Labelling  spirits bottles: attractive dress for PET bottles

Labelling spirits bottles means ensuring perfect visual appeal for PET bottles as well. Beam Global Wine & Spirits in Frankfort, Kentucky, is using a new orientation system and what is called single-station design (a separate station for each label) for dressing the 1.75-l PET handle bottles. In the Krones Solomatic high-speed labeller, the plastic spirits bottles are reliably turned in the infeed worms with the aid of a characteristic orientation spot-bar at the bottom of the bottle, to ensure 100 % accurate alignment. After orientation, positionally accurate dressing of the bottles with the appropriate labels is child’s play. Perfect labelling and maximised flexibility are the paramount requirements of the world-renowned whisky and spirits producer – comfortably met by this machine with its three labelling stations applying front, neck and back labels to the spirits bottles made of PET. The ultra-versatile Solomatic is able to handle bottles up to a speed of 55,000 bph.

What do users have to bear in mind for labelling spirits bottles made of plastic?

• The surface tension of the PET bottles is a key basic factor when it comes to planning the labelling process involved. This has to be factored in when selecting the appropriate adhesive.
• The temperature of the bottle being transferred from the filler to the labeller has to be taken into account for the label’s adhesion behaviour.