Method and apparatus for handling containers (3) lined up in a sorting machine, or sorter (10), wherein a plurality of bulk containers (3) are selected and sorted and possibly aligned or straightened; the method involves picking the containers (3) from the machine (10) and transferring the containers or at least a part thereof in an area below the sorter itself where filling is carried out. Devices are adapted to transfer the containers below the sorting machine or sorter (10) by moving them along a non-linear path (21) where filling takes place; the path (21) includes at least one transfer stretch or portion circular and concentric to the sorting machine along which a series of filling taps are arranged.

A handling apparatus includes a container input, a furnishing carousel, a furnishing module, an application element, and a grouping device. The furnishing carousel rotates about a central axis and has the furnishing module and application element nearby. The furnishing module applies a furnishing feature to a surface of a container, and the application element applies adhesive to the container on a surface outside that surface of a container that is provided with a furnishing feature. The grouping device, which is either a compartmenting or compacting device, is immediately after the furnishing carousel and/or an outlet apparatus. The grouping device groups, compacts, or temporary presses together containers. The container input is either a single-track container feed, a multi-track container feed, a single-track container stream, or a multi-track container stream.

A handling apparatus includes a container input, a furnishing carousel, a furnishing module, an application element, and a grouping device. The furnishing carousel rotates about a central axis and has the furnishing module and application element nearby. The furnishing module applies a furnishing feature to a surface of a container, and the application element applies adhesive to the container on a surface outside that surface of a container that is provided with a furnishing feature. The grouping device, which is either a compartmenting or compacting device, is immediately after the furnishing carousel and/or an outlet apparatus. The grouping device groups, compacts, or temporary presses together containers. The container input is either a single-track container feed, a multi-track container feed, a single-track container stream, or a multi-track container stream.

The present disclosure provides a container labeling system comprising a labeling unit equipped with one or more applicators for applying one or more elements onto a container label. The elements are selected from numbers, letters, characters, diagrams, pictures, pictograms, symbols, colors, shades, hues, marks, sounds, displays, icons, graphics, objects, lines, curves, text, dots, shapes, data, photographs, and images. The system includes a control unit configured to differentially configure the elements on each container label based on predetermined criteria. The labeling unit applies the elements using techniques such as printing, thermal printing, embossing, debossing, or engraving. The system enables the production of unique, identifiable labels for containers, enhancing product tracking, authentication, and user experience.

The present disclosure provides a container labeling system comprising a labeling unit equipped with one or more applicators for applying one or more elements onto a container label. The elements are selected from numbers, letters, characters, diagrams, pictures, pictograms, symbols, colors, shades, hues, marks, sounds, displays, icons, graphics, objects, lines, curves, text, dots, shapes, data, photographs, and images. The system includes a control unit configured to differentially configure the elements on each container label based on predetermined criteria. The labeling unit applies the elements using techniques such as printing, thermal printing, embossing, debossing, or engraving. The system enables the production of unique, identifiable labels for containers, enhancing product tracking, authentication, and user experience.