STEP 1 Prepare and thread the label stock
No matter the level of automation your equipment has, this step is inevitable. Place a label stock on the label roll holder. This component comes with a spindle that is used to place and hold the label stock as fed into the machine. Pull the tail of the label roll and thread it through rollers, the code printer, the photoelectric sensor, and the take-up reel.
STEP 2 Load products to be labeled
Suppose you're using a round bottle labeling machine. Load bottles onto an infeed turntable, which is connected to a conveyor. The loading action can be either performed by hand or an upstream conveyor. This depends on your machine configuration.
STEP 3 Feed products
The bottles are transferred to the labeling area by the conveyor. There's a spacer wheel sitting on the side of the conveyor. This component stops the passing bottles for seconds and releases them. This ensures bottles are even spaced as they pass through the labeling station on the conveyor.
STEP 4 Apply labels
When the even-spaced bottles reach the labeling area, a belt applicator dispenses labels to each bottle as they pass. The synchronous movement of the belt applicator and the conveyor enables the bottle to rotate. This allows the label to be applied to the bottle.
STEP 5 Discharge the labeled bottles
Once applied with labels, the bottles are transferred to an accumulation table. If the automatic labeling machine is integrated into a production line, the bottles will move to the next processing area.