Portable Dot Peen - Hand Held Pin Marking Systems
Schmidt manufactures two standard styles of portable hand held pin marking systems with a wide variety of accessories and options to fit your part marking needs.
The Styliner® Stinger® and Super Stinger® are both robust pin markers that pack the same power of a column mounted marking system into a light weight hand held option. They are great for marking large or heavy parts to difficult to mark at a fixed benchtop system.
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Schmidt's Portable Hand Held Marking Machine Capabilities
Engineering and Machine Capabilities:
The Styliner® Stinger® and Super Stinger® are both light weight hand held option that are great for marking large or heavy parts that are difficult to bring to a fixed benchtop marking station.
These standard hand held pin marking machines are supplied with a 20 ft communication cable and pneumatic air line, for portable flexibility in the work environment. Custom lengths are available.
For complete inline integration, our Styliner® Stinger® and Super Stinger® also are available as separate marking heads.
As with any of our Styliner® pin marking systems, the Stinger® and Super Stinger® are complete part marking systems capable of marking 2d barcodes, 2d data matrix, automatic date codes, sequential serial numbers, logos, or any identification marks on to your flat or round parts.
Portable Dot Peen Marking Machine Accessories
The Stinger® and Super Stinger® can be supplied with a wide variety of options and accessories, as well as customized to fit your exact marking application needs. For example, the Stinger® and Super Stinger® can be supplied with an optional two-wheel hand cart complete with LCD keyboard and controls for ultimate system portability. The Super Stinger® is available with an optional programmable “Z” axis capability with 1” marking travel. For more options, please see the accessories tab.
Automotive 2d Part Marking Custom Machine Application:
Portability was required to meet the needs of an automotive manufacturer for their Vehicle Identification Number (V.I.N.) marking application. Click here to read more about this custom machine application.
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Styliner® Portable Stinger® Machine Features & Specifications
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Styliner® Stinger® Standard Machine Features & Specifications |
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Styliner® Super Stinger® Machine Features & Specifications |
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Styliner® Stinger® Column Mounted with Quick Disconnect |
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Options & Accessories for our Portable Pin Marking Systems
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| Custom Stand Off | Magnetic Stand Off | Dual Stinger® Job Cart |
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| Column Mounted with a Quick Disconnect | 2 Wheel Mobile Cart | |
These are some examples of our available accessories for our portable marking systems. Schmidt can custom manufacture any of our Styliner® series, as well as, any accessory or tooling to solve your marking application needs. (Click here to view a custom portable marking machine application in the automotive industry)
- Custom end effectors and stand offs for added support in the marking process
- Magnetic fits, V-blocks, Custom fits for marking round parts
- 2 and 4 wheel mobile support carts for ease in travel around shop floor
- Column mounted with a quick disconnect for hand held marking all-in-one
- Powered Z-Axis for automatic marking height adjustment
- Custom marking field sizes
- Mini portable controller with LCD display for ultimate portability
- Custom length communication cables are available (20 ft. is standard)
- 2D Barcode, 2D Data Matrix capable with Readers & Verifiers
- Stinger® and Super Stinger® separate marking heads which can be mounted or integrated into your manufacturing cell or operation.
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For more information on any of these available accessories, please Contact Us.
Software & Controls for Schmidt's Portable Stylus Pin Markers
Dot Peen Pin Marking System Software
Communications for the Styliner® Stinger® and Super Stinger® systems are interfaced with a robust, stable and very flexible software package. The StyleWrite for Windows software is available with 2D barcode, 2D data matrix capability enabled as an option.
Schmidt's Style40 DOS software is now being upgraded to StyleWrite for Windows. If you are currently running the DOS software and would like to discuss your upgrade options, please contact your local Schmidt product specialits.
Click here to download full version and updated Styliner StyleWrite software.
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Dot Peen Pin Marking System Controls
Controls for the Styliner® Stinger® and Super Stinger® systems are available in different configurations to accommodate a variety of machine requirements. The MS MiniWin and the MS P (pictured here) have a smaller footprint than our standard controllers, making portability even easier. Click here to see all Schmidt control configuration options.
Schmidt's MS104 Controllers with DOS software are now being upgraded to controllers running StyleWrite for Windows. If you are currently running the DOS software and would like to discuss your upgrade options, please contact your local Schmidt product specialits.
If you are a current customer looking for set up instructions on your Styliner marking system with XPE, MSWIN or MS MiniWIN controls, please click here to see our set up tutorial videos.
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Styliner® Stinger® and Super Stinger® BrochureThis brochure discusses our hand held portable pin marking systems. Great for large parts, whether flat or round, or for the convenience of a traveling marking station. The Stinger® brochure features our current product offerings, a variety of system features and custom options, as well as, technical data, software and controls.
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Styliner® Marking Machine Options & AccessoriesThis brochure discusses the many marking machine accessories and options available on all of our Styliner® pin marking systems. The Stinger®, Super Stinger®. Mark3® and Mark4® can be customized to mark round, flat, convex, or concave parts of a large variety of materials and sizes. Systems can be equipped with nameplate shuttle feed systems, a powered z-axis, rotary devices, reader & verifiers and more. |
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Readers and Verifiers CatalogSchmidt's laser marking systems, pin marking and scribe marking systems can all be equipped with 2d matrix and 2d barcode readers and verifiers for an integrated system of industrial 2d part marking. This catalog discusses the Cognex options available including, handheld readers, fixed-mount readers and ID verifiers. |
Click here to view all of our marking machine catalogs and brochures.
Portable Hand Held Pin Marking System Videos
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| Styliner Stinger Setup Tutorial: If you'd like step by step instructions on how to set up your Styliner Stinger to begin marking, click here to visit our set up tutorial videos or watch the embedded YouTube video below. |






















