MATTHEWS ANNOUNCES INTEGRATED SYSTEM FOR MARKING VARIABLE DATA ON STEEL COIL WITH LOW COST CONSUMMABLES, RELIABILITY,
HI PRINT QUALITY, LOW MAINTENANCE

Pittsburgh, PA, May 5, 2008 – Matthews Marking Products Division announces its latest integrated system for high-quality inkjet marking of variable data on steel coil. The steel coil marking system may be customized to accommodate special requirements.

Recently installed at one mill, the new steel coil marking system allows products to be marked with dynamic (variable) message information, such as production date, operator information, plant location, date/time, part number.  Print messages are easily changed via a PLC or computer in the control room. 
With features such as a kick plate bracket (to protect printheads when a weld passes underneath the heads), automatic ink priming (at print startup) and flushing (when not printing) functions, and uniquely formulated removable inks, the new Matthews steel coil marking system is ideally suited for automated steel production lines. 

The system consists of: the versatile I-Mark™ R44e printhead controller – capable of controlling up to 16 printheads; long-life, low ink-consumption Jet-a-Mark 8000® series printheads; Mattcom software to interface with Allen Bradley or other HMIs for easy programming of print messages; Matthews SCP240A removable ink and customized features such as the kick plate bracket, automatic ink priming and flushing functions and traversing system.

For more information on the complete range of Matthews Marking Products or the company’s exhibit at the AISTech 2008 Show, contact Stephanie Zahringer, Matthews Marking Products, 6515 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15206.  Telephone (412) 665-2504, fax (412) 665-2042, website: www.matthewsmarking.com.  Matthews Marking Products is a division of the Brand Solutions group of Matthews International Corporation.