摘要:
This invention relates to a labeling system (10) for continuously applying a layer of a radiation curable adhesive, e.g., a UV curable adhesive, to plastic, sheet fed, cut and stack, labels (44), irradiating the adhesive on the labels to render the adhesive sufficiently tacky to effectively adhere the labels to containers (20) in a commercial labeling machine and thereafter applying the labels to discrete containers through the sufficiently tacky adhesive layer. The plastic labels can be clear, opaque (including metallized) plastic films and can be retained in a dispensing magazine (42) prior to the application of the radiation curable adhesive to the labels.