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Confirming the traceability of products and components is increasingly becoming mandatory, so the issue of how to mark items without contamination is a big one for many industries.

Traceability has grown in importance over the past few years. Previously it was often impossible to trace the origins of each and every individual process step leading to the final product. This had caused obvious concern in safety critical applications, particularly for the provider of the finished product who would then be exposed to high levels of liability risk.

But now, the ability to mark components of any material means any faults or failures can be immediately detected and rectified no matter where their origin lies.

has been using

sealed carbon dioxide lasers to show how silicone tubing used in sectors such as the medical industry can be marked. These advanced lasers are used in a variety of industrial processes including cutting, welding, drilling and marking.