Automated pre-processing of a shrinkwrap label

• Main Authors: Lim, Phyllis L., Ong, Jasper S., Santiago, Aimee-mee K., Sy, Paul Andrew M., Tajan, John Benedict C., Yu, Noreen Hazel O.Y.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2007
• Subjects: Labeling-machines; Manufacturing
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/8041
• Institution: De La Salle University

Several types of bottles and containers nowadays are labeled through a process called heatshrinking. In this process, the bottle or container is inserted into the shrinkwrap, a heat-sensitive plastic, and then heated to allow the shrinkwrap to adhere to the bottle. Currently, the process of inserting the bottle into the shrinkwrap is still done manually. With a high labor cost and with a not so high consistency in the quality of the output, a need for an automated pre-processing of a shrinkwrap label arises. This machine is a prototype system that automatically opens the shrinkwrap, inserts the bottle into the shrinkwrap in preparation for heatshrinking.