WO2001094211A2 - Labeling apparatus and method employing radiation curable adhesive - Google Patents
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- This invention relates generally to a labeling apparatus and method for applying labels to containers, and more particularly to a labeling apparatus and method employing a radiation curable adhesive for adhering a label to a container.
- the labels employable in this invention are in the form of plastic, sheet fed/cut and stack labels, and can be formed of films that are transparent or opaque (including metallized films).
- the radiation curable adhesive is a UN curable adhesive.
- Prior art labeling apparatus and methods employing labels in continuous roll form include label cutting and registration means for severing discrete labels from the roll and then registering them for attachment to the containers through a vacuum transfer drive system.
- a hot melt adhesive generally is employed; being applied to both the leading and trailing edge of the back side of the labels for permitting attachment of the labels to the containers.
- hot melt adhesives are, at best, generally cloudy or milky in appearance and therefore are not effectively utilized to apply clear or transparent labels in a uniform fashion to clear containers.
- the uniform attachment of clear or transparent labels to clear containers e.g., clear glass or plastic beer and soda bottles, is very desirable, providing a very clean finish, and also permitting the product inside of the bottle to be clearly and easily viewed through the label.
- a further deficiency in connection with the use of hot melt adhesives is that they generally are difficult to apply as a smooth, continuous layer to the label stock.
- a cold glue adhesive When a cold glue adhesive is employed it is applied to a glue transfer pad by a transfer roll that commonly is made of steel, and then the glue transfer pad is moved into contact with the lower label of the stack to both apply the glue to that label and remove the label from the stack through surface adhesion between the label and the adhesive. Thereafter, the label, with the cold glue adhesive thereon, is moved to a transfer drum, from where it is then applied to a container, such as a glass bottle.
- These cold glue adhesives generally have been utilized only in connection with paper labels that are capable of absorbing the moisture from the water soluble adliesives. In other words, systems employing water soluble cold glue adhesives are not well suited for use with non-porous, plastic labels.
- a radiation curable adhesive which is not excessively tacky prior to curing (or partial curing)
- a radiation curable adhesive is applied to the surface of a label to be attached to a bottle, and the label, with the radiation curable adhesive thereon, is then sequentially fed through a curing operation to render the adhesive sufficiently tacky to adhere the label to a container, and then to a station for immediately applying the label to a surface of the container through the tacky adhesive on the label. It is within the scope of this invention to cure the adhesive to a full pressure sensitive state in the curing operation.
- the radiation curable adhesive is curable with ultraviolet radiation, although it is within the scope of the broadest aspects of this invention to employ other types of radiation curable adhesives, such as adhesives curable by radio frequency radiation and electron beam radiation.
- the most preferred adhesives useable in this invention should have a sufficiently low viscosity to permit them to be applied by an adhesive applicator roll to outer surfaces of transfer pads on a rotating support member for subsequent application from the transfer pads substantially continuously and uniformly to the surface of a label to be adhered to a container.
- the adhesive When the label is a cut and stack label, the adhesive also needs to have a sufficient initial tack (hereinafter sometimes referred to as "minimal tack") to permit the transfer pads, with the adhesive on the surface thereof, to remove the lowermost label from a stack of such labels retained within a magazine at the time that the adhesive also is being applied to that label by a transfer pad.
- minimal tack a sufficient initial tack
- This initial, or minimal tack cannot be so strong as to preclude peeling the label from the transfer pad at a subsequent station at which the adhesive on the label is at least partially cured, in a manner to be further explained hereinafter.
- the adhesive is a UN curable adhesive that has the ability to cold flow after application of the label to the bottle to eliminate, or at least minimize the existence of unsightly adhesive striations between the label and container.
- the UN curable adhesive is applied with a coat weight of at least 6 pounds per ream and more preferably in the weight range 7 to 8 pounds per ream, or even greater.
- this adhesive is applied to the label at a sufficient thickness to enable the adhesive to cold flow after the label is applied to the bottle, and thereby fill in unsightly striations that often are formed in the adhesive between the label and the bottle.
- An adhesive thickness in the range of about 1 to about 1.5 mils has been determined to cold flow after application of the label to the container, to fill in unsightly striations and other visual defects in the adhesive layer.
- the labels are individual, cut and stack labels retained in a magazine, and a UN curable adhesive is applied to a lower surface of each label in the stack through a rotating transfer pad that moves sequentially through an adhesive application station in which a measured quantity of UN curable adhesive is transferred to the exposed surface of the pad, and then to a transfer station wherein the adhesive on the exposed surface of the pad engages the lowermost label in the stack to both apply the adhesive to that label and remove the label from the stack through the surface adhesion created between the label surface and the "minimal tack" of the uncured UN curable adhesive.
- references in this application to a label being "effectively adhered" to a container, or to the "effective adherence" of a label to a container, or words of similar import means that the label is required to be secured to the container in a manner that precludes the edge regions or body thereof from unacceptably separating from the container wall during handling and use of the container, and most preferably, although not required within the broadest scope of this invention, in a manner that prevents an individual from easily peeling the label off of the container. Therefore, in order to produce commercially acceptable, labeled containers in accordance with this invention the radiation curable adhesive must be at least partially cured prior to the label being applied to the container to assure that the adhesive is rendered sufficiently tacky to achieve the desired effective adherence of the label on the container.
- the UN curable adhesive may be only partially cured at the time that the label is applied to the container and then, in a relatively short time, become more completely cured to provide effective adherence of the label on the container.
- the UN curable adhesive is comprised of free radical and/or cationic initiators and monomers that are polymerizable by these mechanisms; and is capable of flowing while curing on a container to fill in imperfections, e.g., striations, in the initial distribution of the adhesive on the label.
- the individual labels carried on the transfer pads are then directed to a transfer assembly, wherein the individual labels, with the minimally tacky, UN curable adhesive applied thereto, are released from the pads and directed by the transfer assembly through a UN cure station in which the UN curable adhesive is rendered sufficiently tacky to permit the label to be reliably and effectively adhered to a surface of a container, and then into a label application station for transferring each individual label, with the sufficiently tacky adhesive thereon, to the outer surface of a container, preferably a glass container, such as a beer or soda bottle, to thereby effectively adhere the label to the container.
- a transfer assembly wherein the individual labels, with the minimally tacky, UN curable adhesive applied thereto, are released from the pads and directed by the transfer assembly through a UN cure station in which the UN curable adhesive is rendered sufficiently tacky to permit the label to be reliably and effectively adhered to a surface of a container, and then into a label application station for transferring each individual label, with the sufficiently tacky adhesive thereon, to the outer surface of
- Fig. 1 is a schematic, plan view illustrating the method and apparatus of this invention
- Fig. 2 is an enlarged, fragmentary isometric view of a portion of the adhesive application station wherein a UN curable adhesive is transferred to the exposed surface of a rotating transfer pad, prior to the transfer pad being directed into a transfer station for receiving a label thereon;
- Fig. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary isometric view illustrating the engagement of a rotating transfer pad with UN curable adhesive thereon with the lower most label in a stack of such labels;
- Fig. 4 is an enlarged, fragmentary isometric view illustrating, in schematic form, the retention of a label on a transfer assembly that directs the label through a UN cure station and then to the label application station.
- a method and apparatus for applying labels to containers in accordance with this invention are shown generally at 10. While the preferred embodiment of this invention employs an adhesive curable by radiation with ultraviolet light, i.e., a UN curable adhesive, in accordance with the broadest aspects of this invention other radiation curable adhesives may be employed, e.g., adhesives curable by radio frequency radiation or electron beam radiation. For brevity of discussion, this invention will be described in connection with the preferred embodiment employing a UN curable adhesive.
- the preferred method and apparatus of this invention employs an inlet conveyor section
- an outlet conveyor section 14 and rotating bottle-transfer members 16 and 18 for transferring bottles 20 from the inlet conveyor section to a rotating turret 22, and for removing bottles from the rotating turret to the exit conveyor section 14, respectively, after the bottles have been directed through label application station 24.
- an in-line system that does not require the use of a rotating turret to handle the bottles, or other containers, during the label application operation.
- inlet conveyor section 12 outlet conveyor section 14
- rotating bottle-transfer members 16 and 18 and rotating turret 22 are all of a conventional design employed in prior art labeling apparatus and methods.
- KRO ⁇ ES manufactures a line of rotary labeling equipment including an inlet conveyor section
- an adhesive application station 26 that includes a gravure or anilox applicator roll 28 of the type that generally is used in gravure or flexographic printing systems, respectively.
- This roll must have a sufficient surface hardness to avoid the creation of imperfections therein, and sufficient release properties to release the adhesive carried thereby to transfer pads 32, which preferably have smooth outer surfaces, for subsequent application from those pads to a label, as will be described in greater detail hereinafter.
- the transfer pads include an outer, elastomeric member, e.g., rubber or photopolymer material.
- the gravure or anilox applicator roll 28 preferably is employed with a doctor blade 29 of conventional design, which may be enclosed, and with adjustments to allow it to be placed in contact the surface of the gravure or anilox roll, or to be raised a desired distance away from it.
- the adhesive is circulated from an adhesive supply chamber positioned below the vertically mounted applicator roll 28 through a suitable conduit to the outer surface of the roll adjacent the upper axial end thereof. The adhesive flows down the surface of the roll 28 as the roll is being rotated in the direction of arrow 31, filling the cells therein and actually applying a coating that extends beyond the surface of the roll.
- Adhesive that does not adhere to the roll is collected in a base section in which the roll is mounted and flows through a return conduit to the adhesive supply chamber to be recirculated.
- This type of system is well known for use with cold glue adhesives and therefore no further explanation is believed to be necessary in order to enable a person skilled in the art to practice the preferred form of this invention.
- a smooth surfaced transfer roll possibly can be employed in place of a gravure or anilox roll, with the desired, or required, metered transfer onto the transfer pads being provided by the adhesive-receiving cells therein.
- the preferred arrangement of the applicator roll 28 is in a non-pressurized environment, it is within the broadest scope of the invention to employ a pressurized system, if desired.
- the doctor blade 29 is disposed adjacent the surface of the roll with a preferred gap of 2 - 4 mils, to effectively provide a coating of a controlled thickness of the adhesive layer that, subsequent to passing the doctor blade 29, is applied to the surface of transfer pads 32.
- doctor blade 29 is a precision ground single blade wiper with an adjustable pitch, although other doctoring systems can be employed within the broadest aspects of this invention.
- the doctor blade 29 is positioned in contact with the roll surface to essentially meter all the adhesive off the roll except for the adhesive retained within the cells in the roll surface.
- the roll 28 is a ceramic engraved roll having quad cells present in a concentration of 75 cells per inch.
- the applicator roll 28 it may be suitable to utilize, as the applicator roll 28, a plain rubber roll. Therefore, in accordance with the broadest aspects of this invention, the applicator roll need not include cells for receiving adhesive therein.
- the surface material or coating, the cell size and concentration in the surface of the gravure or anilox roll 28 and the position of the doctor blade 29 are selected to carry a sufficient quantity of adhesive to provide the desired adhesive coat weight on the labels.
- the coat weight on the labels preferably should be at least 6 pounds per ream and more preferably in the range of 7 to 8 pounds per ream or even greater.
- the coat weight applied to the labels should not be so high as to result in excessive adhesive run-off from the transfer pads 32 to which the adhesive initially is applied.
- the coat weight applied to clear labels should provide a sufficient thickness to permit cold flow of the adhesive when the label is on the bottle to cause the adhesive to fill in unsightly striations or other adhesive imperfections that initially may be exist when the label is adhered to the container.
- the thickness of the adhesive layer on the clear label, prior to applying the label to a container is in the range of 1 to 1.5 mils.
- the adhesive does not need to have a thickness on the label of 1 or more mils to provide the desired degree of tack to adhere the label to the container. This thickness is desired to permit cold flow of the adhesive after the label is adhered to a container to permit the adliesive to fill in unsightly striations in the circumferential direction, or other unsightly adhesive imperfections, a feature that is particularly desirable when applying clear labels to containers.
- the basis weight of the adhesive coat applied to the label can be 6.2 pounds per ream or lower, e.g., down to about 4 pounds per ream, while still achieving excellent bond strength between the label and container.
- the gravure or anilox applicator roll 28 is driven in the direction of arrow 31, past the doctor blade 29.
- the exposed outer surface of the gravure or anilox applicator roll 28 receives a metered amount of UN curable adhesive on its surface, which is then engaged by the outer exposed surfaces of the transfer pads 32 disposed about the periphery of a rotating support member 34 that is rotated in the direction of arrow 36.
- each of the transfer pads 32 is mounted on the rotating support member 34 through a support shaft 33 mounted for oscillatory motion relative to the support member, as represented by the arrow heads 35 and 35 A.
- This oscillatory motion is provided by a cam drive arrangement that is well known to those skilled in the art, and is one that actually is employed in conventional cut and stack or sheet fed labeling systems, for example manufactured by KRONES AG in West Germany or KRONES, Inc. in Franklin WI (Krones AG and Krones, Inc. hereinafter collectively being referred to as "KRONES").
- the transfer pads 32 preferably are formed of a smooth surfaced elastomer (natural or synthetic) having a Shore A hardness in the range of about 50 to about 90. This elastomer has been determined to provide good final adhesive visual properties when employed to adhere clear labels to a bottle.
- the transfer pads 32 are oscillated in the counterclockwise direction of arrow 35 A, as viewed in Fig. 1, as each pad is moved in contact with the gravure roll 28 by rotation of the support member 34, to thereby cause the UN curable adhesive on the gravure roll to be applied substantially uniformly to each transfer pad.
- the transfer pads 32, with the UN curable adhesive thereon are then directed sequentially by the rotating member 34 to a transfer station 40.
- the transfer station 40 includes a magazine 42 retaining a stack of cut labels 44 therein. This magazine 42 is mounted for linear reciprocating motion toward and away from the exposed surface of the transfer pads, respectively, as is well known in the art.
- the linear reciprocating movement of the magazine 42 is controlled by a conventional photo detection system 43 positioned to detect the presence of a container at a specified location, preferably at the downstream end of helical feed roll 12A, of the inlet conveyor 12, as is well known in the art. If a container is detected at the specified location on the inlet conveyor 12, the magazine 42 will be moved into, or maintained in a forward position for permitting a desired transfer pad 32 to engage and remove the lowermost label from the stack of cut labels 44 retained in the magazine.
- the desired transfer pad 32 is the one that receives a label that ultimately will be aligned with the detected container when that container is in label applicator section 24 of the rotating turret 22, to thereby transfer, or apply, the label to the container, as will be described in detail hereinafter.
- the magazine 42 will be retracted to preclude a predetermined transfer pad 32 from engaging and receiving the lowermost label in the magazine 44, which label ultimately would have been directed to an empty container position at the label applicator section 24 on the turret 22 resulting from a container not being in the specified location being monitored by the photo detection system.
- a transfer pad 32 when a transfer pad 32 is in a position aligned for engaging the lowermost label 44 carried in the magazine 42, that pad is oscillated in the clockwise direction of arrow 35 , as viewed in Fig . 1 , for engaging the lowermost label 44 in the magazine 42 to both apply the adhesive to that label and remove that label from the stack through surface adhesion with the minimally tacky adhesive.
- the transfer pads 32, with the labels thereon, are then rotated by the support member 34 to a transfer assembly shown generally at 50.
- This transfer assembly includes a plurality of cam operated gripping members 52 disposed about the periphery thereof for engaging labels 44 carried by the transfer pads 32 and transferring the labels to the transfer assembly 50.
- the transfer assembly 50 is of a conventional design, and therefore the details of this assembly, including the cam operation of the gripping members 52 is omitted, for purposes of brevity. Suffice it to state that the gripping members 52 engage the labels 44 carried on the transfer pads 32 in the regions of the labels aligned with cut-outs 32A in the transfer pads 32, as is best illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3.
- the pads 32 are oscillated in the counterclockwise direction of arrow 35A, as viewed in Fig. 1.
- the rotary transfer assembly 50 with labels 44 thereon, is directed through an irradiating section in the form of a UN cure section 54.
- the UN cure section includes an ultraviolet light source for exposing the adhesive on the labels 44 to UN radiation, thereby at least partially curing the adhesive to render the adhesive sufficiently tacky to permit the label to be securely and effectively adhered to the outer surface of a container; preferably a curved outer surface of a bottle.
- the UN cure section 54 provides a power output in the range of about 200 to about 1200 watts per inch. The specific power output required depends, among other factors, upon the cure rate of the specific UN curable adhesive employed and the speed of operation of the labeling equipment.
- the degree of cure of the adhesive is most effectively controlled by controlling the total amount of radiation of appropriate wavelength that is delivered to the adhesive.
- the factors effecting the total amount of radiation of appropriate wavelength delivered to the adhesive are (1) residence time of the adhesive in the light, (2) wavelength match between the adhesive and the light source, (3) distance from the light source to the adhesive, (4) intensity of the light source and (5) use of filters, absorbers or attenuators.
- a 300 watt per inch output UN lamp provides sufficient intensity to cure the desired coating thickness in the range of 1 to 1.5 microns at film throughput speeds of up to about 150 feet per minute, as measured by Instron initial tack curves. This equates to a labeler speed of about 300 bottles per minute. It is believed that a 600 watt per inch output UN lamp will be effective on labeling apparatus running at labeling speeds in the range of 500 bottles per minute. Most preferably, a type "H" bulb is employed with the most preferred UN curable adhesive, as will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter.
- the UN curable adhesive is in a minimally tacky state (defined earlier) until it passes through the UN cure station 54.
- the apparatus and method are employed without the need to handle an excessively tacky adhesive material throughout the entire processing operation.
- the UN curable adhesive is only rendered sufficiently tacky to permit the label to be effectively adhered to the outer surface of a container at a location closely adjacent the label application station 24.
- the preferred UN curable adhesives usable in this invention also are of a sufficiently low viscosity to permit the adhesive to be applied substantially uniformly over a label surface.
- the viscosity of the adhesives usable in this invention is in the range of about 500 to about 10,000 centipoise; more preferably under 5,000 centipoise; still more preferably in the range of about 1,000 to about 4,000 centipoise and most preferably in the range of 2,000 to
- UN curable adhesives are comprised of the free radical or cationic initiators and monomers which are polymerizable via these mechanisms. In accordance with the broadest aspects of this invention all of the above types of UN curable adhesives can be employed. UN curable adhesives are available form a variety of sources, e.g., H. B. Fuller, National Starch,
- the most preferred UN curable adhesive employed in this invention is an adhesive employing a combination of both free-radical and cationic initiators.
- Such an adhesive is available from Craig Adhesives & Coatings Company under the designation Craig C 1029 HYB UN pressure sensitive adhesive. This latter adhesive has a viscosity of approximately 2,500 centipoise.
- UN adhesives employing free-radical initiators have a strong initial cure but provide a poor visual appearance.
- UN adhesives employing cationic initiators provide weak initial cure but have good visual appearance.
- each of the labels 44 is directed from the UN cure station 54 with the adhesive thereon being in at least a partially cured, sufficiently tacky condition to uniformly and effectively adhere the label to a container, and the label is then immediately rotated into a position for engaging the outer periphery of a bottle 20 carried on the turret 22 in the label application station 24.
- the spacing of the labels on the transfer assembly 50 and the speed of rotation of the transfer assembly are timed with the speed of rotation of the rotating turret 22 such that each label carried on the transfer assembly 50 is sequentially directed into engagement with an adjacent bottle carried on the rotating turret.
- each of the labels 44 is applied essentially at its midline to the periphery of an adjacent bottle 20, thereby providing outer wings extending in opposed directions from the center line of the label, which is adhered to the bottle.
- This mamier of applying a label to a bottle is conventional and is employed in rotary labeling equipment, for example manufactured by Krones.
- the labels can be applied to the outer surface of the bottles in other ways.
- the rotating turret 22 directs each bottle, with the label attached thereto, through a series of opposed inner and outer brushes 56.
- the bottles are also oscillated back and forth about their central axis to thereby create an interaction between the bottles, labels and brushes to effectively adhere the entire label to the periphery of each bottle.
- This brush arrangement and the system for oscillating the bottles as they move past the brushes are of a conventional design and are well known to those skilled in the art.
- Such a system is included in labeling equipment employing cold glue, for example labeling equipment manufactured by KRONES.
- the bottles are carried by the rotating turret 22 in the direction of arrow 58 to the bottle- transfer member 18 , at which point the bottles are transferred to the outlet conveyor section 14 for subsequent packaging.
- the UN curable adhesives that preferably are employed in this invention are in a minimally tacky, low viscosity state until they are exposed to UN radiation.
- the apparatus and method of this invention are not required to handle an excessively tacky adhesive throughout the majority of the process. This provides for a cleaner running operation.
- UN curable adhesives are extremely well suited for use with clear labels since they are applied as a clear coating that does not detract from the clarity of the film. This permits clear films to be adhered to clear bottles to provide a highly attractive labeled product.
- the most preferred UN curable adhesive which is a blend of both free-radical and cationic initiators, exhibits cold flow after the label is applied to the container, to thereby fill in unsightly striations that are formed in the circumferential direction of the label, as well as other unsightly adhesive imperfections.
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AU7531801A AU7531801A (en) | 2000-06-06 | 2001-06-06 | Labeling apparatus and method employing radiation curable adhesive |
BRPI0111502-2A BR0111502B1 (en) | 2000-06-06 | 2001-06-06 | continuous method of applying individual plastic labels stacked on containers and apparatus for applying plastic labels on containers. |
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