Primera AP362 Label applicator machine

[RyeWater]

Anyone here had their AP362 for a few years now yet? interested in how these things see if these things hold up? Not much to break on the Race Razor.

[Max Action]

Yes, we had one about 2 years. Probably labeled about 50K bottles with it, front and back label sets. First 25K bottles labelled fine, the last 25K had incrementally worse problems. It's probably nearing the end of it's useful life, or at least needing a rebuild of rollers and guides.

The rubber rollers eventually get worn out and less effective. This leads to labels slipping and the back label applied inconsistently off-center. Primera has a handful of tricks the can suggest to offer some temporary fixes, but it continues to degrade in performance. Also the label sensor tab gets gummed up and requiring periodic cleaning, or it rips labels.

Of course it's not terribly expensive as far as equipment goes, so even if you have to throw it in the garbage after 25-50K bottles you can do the math yourself to see what it costs per label and if that's worth it to you. We do like the convenience of the electric motor compared to a fully manual system like Race.

[RyeWater]

Yes, we had one about 2 years. Probably labeled about 50K bottles with it, front and back label sets. First 25K bottles labelled fine, the last 25K had incrementally worse problems. It's probably nearing the end of it's useful life, or at least needing a rebuild of rollers and guides.

The rubber rollers eventually get worn out and less effective. This leads to labels slipping and the back label applied inconsistently off-center. Primera has a handful of tricks the can suggest to offer some temporary fixes, but it continues to degrade in performance. Also the label sensor tab gets gummed up and requiring periodic cleaning, or it rips labels.

Of course it's not terribly expensive as far as equipment goes, so even if you have to throw it in the garbage after 25-50K bottles you can do the math yourself to see what it costs per label and if that's worth it to you. We do like the convenience of the electric motor compared to a fully manual system like Race.

Great review thanks, most reviews I found seemed to hint that it had a limited lifespan but it sure does look a lot more convenient to use than the race like you said.