Sherwood Technology's Non-Toxic Ink And Coating

Sherwood Technology, the colour change chemistry specialist, has successfully deployed its new generation coding and marking technology at the UK production site of market leader Muller Dairy.

Sherwood Technology, the colour change chemistry specialist, has successfully deployed its new generation coding and marking technology at the UK production site of market leader Muller Dairy.

Chosen by Muller to replace the traditional methods of coding to enable even higher productivity on its new high speed filling lines, Datalase also fully complies with the company's strict specifications and requirements for traceability.

Datalase is a non-toxic and environmentally friendly ink, coating, or substrate additive.

When exposed to low power CO2 laser emissions at high speed, it provides a completely customisable solution for image generation, which is virtually maintenance free.

It is compatible with most substrates and conversion processes as well as common printing and coating techniques.

Sherwood worked with Alcan Packaging to apply a discrete patch of Datalase colour change ink in the coding field of packaging materials during the printing stage.

Several of Muller's approved suppliers have since integrated it into the printing of packaging materials.

In addition, a number of Domino CO2 scribing lasers were also chosen and installed on the production line in order to write the date code image onto the patch.

The Datalase patch changes colour from neutral to black where exposed to the laser beam, thereby producing a permanent mark.

The coding process utilises very low power at high speed.

It offers a number of advantages over other commercially available methods, including low emission, high throughput, increased productivity, compliance with environmental regulations, and improved quality with better contrast and image clarity.

Steve Kelly, managing director of Sherwood Technology, stated: "Datalase provides a new revolutionary and customisable technique for the dating and coding of products.

Our venture with Muller Dairy is the culmination of our research and development expertise in colour change technology applied to real business and industrial needs.

It further demonstrates that by building successful partnerships, the technology can be implemented very rapidly and cost-effectively.".

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