Multi-pack cartons of high-energy liquid dairy products supplied to hospitals by Dutch dairy group Nutricia now carry large print-and-apply labels that wrap. These wrap around the carton corners to allow the cartons to be easily identified within fridges from their front or side.

Nutricia has installed two Logopak 920 print-and-apply labellers on a new production line, running the two machines in tandem. This eliminates the risk of downtime - the product has to be chilled immediately after manufacture. Speed is 30 labels per minute.

A label 200mm wide by 80mm deep is printed with its long edge leading to ensure that bar codes are printed in picket fence orientation for best scanning results.

The label is then applied to the leading face of the carton and folded round the carton side to give adjacent side labelling.

The tandem controller supplied for the two machines allows the variable label data to be recalled only once and, when done so, is sent to each machine, ensuring commonality of data.

Scanners are integrated on each machine to ensure label presence and to make sure all bar codes are legible. Failure to read will bring the line automatically to a halt.

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