The camshafts were marked with two types of marks. A dark mark as seen on the customer samples sent in with the application and a light etched mark. The light etch was done to get a contrasting mark with a shorter cycle time. The dark mark was done to duplicate the existing customer samples. To get the dark marks, multiple marking passes were needed. Three passes were needed total to the dark marks. The dark marks have a cycle time of 12.86 seconds and the light etch has a time of 4.68 seconds. The UID codes read well in our lab.
