How to Produce Car License Plates?
Step 1: Produce the blanks with automatic production line.
Material Needed: Aluminum coil, reflective film coil.
Equipment needed:
Decoiler for decoiling the aluminum coil.
Straightener for straightening the curved aluminum strip.
Laminator for pasting the reflective film on to the aluminum strip.
Feeder for feeding the aluminum strip at a defined length to the press machine.
Toolings for cutting the aluminum strip into the shape of the plates.
Press machine for toolings to have enough power to cut the aluminum strip.
Conveyor belt for transporting the plate blanks to the automatic laser marker machine.
Automatic laser marker machine for laser marking the blank plates and stacking them into a pile.
Space needed: Length at 20 meters, width at 6 meters, height at 3.5 meters.
Employee needed: 2 employees for this whole line.
Air pressure needed: 2HP of air pressure.
Power supply needed: 20kW of power supply for the whole line.
Safety equipment: Photoelectric protection for punch press. The laminator is best to be placed in dust-proof environment. For the whole line, a metal chain guard can be adopted, instead of complete photo-electric fence.
FAQs
Question: How many operators are required to operate the machine?
Answer: 2 persons for the whole line from decoiler to stacker.
Question: How much space in needed ideally?
Answer: Length 20 meters, Width 6 meters, Height 3.5 meters for the automatic line.
Question: How much pressure is needed ?
Answer: 2HP of air pressure.
Question: How much power requirement?
Answer: 20kW for the whole line.
Question: What are the safety equipment used?
Answer: Photoelectric protection for punch press. The laminator is best to be placed in dust-proof environment. For the whole line, a metal chain guard can be adopted, instead of complete photo-electric fence.
Question: What are the sensitive equipment/sensor in case for grid power failure?
Answer: Motors and relays on each machine will be likely to break. It is recommended to use UPS (uninterrupted power supply). If you ever need industrial battery, we have the 215kWh battery with EU standard which can switch to battery within 20ms.
Question: What's the ideal running time of machine in a day?
Answer: It’s recommended to work 12 hours/day. If you need it to work longer, it is also acceptable.
Question: What is the production speed of the automatic line?
Answer: Around 38 pieces per minute.
Question: How much time is needed to change the dye?
Answer: Your workers might need 0.5 day to change the dye at the beginning. For familiar workers, it takes less than 1 hour to change the dye.
Question: What are the equipment needed to change the dyes?
Answer: The weight is around 300kg/set of Dye. You will need forklift and screwdrivers. We will send the video instructions to you.
Car License Plates Production Line
Nowadays, there are more and more vehicles on the street that needs license plates, from 4-wheelers to 3 wheelers, even 2-wheelers. Meanwhile, labor cost is rising rapidly.
As a result, the high efficiency for car license plates mass production is essential.
In this article, we will explain how modern technology helps you produce car license plates with the least labor and highest efficiency.
Step 2: Customize each plate.
Equipment needed: Embossing machine and hot printing machine.
Space needed: 1*1 meters per station.
Employee needed: 1-2 according to your quantity demand.
Layout of Complete Vehicle License Plate Production Line
Equipment layout is shown as the picture below.
First in the line is the Decoiler machine. The metal coil will be loaded on the decoiler machine, and the sensor will control the decoiling speed automatically.
Second in the line is the Precision Straightener machine. As the metal strip curves after packed into coil, straightening it is necessary. The metal strip goes through the straightening rollers in the straightener machine. The precision straightener machine will straighten the strip. The sensor will control the straightening speed automatically.
Third in the line is the Laminator machine. The reflective film has glue on the back, and will be pasted to the metal strip in this process. As the technology advanced, traditional heating process for pasting the reflective film is no longer needed.
Forth in the line is the Press Feeder machine mounted on the Punch Press machine. Together mounted is the dies for cutting the metal strip into metal blanks. The feeding speed and feeding pitch can be set in the control system.
Fifth in the line is the conveyor belt. After the punch press machine, the metal strip is cut into blanks. The conveyor belt will transport the blanks to the automatic laser marker machine.
Sixth in the line is the Automatic Laser Marker machine with destacker and stacker. This machine will automatically find the right place to laser mark, and stack the plates afterwards. And here is the end of the automatic process.
Next are manual processes.
You will have the Engraving machine (also called hydraulic press machine) and the moulds. This machine can engrave the letters and numbers that you need for the plates. Since each plate has a different number, you will need to change the moulds each time.
You will also have the Hot Printing machine (also called hot stamping machine). This machine use hot printing technology to color the letters and numbers on the plates. Hot print film (also called hot stamping foil) is consumed in this process.
If you need holographic sticker on the plates, you will also need the Holographic Sticker machine.
