Food should be practical, good and healthy – the end-consumer is choosing fresh convenience food more and more frequently. The trend towards clamshell packaging for snacks, salads, sushi or pastries is therefore continuing. Labels play an important part in this: for identification, as well as for closing and sealing.
For the requirements of the food industry in wrap labelling, self-adhesive specialist Herma offers a versatile labeling machine. The 752C is designed to wrap a single label around the top, front, and bottom, as well as, optionally, the back of the packaging in one pass and thereby sealing it.
For three-side labelling, the label is dispensed at the front side of the product into the split conveyor belt and applied onto the top and bottom of the packaging as it passes through.
In doing so, the label not only performs sealing and information functions, but also contributes to the stability of the thin and consequently unstable plastic packaging. For four-side labelling, the label additionally wraps the back of the packaging. Due to the length of the sealing and identification labels, absolutely precise dispensing must be guaranteed – particularly with four-side labelling, so that no spiral misalignment occurs.
Herma head of product management and labelling Ulrich Fischer said: “As the fresh snacks don’t have any additional outer packaging, the perfect positioning of the labels plays an important role. A precise and properly applied label indicates the high quality of the packaging contents.”
The wrap labeler 752C meets these requirements through the compact but robust design of all machine components.
High performance for wrap labelling
The integrated HERMA 500 high-performance label applicator enables the precise dispensing of even very long labels for packaging with a length of up to 400 mm. And that even at high speeds – it processes up to 60 products per minute.
The 752C is also efficient in other respects: with just a few work steps, it can be adjusted to other product sizes in a matter of minutes.
Its compact design and food-grade stainless steel construction and various installation options allow the 752C to be installed in virtually any production environment.
Both the width of the side guides and transfer belts and the position of the label applicator can be easily adjusted. A thermal transfer printer can be easily integrated in order to print variable data such as batch number and expiry date.
For the length of the conveyor belt, the customer can choose between different standard lengths, depending on his requirements.
“Outstanding technology and a wide range of useful options make the 752C probably the most productive, flexible and economical wrap labeler available,” Martin Kühl, head of the labelling machines division of HERMA, said.
“With the 752C, the food industry is well equipped for the increasing demand for self-service food.”
Herma is distributed by Result Group, which is a member of the Australian Packaging and Processing Machinery Association (APPMA).
