Which solutions for headstones & memorial plaques engraving?
Create durable headstones and memorial plaques engravings with specialised engraving machines and consumables.
By using laser and mechanical engraving, you ensure that personalised engraving is both high-contrast and permanent. Gravotech provides specialised memorial plaques engraving machines and materials to make every project truly durable. In many countries, identifying coffins and urns through engraved memorial plaques is a mandatory practice. Funeral engraving is widely used to create personalised urn plaques, coffin plates, funeral plates, and memorial markers that withstand the test of time.
As the death care industry continues to evolve, the global funeral services market and funeral homes is projected to reach over $137.5 billion by 2030*. With Gravotech’s technologies, including many years of expertise in the memorial sector, you can ensure elegant and permanent results.
* Funeral Homes and Funeral Services Market - Global Strategic Business Report
Which Gravotech’s machines for memorial plaques engraving?
The LS100 and LS100EX are compact, reliable laser engraving machines ideal for the funeral industry. With a large marking area, these machines can easily cut and personalise coffin and urn plates as well as funeral markers.
Their user-friendly design allows for quick and easy operation, while their high-quality photo engraving capabilities ensure detailed and lasting tributes, making them perfect for honoring loved ones with precision and care.
The M20 X and M40 are small, sturdy, and perfect solutions for engraving urns and coffin plates, with an easy-to-use interface for quick operation.
For larger surfaces or stone engraving, the IS400 provides a larger engraving area and handles harder materials, delivering versatile and precise results to create personalised tributes.
Our mechanical stations provide the necessary power and stability for deep and permanent memorial plaques engraving on stone or metal plates.
We offer a wide range of jigs, including specialised options for the funeral market, such as funerary jigs and Gravofoil™ jigs, designed to securely hold plates in place during engraving.
Small and custom engraving machine for all purposes, from perfume bottle to small industrial signage.
M20 X
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Medium multi-purpose rotary engraving machine for signage and gifts.
M40
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Medium CNC engraving machine for flat and cylinder engraving on metal and plastic.
IS400 – IS400 Volume
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Medium CNC engraving machine for flat and cylinder engraving on metal and plastic.
IS400 – IS400 Volume
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Hold your product firmly during engraving to prevent marks
Jigs
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The right consumables are essential to ensure memorial plaques engraving remains legible for decades. Here are Gravotech’s key solutions, combining durability, precision, and customisation, backed by over 60 years of engraving expertise.
- Gravolase™ Metallics, Metallex™, and Gravometall: durable materials with matte, glossy, or brushed metallic finishes, ideal for creating long-lasting engraved memorial plaques.
- Flexilase: offers flexibility in multiple colours and finishes, ideal for urn plaques. Our consumables include both coffin and urn plates, compatible with rotary and laser engraving machines.
- Coloured waxes: to enhance the engravings, providing a personalised and unique tribute.
- Chip collector: to keep the workspace clean: compact version for M20 and M20 X, larger version for M40 and IS400.
Laser material for a high-end metallic finish
Gravolase™ Metallics
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Metallic appearance for a high-end finish
Metallex™
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The varnished laser brass material
Gravometall™
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The flexible material for high-definition engraving
Flexilase™
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Improve the engraving and cutting quality by removing dust and debris
Chip collector
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Gilding wax
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Which type of machine for memorial plaques engraving?
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Why choose Gravotech funeral engraving machines?
Reactivity & reliability
Choosing Gravotech means having your own engraving machine, allowing you to offer a complete, in-house service to your customers by cutting and personalising plates directly.
This independence is vital for providing families with a timely memorial plaques engraving service during sensitive moments.
This approach enhances your reactivity, enabling you to meet customer needs without the delay of working with external partners, who often take days to complete engravings. Additionally, using Gravotech consumables ensures a smoother engraving process, saving time and increasing reliability.
With Gravotech, funeral directors can provide quick, high-quality, and personalised engraving services, giving families the comfort and tribute they deserve in a timely manner.
Long lasting funeral engraving
With Gravotech’s engraving solutions, you can create durable and long-lasting engravings that withstand the test of time.
Our machines allow for versatile engraved memorial plaques and urn plaques engraving, including text, images, and photos, ensuring each tribute is as unique as the individual it commemorates. Coupled with our high-quality consumables, Gravotech funeral engravings are resistant to various environmental factors such as weather and aging.
This ensures that the urn and memorial plaque engravings remain clear and intact for years, offering families a lasting memory of their loved ones.
Why choose Gravotech funeral engraving machines?
Reactivity and reliability
Choosing Gravotech means having your own engraving machine, allowing you to offer a complete, in-house service to your customers by cutting and personalising plates directly.
This approach enhances your reactivity, enabling you to meet customer needs without the delay of working with external partners, who often take days to complete engravings. Additionally, using Gravotech consumables ensures a smoother engraving process, saving time and increasing reliability.
With Gravotech, funeral directors can provide quick, high-quality, and personalised engraving services, giving families the comfort and tribute they deserve in a timely manner.
Long lasting funeral engraving
With Gravotech’s engraving solutions, you can create durable and long-lasting engravings that withstand the test of time.
Our machines allow for versatile engraved memorial plaques and urn plaques engraving, including text, images, and photos, ensuring each tribute is as unique as the individual it commemorates. Coupled with our high-quality consumables, Gravotech funeral engravings are resistant to various environmental factors such as weather and aging.
This ensures that the urn and memorial plaque engravings remain clear and intact for years, offering families a lasting memory of their loved ones.
Urn and memorial plaque engravings
Our wide range of consumables for memorial plaques engraving
Gravotech offers a range of durable materials ideal for memorial plaques engraving and urn plaques engraving.
These materials are designed to resist environmental factors such as UV rays and weather while providing a high-end finish for every tribute.
These materials can be sold cut-to-size for your own needs or can be sold precut. Do not hesitate to contact us for more information.
| Material | Type | Results | Applications |
| Gravolase™ Metallics | Rigid |
| Durable engraved memorial plaques |
| Metallex™ | Rigid |
| Professional funeral engraving plaques |
| Gravometall™ | Rigid |
| Engraving memorial monuments and plaques |
| Flexilase™ | Flexible |
| Urn plaque engraving (curved surfaces) |
| Coloured waxes | Finishing wax | Various colours | Enhancing contrast & artwork details |
Complete solution for funeral engraving
Gravotech provides a comprehensive solution for funeral engraving, offering a full range of machines and consumables designed specifically for this industry.
Our easy-to-use software Gravostyle™ allows you to seamlessly engrave text, logos, and photos on a wide variety of materials, ensuring each tribute is personalised and meaningful.
Whether you're working with metals, flexible materials, or stone, Gravotech’s integrated system guarantees precision and quality. With everything you need in one place, you can confidently deliver high-quality, lasting engraved memorial plaques and urn plaques to honor loved ones.
Each project within the software is designed to simplify the memorial plaques engraving process while maintaining high craftsmanship standards.
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🔽What is the lifespan of an engraved plaque?
Our plaques are designed to last for decades. They require virtually no maintenance and are engineered to resist harsh conditions like heavy rain, UV rays, and hail. Memorial plaques engraving performed with Gravotech machines is intended to remain intact for decades as a lasting tribute.
🔽How to choose the right engraving machine for funeral and memorial applications?
For high-volume production and photo engraving, the LS100 and LS100 EX laser tables are best. For deep engraving on hard materials like stone or granite, the IS400, LS100 and LS100 EX laser tables are the most robust choices. For smaller shops needing a compact, sturdy, and intuitive solution for coffin plates, the M20 X or M40 stations are perfect for everyday funeral engraving.
🔽What materials are most suitable for durable memorial plaques?
For a durable engraved memorial plaque, we recommend metallic-finish materials like Gravolase™ Metallics, Metallex™, and Gravometall. For urn plaque engraving on curved surfaces, Flexilase is the ideal flexible choice. All these materials are designed for outdoor usage and can resist UV and rain.
Each material is compatible with specific engraving and cutting methods:
- Gravolase™ Metallics can be engraved and cut using both laser and rotary machines;
- Metallex™ is suitable for cutting and engraving with mechanical machines and can also be engraved with a laser;
- Gravometall works with mechanical machines for both cutting and engraving.
