One of the world’s largest suppliers of plasma-derived products, Grifols has recently built a new logistics centre at an Irish location. The company, which is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain, chose HERMA and their Spanish sales partner SINEL SYSTEMS to implement a labelling solution at the new site. The task required finesse: it involves the precise labelling of cylindrical infusion bottles and the printing of variable information on these labels. The labels feature a small attached plastic loop that can be folded back later to serve as a hook in the hospital. In close cooperation, HERMA and SINEL SYSTEMS designed a labelling system that is based on the standard labelling machine 132M HC and does not require any complex special design. According to Grifols’ specifications, further components were added to the machine, such as a laser printer that produces a colour change on the labels, and a camera system that checks the printed labels. Grifols is happy with the solution and its implementation.
Versatile and powerful
Thanks to its modular design, the wrap-around labelling machine 132M HC ensures excellent versatility while offering users many options for implementing individual equipment requests, e.g. regarding the choice of printing systems for variable data or data matrix codes and camera systems for code inspection. Another advantage of the modular design: users can adapt the wrap-around labeller 132M HC to various product formats in just a few steps. At the Grifols location, for example, glass bottles with diameters of 43 or 46 mm and a height of 70 or 80 mm are labelled. Thanks to its continuously rotating star wheel, the machine can label up to 100 bottles per minute. “This project once again demonstrates the performance range of our rotating star wheel labelling machine that is unrivalled in its breadth”, says Martin Kühl, head of HERMA’s Labelling Machines Division. “We will extend the 132M product line in the future in order to provide customers such as Grifols with modular HERMA solutions for upcoming applications.”
