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      Marking and Traceability for Automobiles and Car Parts

      Marking automobile parts

      MARKING TECHNOLOGY

      Dot peen

      If you’re looking for speed, a deep mark, and reliability, this is your best option.

      The built-in technology makes it the fastest on the market.

      Scribe

      When you need a silent and effective method, the scribe method for marking automobile parts is a must-have.

      It uses a diamond or tungsten carbide needle for a precise, deep results that would be difficult to achieve otherwise.

      Laser

      Automobile marking with the COUTH® laser is known for its high speed.

      Thanks to its stability and output power, it gives the part a high-performance result that is long-lasting over time.

      Marking automobile parts is one of COUTH®‘s specialities, exponentially improving traceability in the automobile sector.

      Since automobile parts come in a wide variety of different sizes, shapes, and materials, they are manufactured in large batches. This is precisely what makes it difficult to establish an optimum industrial traceability system. So, what are the solutions?

      COUTH® applies different marking solutions: dot-peen, scribe, and laser. This way, depending on the part, we use the right mark, individually identifying each one of the parts made.

      SECTORS

      MARKING IN THE AUTOMOBILE SECTOR

      In our search to obtain optimum traceability systems for the automobile sector, COUTH® is specialised in offering different industrial marking solutions for automobile parts.

      One of the main objectives is to ensure perfect legibility for the mark, even after the parts have gone through repair or painting treatments.

      We also seek to extend these capacities to the entire vehicle, from the vehicle’s structural elements to the wheels, also including the engine parts.

      PARTS

      PARTS FOR THE AUTOMOBILE SECTOR

      GEARBOX

      With our mission of meeting traceability requirements in the automobile sector, COUTH® supplies different customised industrial marking solutions, thereby optimising the marking process for automobile parts.

      Our different clients include gearbox component manufacturers, who seek to identify the different parts by marking gears, shafts, and pinions that are normally marked with a Datamatrix code to record all relevant information about the product.

      CAMSHAFT

      COUTH® offers special solutions for marking the camshaft on different production lines.

      If not for the speed, quality, and efficiency of our SuperFast models, it would be impossible for our clients to maximise their productivity at manufacturing centres.

      ENGINE BLOCK

      COUTH® has and offers different solutions for marking automobile parts in the engine block, as well as alternatives to mark the engine block and for the different parts in the reducer system.

      There are parts like the cylinder head, the engine block, the exhaust manifold, and the intake manifold are marked so that the manufacturer can identify and trace them.

      The vast majority of solutions are integrated into production lines with dot peen and scribe technologies, making alphanumeric marks and Datamatrix or 2D codes.

      BRAKE DISCS

      If one thinks of a specialised brand in solutions for automobile marking, COUTH® always comes up in the conversation.

      There are several brake disc manufacturers who use our solutions, where we supply the marking system with an indexing plate where the brake disc to be marked is anchored.

      Brake disks are normally marked in two areas, on the perimeter of the disk and on the disk’s surface. In both cases, the brake disks are marked with dot peen marker units.

      SUSPENSION

      Thanks to our long history, COUTH® is an expert on offering direct suspension marking for parts, which provides for their traceability. This method provides easy inventory management, as well as greater quality control, batch control, and other activities.

      RIMS

      COUTH® offers special solutions for marking car rims. After the polishing process and marking the aluminium tyres, a quality mark is made inside the rim to provide traceability.

      The solution provides a handling station that positions the rim, holds it, and marks it.

      This installation is easy to add to the production line, thus optimising the production process for automobile rims.

      VIN ON WINDSCREEN

      Specifically, for VIN marking on windscreens, there are several weightless-system solutions that can be integrated into assembly lines.

      COUTH®‘s deep-scribe marker machines offer the best solution for deep marking (0.4mm) at the highest speed on the market.

      VIN ON ENGINE

      There are also different solutions for VIN marking on automobiles with portable marker units where, in this case, the mark must be made in the vehicle’s engine area.

      This solution is used with very lightweight machines that make a deep dot-peen mark.

      VIN CHASSIS NUMBER

      COUTH® offers traceability improvements for automobiles by marking the VIN chassis number on the vehicle structure, whether for a car, a lorry, or a motorcycle.

      It also supplies solutions that can be integrated into production lines, where a quality deep dot-peen mark is made semi-automatically.

       

      VIDEOS

      MORE ABOUT MARKING IN THE AUTOMOBILE SECTOR

      The best way to explain COUTH®‘S work with marking automobiles is by showing how the different marker tools work.

      Would you like to improve your traceability in the automobile sector? Watch these videos we have selected for you and learn how a specialised company like COUTH® works.

      Advantages of marking automobile parts

      After discussing work processes, areas of application for industrial marking in automobiles and kinds of marking technologies, it is time to highlight some of the added advantages and benefits of applying these techniques to business and traceability.

      Increased efficiency in inventory management

      Unique identification by marking automobile parts makes inventory management easy, helping to prevent stock issues, both surplus and lack of stock. What is more, it ensures that the required parts are ready when you need them.

      Facilitates maintenance and repairs

      Since each part in inventory can be easily identified, workers can access a huge amount of detailed information, such as technical specifications or maintenance logs, facilitating and streamlining all repairs and maintenance for parts.

      Improved safety and quality

      Traceability in the automobile industry means you can quickly identify parts that many contain manufacturing defects, making it easy to remove them from the market or replace them before they can cause safety issues.

      Regulatory Compliance

      There are strict regulations on traceability in the automobile industry for many components.

      Effectively marking automobile parts helps to comply with these regulations, avoiding sanctions and improving consumer trust.

      Fight against falsification

      Specialised marking in the automobile industry can help to fight parts forgery, protecting the brand and ensuring that only authentic, quality components are used.

      Improved customer experience

      Complete traceability in the automobile sector can improve the customer’s general satisfaction by ensuring the quality and safety of vehicles. It also facilitates efficient recalls whenever necess