A Fortune 50 manufacturer of circuit breakers was looking for a way to mistake proof the manufacturing process. Death, injury or property damage could result if non-conforming product were permitted to leave the factory. Unfortunately, there was no way to tell good product from bad resulting in potential errors and unnecessary retesting.

The solution was an Innovar laser marking system and central SQL database server that linked the quality checkpoints with the laser marking process. Each product was marked with a unique machine readable ID that was recorded along with the test results from each quality assurance system. The laser marking system checks the central server and verifies that the product fully conforms to the quality requirements prior to marking. The operator is notified of any non-conformance so that it can be specifically corrected. The result is that only conforming product is marked and readily identifiable on the factory floor for 100% accuracy.