Bottle labelling machine

My interest in machining resulted from a few attempts at automation in my wife's wee brewery. I'm an electronics engineer, so the software and control systems were easy enough. But the mechanical aspects of the projects were woeful. So I've been watching too much youtube, reading forums like this, and building my workshop. So far it's just an sx3 mill, with a lathe arriving soon...

The first project is for a bottle labelling machine. I've been learning a bit of CAD and come up with this. No doubt this will be modified a lot as the build progresses, but it's a start...

The first part I've tackled is the "peeler" plate - the labels (which are on a paper backing) come off the roll and get pulled around the end of this, separating the label from the backing...

And here's the result, executed in 304 stainless.

This is my first ever part, so I'm well chuffed, but there's a long way to go.

That's a great start on a very worthy project, Jed

Keep posting updates

MichaelG.

When I was a mere callow youth, we used to drink Watney's "party seven". I think that was produced in a "wee brewery"!

Sorry. Couldn't let that one go unremarked upon.

John

Some years ago I had a need to label bottles in batches of 1000. I could not afford a commercial machine so I built one using shafts and pulleys and belts from an old photo-copied that I had stripped some years previously. I used a wooden baseboard and sheet aluminium for the side plates. All.done with hand tools. To use it you laid the bottle on a pair of rollers and cranked the handle once. It was very efficient, it took longer to move the bottles around than it did to affix the labels. Unfortunately I no longer have a photo.

Excellent work, and even more so from [ going by your post ] someone fairly new metal bashing AND.. in 304.. not the easiest material to deal with. That's also another of the benefits of a good 3d cad system... no longer need to build expensive prototypes only to find something is amiss, can all be done within the software. even FEA /CAE. Keep up the good work