SIDEL ROLLSLEEVE
MAKE YOUR BRAND STAND OUT WITH FLEXIBLE AND COST-EFFECTIVE SHRINK SLEEVE LABELLING

Today, shrink sleeve represents around 20% of labelling production and is one of the fastest growing formats. The increasing use and success of this heat-shrink sleeve label is largely due to its potential to provide far more branding opportunities than conventional labels.

Sidel Rollsleeve for the following liquid types:
Water
Carbonated Soft Drinks
Beer
Juices, Nectars, Soft Drinks, Isotonics and Teas
Liquid Dairy Products
Oils


The potential for the shrink sleeve label to be more customised and eye catching is key to influencing the consumer purchasing decision and ensuring a significant impact on your product's success.
The shrink sleeve labels adapt to any surface with no restrictions on container shape. At the same time, it is especially suitable for lightweight containers. The label sleeve can function as an effective seal and can also serve as a light barrier to protect the liquid. With heat shrinking, no traces of glue are left on the bottle, simplifying the recycling process.
In developing the Rollsleeve labeller, Sidel focused on the branding opportunities shrink-sleeve labels present. In addition to its potential for delivering reduced operating costs, the Rollsleeve labeller combines the simplicity of Sidel consolidated roll-fed technology with an innovative, high-speed shrink sleeve process in one single machine.

Why to choose Sidel Rollsleeve:
A unique and patented label application

Compared to traditional Transversal Direction Orientation (TDO) where sleeve labels are already formed in tubes on the reel, Rollsleeve applies labels with a Machine Direction Orientation (MDO).

Rollsleeve is one of the fastest sleevers on the market, running at speeds up to 54,000 bottles per hour
It applies MDO labels where final tube creation and welding are performed directly in the labelling machine
Containers are located on individual rotating sleeve drums that lift them up
Once precisely cut with the rotating knife, the labels are transferred from the vacuum drum to the cylindrical drums. They are wrapped and maintained with a vacuum.
Labels are closed edge to edge and sealed with innovative impulse sealing welding bars, without using glue
The sleeve drums holding the bottles are then lowered into the pre-formed sleeve labels
A vision system can be added for sleeved and roll-fed bottles for specific label positioning


Efficient and top quality labelling

Coupled with the huge benefits of its flexibility and labelling quality, Sidel Rollsleeve incorporates a string of technological advances.

A single rotating knife ensures a very precise sleeve cut
The automated vacuum system delivers 20% higher precision in label quality and application
Long-life single rotating cutting blades increase stability and control
Perfectly accurate and resistant welding, suitable to a wide range of film materials and thicknesses, creates no visual or tactile flaws after shrinkage

Quick payback

By using MDO film, the Sidel Rollsleeve can generate costs savings up to 30% and reduce environmental impact. A full payback on investment can be achieved in just 18 months from the savings on label material costs alone (compared to a TDO film of the same label thickness, with a throughput of 200 million bottles per year).

Costs related to sleeve forming are unnecessary
Lowering containers into sleeves without movement or stress enables the handling of labels up to 50% thinner than TDO or other MDO roll-fed machines
Creation of tubular sleeves in the machine means less material is used, drastically reducing label cost. Logistics costs are also reduced as a reel of high shrink MDO film contains 3 times more labels than a TDO reel
Can process lightweight bottles
Sleeve seaming is completed inside the machine so no glue or solvents are used, making PET recycling much easier
There is no detrimental impact on the machine's efficiency and the equipment stays cleaner and more hygienic, while maintenance is reduced

Flexibility of containers, films and layout

The Rollsleeve can easily switch from sleeved to roll-fed labelling using classic hot-melt applications with fast and efficient changeover times. It also offers great flexibility in terms of containers and labelling materials.

Labels all types of containers from glass to plastic and on round or irregularly shaped containers
Suitable for bottle sizes up to 2 litres with diameters ranging from 50 mm to 100mm
Sealing system is compatible with a wide range of label types such as PET, PVC, PE, R-PET, PLA, OPS, PP etc., with thickness ranging from 15μm to 130μm, and is suitable for recycling
Equipped with a module to selectively position labels at predetermined heights on bottles (from 50mm to 230mm), it can apply full- or partial-body sleeves
Can be installed in various configurations