A national manufacturer of peanut brittle was looking for a way to reduce labor and consumable costs associated with their labeling process. The company’s existing labeling system employed a Universal Label applicator to apply two primary side labels and one top label to their product. In addition, a separate, smaller label showing the manufactured date of the product was manually applied onto the side label.

The existing labeling system was experiencing frequent downtime events, not to mention the process was extremely labor intensive. The customer wanted a more efficient system that was reliable, easy to operate and would have a lifetime of at least five years.

The specialists at ID Technology recommended the company upgrade to a labeling system comprised of three IDT ST1000 label applicators and a 10-watt IDT Laser coder. The new system uses the IDT Laser Coder to print the manufactured date code directly onto the side label prior to it being applied to the 1-pound tub package. The code is printed as one line of text in static mode. Once the code is printed, dual ST1000 applicators apply the side labels, while a third applicator applies the top label.

The new IDT labeling system has resulted in considerable costs savings compared to the previous system, and the use of the Laser coder eliminated the need to hand apply the manufactured date code label.

For more information on IDT Label Applicators and Laser Coders email ID Man at idman@idtechnology.com.