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Used Labeling Machinery: Hidden Costs You Did Not Know About

Used Labeling Machinery and Packaging Machinery:

Purchasing used labeling machinery, sealing, and packaging machinery will definitely provide a path to lower machinery purchase costs- and it will feel like a great deal. But watch out- you could be setting yourself up for huge costs that far outweigh any savings you thought you might make by purchasing second-hand.

There are many ‘unseen’ costs of purchasing used label application machines, sealing machines and other packaging machinery. This is especially the case with Labeling machines.

Consider Employee Skill Set Requirements

The skills required to operate older labelling* machines will far outway the skills to operate modern good value labeling equipment. Increased skill set employees means, increased training and dependence on higher paid more experienced staff to keep an old machine running (if you can find such staff – or keep them). Newer labeling machinery provides ease of use technology such as touch screen controls, motor speed synchronization and far more simple job changeovers; put simply new labeling equipment is usually far easier to operate. Setting up an old/used machine and teaching employees to properly use it can quickly eat into the “savings” you made buying the machine.

Machine Condition and Reliability

Reliability is a big factor. Although a machine may look like it is in good shape from the outside, used equipment is subject to previous wear and tear including items that might not be immediately visible. Even with a thorough manual inspection from a skilled technician, there are internal problems that can be missed. To name a few of the very likely things you will inherit; consider bent shafts, worn down gears and teeth, electronics on its last legs, obsolete operating systems and electronics and mechanical parts no longer produced.

Loss of production

The Big One: Loss of production TIME.
When production stalls your reputation, your profits and your business opportunities can all be significantly impacted.

Lengthy job set up times are NOT GOOD things; even if you have the advanced skill set employees to do them now. Compared to new labeling machines, most old machines have significantly longer and more complex set-up procedures.

Would you buy a car you could not service for all the likely AND unlikely service events? New and old machines alike come with the responsibility of maintenance. Maintenance of old equipment is a much more tricky affair that often involves long waits for replacement parts ; if you can find them or if they still exist. You may want to back yourself that you are qualified to self service an old labeler, however, labeling machines have a simple task that is achieved with literally thousands of parts. Even experienced label machine representatives and engineers call upon their teams to solve some issues – with your old labeling machine you are a team of one with a fraction of the labeling knowhow of a company that designs and supplies the current labeling machinery.

Good new labelling* equipment can be serviced quickly if a problem arises. “Current” parts are much faster and easier to identify, reorder and install.

Consider the enhanced position you are in if you were to order a good value LabelOn™ labeling machine with its online gallery support. Communicating any service issue is instant, recorded for future reference and identified using pictures and video of current machinery and parts (see below).

Label Machine Service - LabelOn™ Gallery Asset

Older labeling equipment may initially have a lower bottom line, but could really cost you in the long run. Current labeling machinery allows for ease of use, quicker training, assured service and support plus significantly fast job turn around.

Buying your labelling* machine, induction sealing machine and other packaging machinery can be a big decision, for your production process, its dependability and your pocketbook.

You really need to find great machinery; where you know it will work without breaking the bank or compromising the integrity of your production.

We have solutions:

We provide the options that fit your needs and your budget- you won’t be overspending here. We can provide consulting and testing before you purchase your label applicators, induction sealers, or other packaging machinery. We are confident that in most cases we present the best value production solution.

Used Labeling Machine

If you are looking for affordable and trustworthy Labelling, Sealing, and packaging machinery, visit Adeneli Packaging websites and talk to one of our machine specialists,

Give us a call at (844)-233-6354 (844-ADENELI) or click the direct chat link below!

https://adenelipackaging.com – https://label-on.com/ – https://sealeron.com – https://capliningmaterial.com

*Labeling vs Labelling: We understand that you may see ‘labeling machines’ and ‘labelling machines’ within our web content. These are synonymous- just spelled differently in different regions of the world. We want our posts to be available to our world-wide audience, so we freely interchange the spelling to encourage easy searching for our content. Please rest assured, we are doing this on purpose!

Making Re-Purposed Glass Packaging Possible with Induction Sealing and SealerOn™

Induction Sealing Glass

The appeal to pack into glass is well documented.

Those seeking products in glass are looking for product that is not tainted by plastic contact. They are looking for purity in the product and most likely align themselves with the goals of environmental awareness and sustainability.

If packaging can be recycled, that is a big plus to these consumers. If packaging can be re-purposed or go on serve a purpose well beyond a single use, that is ideal.

Almost all Glass Packaging has a Neck with a thread to allow for the placement of a cap.

More often than not, the caps are Metal Caps and this tends to eliminate the prospect for sealing using induction sealing as the induction sealing process usually works with a cap holding the induction sealing liner and passing under a high frequency oscillating magnetic field; the metal caps do not allow this field to reach the induction material.

Food and Cosmetics packed into Glass need

a) A Good Barrier on their Opening.

b) A form of Tamper Evidence.

c) A seal that will not allow for leaking.

To achieve a) b) and c) traditional Secondary measures include:

i) Heat Shrink Bands (I refer to the clear versions of these as “turtle chokers”

The application of these Heat Shrink Bands is onerous in production

The removal of the Heat Shrink Bands is onerous on the end user

They are a great source of dust collection

They rely on other properties of the Cap and Capping Equipment to prevent leaking

ii) Tamper evident Labels applied to the lid with one or more fingers that fold down the sides of the container.

There is clever machinery out there to achieve this see: http://view.label-on.com/jarste

This method also relies on other properties of the Cap and Capping Equipment to prevent leaking.

With new “Break Though Glass Induction Sealing Material” and with a range of standard and Capless Induction Sealing machinery; Adeneli and Benefel can present new and innovative solutions to pack in glass.

To date Glass induction sealing material had been limited, in the main, to dry products such as instant coffee or Gel Capsules and other powders.

We now have a “Break Though Glass Induction Sealing Material” that works with many liquids including Vegetable based Oils.

LabelOn™ Mini Synergy – Accuracy of Application – Five Times Spot On

We’ve got you covered In the smallest of spaces!

Two of the most difficult production line problems faced can be finding the room and finding the budget for equipment to accurately place labels onto your product.

Check out our new LabelOn™ Mini Synergy Range:

These are Power House pieces of labeling equipment that can sit on a workbench top and get through serious Five Labels Mini Synergy Top Labeler production.

See a video of the LabelOn™ Mini Synergy – Top Labeler in action hitting the mark Five times – one on top of the other! before we show its true function of providing tamper evident labeling.

The LabelOn™ Mini “Synergy” Range is a significant step up from semi-automated labeling and a great first step towards a production line.

This truly is the “Mini” of Labeling machines. Everything you would find in a larger machine and outgunning all competitor’s in this small footprint label machine arena as well as MANY larger footprint machines.

Compared to our Standard LabelOn™ Mini Range Enhanced features include:

- PLC and Touch Screen Control
  - The Standard range of Mini machines consists of a basic dedicated board with a LED display

- Higher Labeling Speed

- Taller Standard Label Head (apply taller label)- and two even taller label height range options

- Larger Capacity Label Roll Holder

- Speed Synchronization of Label Head with other moving modules on the machine
  - This is a big enhancement not found on The Standard range of Mini machines

- Improved Label Head Mechanics

Easier Access Electronics

IF you move forward with a LabelOn™ Mini Synergy you won’t look back as your operators will become familiar with mechanics and controls that are very similar to our full size production machines.

Chat with us at www.adeneli.com or call us toll free at 844-ADENELI (844-233-6354)

There’s Gold in Them Thar Hills – Or Should I Say Green

Medical Marijuana (MMJ) is a rapidly growing industry and continues to look like an attractive option and a smart move for manufacturers to service.

With all that’s happening in this new pioneering gold rush we have the behind-the-scenes processes of product packaging to help make your products stand out on shelves at dispensaries. We also have compelling on pack promotional know how that puts the end user in contact with you and vice versa and we KNOW how to integrate this with your packaging.

There are so many variables in place when it comes to packaging products you run into a whole host of complications at every stage of the project getting your product to market. Here at Adeneli we specialize in a concierge consultative type approach. Rather than dealing with multiple vendors, each providing a single aspect of your product packaging, our customer tailored Adeneli Packaging gallery gives you a single point of reference, ensuring your containers, labels, seals and other consumables work with your production line machinery. What we uniquely provide to our clients is our innovative flexibility and direct access to our partner network of industry experts and suppliers. We will even work directly with your existing preferred suppliers.

Our expertise lies in automatic labeling applicators, the labels themselves and induction sealing our partners we introduce coordinate, filling, capping and other production line machinery in a cost-effective manner. Our primary consideration is always to bring forward efficiencies and issues you might not even be aware of and save you from wasting time and money with incompatibilities.

With the ever shifting sands of what you need on your labels maybe you need the flexibility of on sight content printing onto your labels. Adeneli is a Silver Partner to Epson and has some unique Label solutions that can be integrated with or placed beside our labeling equipment.

We can custom manufacture labeling and sealing equipment for unique packaging. Are your products packaged in glass containers? We are at the cutting edge of sealing your products in Glass.

The newest addition to our product line is a breakthrough sealing material for capped and capless induction for Glass packaging!

Go to the next level to make the ROI on your packaging truly pay for itself. Tribe Mobile is our on-package interactive promotional system allowing for small and large scale sweepstakes or feel good donations right off your packaging.

Build sales with compelling and enticing campaigns and build your company book value with an active customer database.

Adeneli is MMJ packaging friendly. No matter the stage of your current production we have years of experience in dealing with packaging solutions. We understand every decision needs to be supported with an effective ROI return. We even have financing solutions available.

Visit www.adeneli.com or call us toll free at 844-ADENELI (844-233-6354)

Treating Induction Liners as Contents

Food Grade Induction Liners

Big Brand Cosmetic and Food Companies value their product being produced in Western Countries like the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, The UK, Germany and France.

For example, a Salt Scrub that says produced in Canada carries a lot more appeal to clients and Brand owners alike than a product that says “Made in China”; Especially a product that you will Ingest or put into Direct Contact with your Body. The reasons are really quite obvious – it is common knowledge that in some parts of Asia where there is a huge ether of manufacturing, completely regulating all practices to be safe is a very difficult task. This leaves open an unacceptable risk for many consumers who will understand that “somewhere” in the chain of processes that go into the finished product something can more easily go wrong.

It is not uncommon to source packaging from Asia and then produce the contents in a more controlled and higher profile country or location.

If the brand (and clients) see value in knowing the contents are produced in a safe and controlled location then Induction Liners should NOT be considered as separate from the contents or as simply “inert” packaging.

Safe Induction Liners

The sealing layer of an induction cap liner that comes into contact with the inside area of your packaging is a plastic polymer and or an adhesive. Often cap suppliers will provide this lining material without paperwork to identify and qualify the material fit/safe for purpose. For example the liner may only be suitable for industrial chemical contents.

During the induction sealing process, the lining material is heated to a point where their sealing polymers and adhesive are in a liquid/molten state. This can OFTEN mean liners from unknown suppliers in China will have a polymer cocktail that can leach into your (your clients) product*.

The process of induction sealing could therefore result in some nasty compounds becoming an extra unintended ingredient in the product.

Please be assured that we are only raising this point to make sure you are aware of this possibility and to allow your client and you to complete a due diligence for the manufacturing of a product that will be in contact with people’s skin.

From our experience, the least that can be expected from a supplier of caps with lining material is to be given a cap lining certificate of compliance with food and commodities; supplied, on the letter head of the manufacturer of the lining material. It is not sufficient to have such a document issued by the cap supplier or a lining material agent that simply puts their letter head at the top of a generic declaration.

“Food for thought”

All our liners are manufactured using lining materials that have a cap lining certificate of compliance with food and commodities; supplied, on the letter head of the manufacturer of the lining material.

*Even the Foam we supply for fitting behind induction liners is resistant to the heat process of the Induction Sealing process and this foam comes with it’s own certificate of compliance with food and commodities.

Often the first thing our clients realized with respect to how things can go wrong with Seals from Asia or India is inconsistency of sealing results. That problem , while a practical problem is a relatively minor problem. That is a relatively safe issue and it is well-known that this will often be due to variations from batch to batch of liners produced in these regions.

The safest way to treat induction lining material (and source it) is as if it were the contents.