Grifols opts for HERMA wrap-around labelling at Irish site

Spanish supplier of plasma-derived products Grifols has built a new logistics centre in Ireland, for which it chose HERMA and Spanish sales partner SINEL SYSTEMS to implement a labelling solution.

Precise labelling of cylindrical infusion bottles and the printing of variable information on those labels was required. The labels needed to feature a small attached plastic loop that could be folded back later to serve as a hook in the hospital. HERMA and SINEL SYSTEMS designed a labelling system that is based on the standard labelling machine 132M HC. 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.

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 is that users can adapt the wrap-around labeller 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.