Production batch coding
Expiry dates, batch numbers and lot codes on a run of identical bottles, jars or cartons, at the same depth every time.
Bench-mounted 5W UV laser marking machine with a 100 x 100mm working area. Built for repeat production runs on glass, acrylic and plastics. Price on request.
The bench version of our handheld UV marker, and the one to buy when the work stops being occasional. Fixed on a 22kg stand with a 100 x 100mm working area, it holds focus and repeatability across a production run in a way no handheld can - which matters the moment you are marking a hundred identical bottles, badges or panels rather than one.
Same cold-marking behaviour: 5W UV breaks surface bonds instead of burning, so glass, clear acrylic, silicone, electronics substrate and cosmetics packaging come out clean with no heat distortion.
Pricing is quoted on request - message us on WhatsApp and we will send the current landed figure with the lead time. We would rather quote you the real number today than publish one that has moved.
Every figure we publish, in one place. If something you need to know is missing from this sheet, ask us on WhatsApp and we will find it out rather than guess at it.
These are jobs Colorshade runs on this equipment, not a list of things it could theoretically do. Ask us what any one of them pays before you commit.
Expiry dates, batch numbers and lot codes on a run of identical bottles, jars or cartons, at the same depth every time.
The regulated marking that has to be permanent, legible and identical across thousands of units.
Branded glasses, bottles and laboratory ware marked without cracking or clouding.
Component and board marking where heat is a defect and repeatability is the requirement.
Repeat production of engraved acrylic where every piece has to match the last.
Taking on volume work that a handheld unit physically cannot hold to tolerance across a shift.
The price on this page is what you pay once. This is what the machine costs you afterwards — the part most suppliers leave you to find out on your own.
The honest comparison, including where another machine is the better buy. Tell us the work you actually have and we will say which one pays for itself faster.
| Machine | From | Laser type | Power | Marking area | Marks | Availability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Desktop Fiber Laser Marking Machine | KSh 900,000 | Fiber | 100W | 100 x 100 mm | Steel, aluminium, brass, hard plastics | 30-50 days (import order) |
| Desktop UV Laser Marking Machine You are here | On enquiry | UV (cold marking) | 5W | 100 x 100 mm | Glass, acrylic, plastics, silicone, PCB, packaging | 30-50 days (import order) |
Because publishing a stale one would be worse than publishing none. This is a 30-50 day import order and the landed figure moves with shipping and duty. Message us on WhatsApp and we will send today's real number with the current lead time.
A larger 100 x 100mm field, a 22kg bench frame instead of 7kg in your hand, and - the part that actually matters - it holds focus and repeatability across a whole production run. A handheld is for varied work that comes to you in ones and twos. This is for the hundredth identical bottle.
It is decided by material, not by budget. UV for glass, clear acrylic, silicone, PCB and packaging. Fiber for steel, aluminium and brass. They are not competing versions of one machine; buying the wrong one is buying a machine that cannot do your work at all.
Yes, and it works from CorelDRAW or AutoCAD artwork, which is what most Kenyan design shops already run. Training covers getting your existing artwork onto the machine.
Someone who has outgrown marking one-offs - a packaging house, a cosmetics producer, an electronics assembler, or a contractor whose marking work has become a production line rather than a favour.
Yes. Free, hands-on, and it happens when the machine lands. What the training covers is written up in full.
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Two quotes, both “per metre”, one twice the other. Usually neither is wrong — they are measuring and including different things.
Written from the things people arrive without. Print it, work down it, and the morning of the show becomes boring — which is the goal.
Colorshade Graphics · Nairobi
Opens WhatsApp — we reply with the full quote and layout previews.