can be smoothly implemented into the customer's solutions. The printing system operates all CNC-controlled joinery machines, automatic cutting machines, automatic panel processing machines and planing machines. With a maximum printing speed of up to 180 m/min and active speed compensation, the OEM always gets an optimized printing result. The active speed compensation prevents distortion and tearing of the printed images. Integrated direction detection also prevents data from being printed twice. This saves both process time and material costs. For print data transfer, the system can be easily connected to the existing user interface via an Ethernet interface. The printing system is then controlled via fieldbus interfaces, such as EtherCAT or CAN, standard Ethernet and incremental encoders.