Herma has developed PE White UV Laser (823) movie labels to allow variable information printing in all probability for the primary time with a easy shade change utilizing UV lasers within the labeling course of. No materials is eliminated.
In comparison with thermal switch printing that’s at the moment nonetheless in widespread use, that is notably resource-friendly and environment friendly, as no different consumable supplies are required and no waste is generated, based on Herma. There’s additionally now not any want for normal downtime, for instance for altering thermal switch ribbons.
Sven Pleier, key account supervisor for chemical substances and prescribed drugs at Herma, mentioned: ‘It has already been attainable up till now to make use of lasers with particular paper for the marking of labels with out eradicating any materials. Nonetheless, this isn’t an possibility for many pharmaceutical merchandise, but additionally for a lot of beauty merchandise solely for software and security causes. Due to the brand new movie labels, the best way is now clear to make use of this advantageous technique within the pharmaceutical and cosmetics sector, no matter whether or not the variable information is expiry dates, batch numbers or information matrix codes.’
At the side of a Domino U510 UV laser and the Herma 132M HC pharmaceutical labelling machine, the brand new Herma PE White UV Laser (823) movie labels might be offered for the primary time at Achema in Frankfurt (Corridor 4.1, Stand P20).
Not like thermal switch printers, the laser allows the optimum use of the velocity of high-speed labeling machines – as a UV laser achieves as much as 600 cycles per minute and extra. With a thermal switch printer, the restrict is often a most of 300 cycles per minute. The printed picture is totally smudge-proof and scratch-resistant and in addition proof against disinfectants, alcohol and grease, notably essential for pharmaceutical and beauty merchandise.
The labelling can be appropriate for low temperatures together with freezing processes and stays steady. One other benefit of UV laser printing is that the print picture is at all times ultra-sharp, even with the smallest font sizes. The laser permits for fonts or characters which can be solely 0.6 millimeters excessive whereas thermal switch printing is now not attainable at 1 millimeter. The darkish gray lettering on the white foil labels is excessive in distinction and simple to learn by machines. The laser additionally works with none contact, which makes it maintenance-friendly.
‘As a consequence of their modular design of the Herma labelling machines, UV lasers are notably straightforward to combine,’ emphasised Pleier.
The coding and marking specialist Domino has already examined the brand new Herma labels in complete laboratory exams.
Volker Watzke, head of gross sales life-sciences and tobacco at Domino, added: ‘They ship excellent outcomes with our U510 lasers. Particularly the place exact and variable coding and marking at excessive velocity is required, the laser and label kind an unbeatable mixture. The U510 UV laser completes the product portfolio when it comes to the cooperation between Herma and Domino, alongside the applied sciences used to this point, equivalent to CO2 lasers and thermal switch printers.’