Sidel Group presents the new SL 90 rotary modular labeler

With more than 30,000 machines installed in 190 countries, the Sidel Group, headquartered in Switzerland, is one of the world’s leaders in beverage packaging solutions.

The new SL 90 rotary modular labeler is equipped with modules for applying pressure-sensitive self-adhesive labels or cold-glue labels on all kinds of packaging. But it also has much more than the typical advantages of a modular machine: the maintenance levels are dramatically low thanks to the total elimination of mechanical gears and transmissions.

There is a growing market demand for a single labeler capable of various applications, often even combining them to label the same container. This is the case, for example, with beer bottles which have paper neck labels and selfadhesive body labels. The SL 90, which will soon also be available with the other modules (e.g. a roll-fed module), is an innovative solution developed by Sidel to offer the greatest labeling flexibility on all kinds of packaging, both round and irregularly shaped, with fast changeover times and great freedom in layout design.

What makes the SL 90 such a unique machine on the market is its core: the carousel and the parts involved in transferring the containers (starwheels and screw feed) which have no gears and no contact. The highly innovative aspect lies in the fact that the drive requires almost no maintenance and normal wear due to contact between drive gears is completely eliminated. This is possible thanks to linear motor drive technology and direct motor drives.

There are also important advantages in terms of output. The SL 90 is ideal for high-speed and very high-speed production and can label up to 60,000 bph (both self-adhesive and cold-glue labels). High performances are also guaranteed by the high degree of automation both at central level and in the peripheral modules. Thus, for example, the application of the label to the container can be adjusted electronically, while a vision system with several cameras orientates bottles, thus guaranteeing the correct positioning of the labels.