Laboratory Shows Colour Change's Potential

Colour-change specialist, Sherwood Technology has launched its applications laboratory.

Colour-change specialist, Sherwood Technology has launched its applications laboratory.

The facility demonstrates the future possibilities of laser marking, enabling current and potential licensees and end users to test the final results of using Sherwood's colour change technologies to mark their products using a wide range of lasers, said the company.

Datalase and Datalase Clear are the current crop of colour change products responsive to the energy emitted from a low power CO2 laser.

New applications for the technology can be readily demonstrated and tested within the laboratory and visitors can see the benefits of using Datalase on their own products commented Sherwood.

The laboratory also allows Sherwood's potential and current customers to catch a first hand glimpse of the future of laser imaging.

The company added that under appropriate secrecy agreements, prospective licensees are invited to share in early viewings of new developments in laser imaging.

Using the facilities of Sherwood's applications laboratory, products can be marked utilising a range of CO2 lasers available, including the Domino S100, Markem Smartlase, Videojet S10 and Alltec CS10.

A range of demonstrations is available utilising those lasers showing potential applications in date coding, bar coding, virtual labelling and graphics printing.

It is also possible to test material responsiveness to a selection of energy sources at different wavelengths.

For example, it is now possible to demonstrate colour change activation using diode lasers.

Diode laser technology is developing rapidly, and facilitates the marking of a wide range of substrates at a lower cost than a YAG laser said Sherwood.

The ability to manipulate the laser responsive chemistry at different wavelengths lends itself to various possibilities in brand protection and product security applications.

"The applications laboratory allows our present and potential customers to experience the future possibilities of laser imaging using Datalase and our new colour change systems using laser light, at a range of wavelengths across the electromagnetic spectrum.

We are really excited at the prospect of opening up this new initiative to provide our clients with infinite imaging solutions ", said Steve Kelly, managing director of Sherwood Technology.

Interested parties are invited to contact the company directly to discuss their specific requirements.

All Sherwood's colour change products are available through a series of application licensing agreements and strategic partnerships.

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