Apparatus for marking a component by applying readable identifying information
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsFelix Burger, Bernhard Glueck, Robert Kirschner, Mario Meinhardt, Peter Soell
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Abstract
An apparatus for marking a component by applying readable identifying information is provided. The identifying information has at least one identifying feature, in particular an identifying symbol. The apparatus includes a detection device which is designed to detect, on the basis of an eddy current measurement, identifying information applied or to be applied to a component by way of the apparatus.
Claims9
An apparatus for marking a component by applying readable identifying information, the identifying information comprising at least one identifying feature, the apparatus comprising:
- a detection device that is configured to detect, based on an eddy current measurement, the identifying information applied or to be applied to a component by way of the apparatus, wherein:
- the detection device comprises at least one eddy current sensor arranged in a portion of the apparatus that comprises at least one stamping device,
- the at least one stamping device comprises at least two stamping elements, and
- the detection device is configured to detect information relating to a stamp symbol to be stamped into the component by way of the at least two stamping elements.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.