When a standard labeler can’t hold your bottle, we design the fixture that can. Free evaluation first.
Six geometries that defeat standard labelers, and the engineering answer for each.
Why it fails: circumference changes along the label path, so wraps climb and wrinkle. Our fix: label confined to the straight zone, or a jig presenting the bottle at a controlled angle. Full decision tree: tapered bottle guide.
Why it fails: the face rolls away from a straight application. Our fix: roller platforms with shaped pressure surfaces (T803-class) or double-side heads with matched faces. The T963 combo covers oval-plus-round halls.
Why it fails: corner radius traps air and drives the diagonal wrinkle. Our fix: fixture centering plus belt press order plus artwork inside the straight zone. Deep dive: square-bottle troubleshooting.
Why it fails: the face you need is facing down. Our fix: the dedicated T935 bottom-labeling platform, proven on a real customer order: batch and compliance panels applied underside.
Why it fails: the label must cross an edge without bridging or lifting. Our fix: corner-wrap fixtures that pre-form the path, used for tamper-evident box sealing and closure seals.
Why it fails: multiple faces and changing curvature on one container. Our fix: multi-head or indexed-fixture configurations: sometimes one machine, sometimes a head plus jig; the evaluation decides.
Custom tooling usually dies in a warehouse corner the week after delivery, which is why every reorder starts with “can you even still build this?” Our rule is different: custom jig drawings and your sample parameters are archived permanently the moment the design freezes. Reorder the machine, replace the fixture, expand to a second line: the engineering fee is not charged twice.
The same archive is what makes the 48-hour test video possible at all: your bottle’s geometry, jig settings and label spec are on file, so repeat testing starts from knowledge, not from zero.
NDA: we can sign a non-disclosure agreement before samples ship [TBC, standard NDA template pending confirmation].
Drawings, settings and sample parameters per customer project: your geometry stays yours, and stays usable.
We build to your brand and support the installed base: custom projects quoted through the same engineering evaluation. Start at the manufacturer portal.
A customer needed batch panels on the underside of containers no catalog machine addressed. The T935 platform was proven on their parts before shipping.
Paste-labeling economics for a canning operation. The installation runs in production at a Russian customer’s plant, paper labels and all.
Woozy-format bottles that defeated a standard roller setup: jig designed, proven on video, archived for the reorder that followed.
Custom machines carry no list price, and that is deliberate, not evasive. Two custom builds for “the same bottle” can differ by a factor of two in fixture complexity, so the only honest quote follows the evaluation.
The sequence: you send the product and label (free evaluation) → we return the approach, lead time and price together, as one package → the FAT video validates it before the balance. What moves the number: fixture complexity, whether a standard platform can carry the jig, throughput, and integration depth.
Every quote states the tooling line separately, and because your jig is archived, the tooling line appears once, not on every reorder.
Custom is where FAT matters most: the machine has no history except yours; the proof video is the acceptance gate: FAT & quality.
Yes, it is one of our signature problems. The label either stays inside the bottle’s straight-wall zone or the bottle is presented at a controlled angle in an engineered jig; which route wins is decided by the label design and the taper severity. The full approach is in the tapered bottle labeling guide.
Custom projects are quoted per project: no list prices, because fixture complexity can vary hugely between “similar” bottles. The quote follows the free engineering evaluation and arrives as one package: approach, lead time and price, with tooling shown as a separate line that does not repeat on reorders.
Custom lead time is evaluated per project based on engineering complexity [TBC]. The evaluation itself is fast: send samples and you have the approach and timeline in days, with the FAT video proving the build before shipment.
Yes, custom jig drawings and your sample parameters are archived permanently once the design freezes. Reorders skip the tooling fee entirely: replace a fixture, duplicate a line or re-run the test video without paying for the engineering twice.
We can sign an NDA before your samples ship [TBC, standard NDA template pending confirmation]. Ask for it in your first message and it goes out with the evaluation kickoff.
Oval and arc-face containers usually resolve on standard platforms with shaped pressure surfaces: the T803 roller platform at benchtop scale, or the T963 where round bottles share the line. When the arc defeats the standard approach, the jig takes over: same process, same archive promise.
