START International’s The Label Dispenser; Electric Label dispensers increase efficiency, eliminate waste, increase operator productivity and deliver your labels with integrity.
1. Reduce Labor Cost per Label and Improve Productivity
It costs more to pick up a label roll, peel a label, and apply it to a product than most labels cost.
The average time to apply a label unaided* is 8 seconds. With labor at $10/hr and 80% efficiency the unaided labor cost is 2.8 cents per label! That could be more than the cost of your labels.
It’s been proven that with The Label Dispenser the same operators can average less than 4 seconds per label! A saving of 4 expensive seconds per label or a cost reduction of almost 1.5 cents per label — that’s 50%!
2. Reduce Operator Fatigue
Try peeling a roll of 1000 labels one by one unaided, letting go of the roll each time. You will find that fatigue sets in quickly and both production speed and label placement accuracy suffer.
Then try the same task with The Label Dispenser. Electric label dispensers mean operator fatigue decreases. Accordingly, placement accuracy increases.
3. Reduce Repetitive Injury Syndrome
Carpal tunnel syndrome, an injury resulting from repetitive wrist action and covered by Workers’ Compensation, can result in heavy claim costs and lost-time wages. These unnecessary payroll expenses can be avoided with the use of The Label Dispenser.
4. Reduce Wasted Labels
An unaided hand labeling operation wastes 5% to 10% of labels due to spoilage and short roll discards. Any production manager-keeping track already knows this.
The Label Dispenser presents the label ready for use, quickly and easily, down to the last label.
5. Medical & Food Environment Benefit
The Label Dispenser’s use a unique dispenser plate that the peeled label never comes in contact with. No build up of adhesive on the dispenser means there is no contamination of the label or the operator’s hand from the dispenser.
Other manufacturers of label dispensers use a metal coil in their “peeling mechanism”. As the peeled label rolls over the coil, adhesive from the label collects on the coil.
6. Health-and-Safety Benefit
The label backing liner is made of silicone and is slippery. In a work environment a backing discarded onto the work floor is a potential slip hazard. Most backings are also flammable. Thus it is very important that the used backing not be thrown onto a work floor or workbench.
The Label Dispenser’s automatically rewind the used label backing liner for easy disposal.
7. Improve Label Integrity
By minimizing the handling of your label you reduce the labels exposure to dirt, dust, and oils therefore having better adhesion. Also by using The Label Dispenser you never have to worry about your labels ending up with dog-ears.
8. Pays for Itself.
The Label Dispenser’s are simple to operate, to maintain, and are inexpensive. As a way of reducing your costs it works — there’s no question about it. We maintain that a The Label Dispenser will pay for itself with every roll of labels used. Users of our label dispensers prove this every day.
* Unaided hand labeling is defined as “applying self adhesive labels from a roll unsupported in any way.” Efficiency is lost since the operator must continually reach for and reorientate the web, start and peel the label. Data provided is taken from actual production operations studied at various plants and averaged according to accepted statistical methods.