Vial and Bottle Labeller ensures easy operation

The LSS Vial and Bot­tle Labeller is spec­i­fied for vials and bot­tles made of glass or plas­tic with a prod­uct diam­e­ter between 14 and 35 mm and a min­i­mum height of 30 mm. The machine labels up to 250 vials or bot­tles per minute. The LSS Vial and Bot­tle Labeller is avail­able both as an off-line or in-line unit. Due to its small foot­print and mod­u­lar design it can be eas­i­ly inte­grat­ed into exist­ing pro­duc­tion environments.

Designed for efficient production

The labeller achieves max­i­mum effi­cien­cy not only dur­ing the peri­od of time when the machine is run­ning but also by enabling quick and safe batch start / stop, for­mat changes, line clear­ance, clean­ing, main­te­nance and ser­vice. The labelling solu­tion option­al­ly fea­tures for­mat parts for mul­ti­ple prod­uct sizes, print on label with ther­mal trans­fer print­er or laser. Fur­ther options include a height adjustable ver­sion of the labeller.

User-friendly operation through a color HMI

The main HMI is on the oper­a­tor side of the Vial and Bot­tle Labeller. It is dupli­cat­ed and the addi­tion­al HMI can be viewed from the ser­vice posi­tion. For­mat chang­ing is con­ve­nient as no time con­sum­ing mechan­i­cal adjust­ments need to be per­formed man­u­al­ly. On the HMI a pre­de­fined for­mat has to be select­ed and only a few for­mat parts have to be replaced. All com­po­nents that require posi­tion­ing are on motor dri­ven spin­dles. They will auto­mat­i­cal­ly be adjust­ed when a for­mat is loaded. Sev­er­al large doors in the machine cov­er on all sides make the LSS Vial and Bot­tle Labeller easy to access for oper­a­tion, line clear­ance, ser­vice or main­te­nance. All com­po­nents to where access is required are with­in short reach­ing dis­tance. Line clear­ance is com­fort­able as the machine stands out with no hid­den inspec­tion and con­trol slots, open­ings and vis­i­ble wires and air hoses.

Vision inspection of the label and the vial or bottle

In the HMI a visu­al­ized shift reg­is­ter for labels, vials and bot­tles can be mon­i­tored. The shift reg­is­ter is relat­ed to the inte­grat­ed con­trol and allows vision inspec­tion of the label after it has been print­ed but before it is applied to the vial or bot­tle. The print­ed infor­ma­tion, label ID etc. are inspect­ed. Non-approved labels are reject­ed before they are applied at the label reject sta­tion. The func­tion­al­i­ty of the reject sta­tion is also mon­i­tored by counter con­trol sen­sors. After the label has been applied a vision inspec­tion of the vial or bot­tle is exe­cut­ed. The pres­ence of the label is inspect­ed, its cor­rect posi­tion as well as the pres­ence of the cap. Only approved vials and bot­tles are allowed to leave the index wheel where­as non-approved vials and bot­tles are reject­ed at the reject sta­tion. Counter con­trol sen­sors mon­i­tor the func­tion­al­i­ty of the reject station.