Label Applicators

The label applicators are used when the system foresees only the application of the previously printed label. Typically, in these cases the label has been previously overprinted with the date and lot or in a previous phase the variable data are the lot and the expiry date if required.

• Waste Applicators : the system that conceptually comes closest to bench application, it involves dispensing the label so that the product (almost always in motion) detaches it definitively from the applicator, in the immediately following phases different accessories (brushes, rollers, pressure sponges etc ..) will complete the application phase which naturally will not have had the opportunity to adhere perfectly to the product.
• Contact applicators : this solution requires the use of a more complex system consisting of a piston and relative support plate for the label (plate), all controlled by a logic, which once the label has been picked up from the label applicator o from the printer, through the use of a venturi, it keeps it suspended on the plate, after receiving the consent from the outside it will start the handling phase through the post until it comes into contact with the object to be labeled. At the end of the process the piston will return to the rest position waiting to receive the next label
• Proximity application : a further refined solution with respect to the piston application method of which it maintains all the peculiarities. The only non-negligible difference consists in the assembly of particular proximity sensors that intercept the object and activate the process of "shooting" the label on the product. The possibility of managing a long stroke piston protects against any future requests.

Print & apply systems, labeller & printer

As the name suggests, the  print & apply systems  consist of a label applicator to which a printer is integrated for the creation of complete labels in all data, fixed and / or variable.

Particularly suitable for situations in which the customer needs to  overprint the label totally or for large portions of it . Thermal transfer technology is interesting both for the flexibility it offers and for the excellent quality / resistance ratio of the print it possesses.

Direct printing or marking

The  direct marking systems  provide overprint (usually only the variable data) directly on the packaging whether it is a film rather than an also rigid packaging.

It is often required the use of special  print heads  built ad hoc by the manufacturers for mounting on the packaging lines, for example for specific bottle labeling machines. The advantages of  direct marking  see:

• maximum flexibility;
• printing pads;
• high print quality;
• ease of barcode and variable data printing.

 How does JeT Ink Marking work 

A nozzle head literally sprays drops of ink on the product to date the most widespread technology involves the use of electrically polarized inks that can be easily deflected thanks to a magnetic field generated by the deflectors contained in the head - depending on the surface we will have adequate inks .

Typical applications are cardboard packaging with macro-characters and batches printing on micro-character bottle caps. There are 2 categories of lasers used with greater diffusion, CO2 gas technology or Solid Diode (Laser Yag), mainly used in the medical or mechanical sectors.