Label Machines

Label Machines

Label machines apply labels to various products. The most common types of label machines include label printers, label applicators, printer-applicators, and labeling systems. Some specialized label machines also exist. These include rotary labeling systems for bottles and special printers and applicators for RFID and security tags.

Label printers are generally high-quality, fast-working thermal transfer printers. Specialized label printers exist for a variety of applications such as in laboratories and for hospital wristbands.

Printer-applicators both print and apply labels for nearly any packaged good. Labels may identify the product and brand specifically or they may have added information such as nutritional facts, product warnings, or bar codes.

Label applicators apply labels to individual products. They come in air-blow and tamp-blow varieties that blow labels onto products quickly and accurately. Another type of label applicators is the wipe-on applicator, which wipes labels onto products, including around corners and on curved and unusually shaped products.

For more complicated labeling needs, labeling systems can be used. Labeling systems are integrated systems that include label printing and applying, integrated conveyor belts, and computerized controls.