Beverage Label Printers and
Coders for Beverage Industry
From high line speeds to condensation, beverage producers operate within one of the most demanding production environments. With expensive filling and packaging equipment, producers have no tolerance for unplanned coder downtime. Videojet has a range of high uptime solutions to meet these challenges whether you need to print a simple best before date or more complex promotional and gaming codes.
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From clear to amber to green and other quality enhancing colors, beverage bottles continue to evolve. New bottle requirements and packaging lines can dictate your coding technology selection, but code quality and content requirements also play a role.
Aluminum cans and flexible pouches are a popular choice for packaging a wide variety of beverage products. However, coding on these packages can often be a challenge due to the metal finishes and curved designs. Your coding solution needs to be able to handle difficult coding applications and help keep your line running efficiently.
The shape, size and composition of both clear and colored plastic bottles and enclosures are constantly changing. Codes on these containers can be intended for consumer use, such as ‘best by’ dates, or include production data to management used for supply chain management.
The selection of a coding technology and fluids is based on the unique needs of your business. Substrate and environmental considerations, requirements for preventing contamination, and the high speeds common in the beverage industry can make that selection process more challenging.
Legible case coding is the cornerstone of effective inventory management throughout the supply chain. Videojet can help in a variety of ways, providing high resolution printing for direct-to-box and automatic label applications.
Videojet has a range of printers to address printing on the bottle, can or other beverage container either before or after filling. We offer specially-formulated inks and unique accessories to displace any surface moisture help to ensure clear codes. In addition, laser marking systems deliver permanent, non ink-based printing.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
With this application, the printer is typically situated on the first rotating table of the labeler. The printer is integrated into the labeler to apply codes in the same location on every label before being applied to the container.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
In this configuration, the printer is located after the labels have been applied to the containers. The use of special printheads on inkjet printers or beam turning units on laser systems help ensure that the printers can fit into space constrained locations and apply codes in the same location on every label.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
Case printers are best integrated on the conveyor after the sealed case or tray has been discharged. The type and amount of information printed on your cases determines which coding solution is ideal.
Laser Marking Systems
A beam of infrared light focused and steered with a series of carefully controlled small mirrors to create marks where the heat of the beam interacts with the packaging surface.
Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO)
A digitally controlled printhead precisely melts ink from a ribbon directly onto flexible films to provide high resolution, real-time prints.
Continuous inkjet (CIJ)
Fluid based, non-contact printing of up to five lines of text, linear and 2D bar codes, or graphics, printed on a variety of packaging types including stationary packaging via traversing systems.
Large Character Marking (LCM)
Ink-based, non-contact printing of multiple data types (alphanumeric, logos and bar codes) in large sizes primarily used for secondary packaging such as cases.
Label Printer Applicator (LPA)
Prints and places labels of various sizes on multiple package types.
